Below is a list of managers and general managers who were fired and replaced during the 2008 season.
Hired to be Fired | ||
Team | Fired | Hired |
Milwaukee Brewers | Ned Yost | Dale Sveum (interim) |
Struggling Brewers ax Yost, promote Sveum | ||
Toronto Blue Jays | John Gibbons | Cito Gaston |
Last-place Jays fire Gibbons, three coaches, re-hire Gaston | ||
Seattle Mariners | John McLaren | Jim Riggleman |
Mariners continue shakeup, fire McLaren; Riggleman takes reins | ||
New York Mets | Willie Randolph | Jerry Manuel (interim) |
Mets fire manager after collapse in '07, mediocre play in '08 | ||
Seattle Mariners | Bill Bavasi | |
Mariners fire GM amid expensive, 24-45 disaster | ||
Cincinnati Reds | Wayne Krivsky | Walt Jocketty |
Cincy gives GM job to Jocketty |