Minor League Baseball

Former Cleveland, Seattle Manager Takes Reins of Los Angeles Dodgers' Double-A Team

Eric Wedge, who managed the Cleveland Indians (now Guardians) and Seattle Mariners, is now at the helm of the Tulsa Drillers.
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Cleveland manager Eric Wedge (22) watches batting practice before the game against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium in 2007.
Cleveland manager Eric Wedge (22) watches batting practice before the game against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium in 2007. | Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

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Former big-league skipper Eric Wedge is now set to enter his first year as the Double-A manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

We knew a month ago that Wedge was getting the job, but his full staff was released by the Tulsa Drillers last week.

Wedge spent 10 years as a big-league manager, skippering the Cleveland franchise from 2003-09 and the Seattle Mariners from 2011-13. Lifetime, he's 774-846. He twice led Cleveland to a winning record and made the playoffs once.

He was named the American League Manager of the Year in 2007 after leading Cleveland to a 96-win season. Cleveland lost to the Boston Red Sox in the American League Championship Series.

With the Mariners, he was a disappointing 213-273 and never made the playoffs.

He's still just 57.

Since leaving the Mariners, Wedge worked as an analyst at ESPN and most recently was the head baseball coach at Wichita State, where he played his college ball as well.

As a player, Wedge spent parts of four years in the big leagues with the Red Sox and Colorado Rockies. He played in just 39 big-league games, hitting .233 with five home runs.

He was a catcher who was selected in the third round of the 1989 draft.

With the Dodgers, Wedge will just try to keep the machine moving. Los Angeles won the World Series in 2024 and features the best roster in the sport again this year. Not only do they spend a lot of money in free agency, but they develop players very well, which is where Wedge will come in.

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BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is the senior writer for “Minor League Baseball on SI’’ and the host of “The Payoff Pitch’’ podcast, which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. Follow Brady on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady.

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