(kcroyals) The Kansas City Royals have announced the hiring of Tampa Bay Rays bench coach Matt Quatraro as their manager on Sunday night.
Quatraro is the Royals’ 18th full-time manager in franchise history, the hire coming after the club parted ways with Mike Matheny following a 65-97 season. A long list of candidates had been narrowed down over the past three weeks — but Quatraro had always been viewed as the favorite, sources told MLB.com.
Quatraro, 48, spent the last five seasons on Kevin Cash’s staff in Tampa Bay, including one season as the third-base coach and four as the bench coach. The Rays reached the postseason in four of Quatraro’s five years on their big league staff, including a World Series appearance in 2020.
