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Rookie Skipper Stammen Faces 'Big Learning Curve' in Taking over Padres
Craig Stammen, a former Padres pitcher with no prior coaching experience, takes over a playoff team led by stars Tatis Jr. and Machado, said GM A.J. Preller.
- On Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, Craig Stammen was introduced as the San Diego Padres' new manager in San Diego, replacing Mike Shildt in a move announced Thursday.
- Citing burnout, Mike Shildt retired on Oct. 13 after two seasons, less than two weeks after the Padres' Wild Card Round loss to the Chicago Cubs.
- Stammen, 41, has been with the Padres organization since 2017 and is three seasons removed from throwing his last big-league pitch.
- Stammen will lead a team that has made four playoff appearances in six seasons and is led by Fernando Tatis Jr. and Manny Machado, becoming the Padres' sixth manager since 2015 and Preller's third inexperienced hire.
- Facing a steep learning curve, Craig Stammen acknowledged `I’ve got a big learning curve ahead of me` and plans to rely on Padres pitching coach Ruben Niebla as a lethal combo.
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Padres focused on the experience new manager Craig Stammen brings to job
At the start of Monday’s news conference, Padres president of baseball operations A.J. Preller turned to his right and asked Craig Stammen a rhetorical question. “How did we get here?” It is an apt question when discussing any hire of great magnitude. In this case, it is also particularly intriguing. Because Stammen was introduced on Monday morning as the new manager of the Padres — a job for which he was ostensibly not a candidate. Stammen was …
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