Supervisor Terry Francona is not fairly prepared to start a chapter of his life outdoors of dugouts after he guided the 2022 Cleveland Guardians to the American League Central title.
Per the Associated Press (h/t ESPN), Francona has agreed to return as Cleveland supervisor for no less than the 2023 MLB season. Whereas he beforehand suggested he deliberate to handle for no less than yet another yr, well being points and the truth that he hadn’t but signed a contract left his future considerably unsure.
Again in 2020, Francona dealt with gastrointestinal issues and a number of blood clots. In July 2021, the 63-year-old took a go away of absence for the rest of that season so he may concentrate on his well being and restoration.
Underneath his management, the youngest group in all of MLB bought scorching on the proper time through the summer season months and formally clinched the AL Central crown for the 2022 marketing campaign on Sept. 25. 92-70 Cleveland then swept the Tampa Bay Rays within the Wild Card spherical of the postseason event earlier than the underdog Guardians fell to the New York Yankees in an AL Division Collection-deciding fifth recreation held within the Bronx.
“Bodily, it’s getting tougher,” the two-time AL Supervisor of the Yr (2013, 2016) admitted about doing the job whereas talking with The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal final month. “I wish to get pleasure from what I’m doing. It’s getting tougher to try this, simply because bodily it’s tougher. I simply wish to watch out. And on the identical time, I wish to be truthful to the group.”
Francona is, at worst, a robust candidate to earn Supervisor of the Yr honors for 2022.
