The Brewers have fired manager Ron Roenicke, the team announced Sunday.
“This has been a difficult start to the season, something that we certainly didn’t anticipate,” Brewers president of baseball operations Doug Melvin said in a press release. “Over roughly the last 100 games, we have not performed at the level that we should. It’s all about wins and losses, and after the first month of play this year we didn’t see the progress and improvement we had hoped for. We appreciate all that Ron has done for our organization, and he has handled his duties with great professionalism and dedication. The reasons for our disappointing start are many, but we determined that it’s in the best interests of the club to make this move.”
Roenicke was the manager with Milwaukee from 2011 and posted a 343-331 record in four-plus seasons. The Brewers are 7-18 to start the season and winners of two in a row.
“I told Doug I wished it would have happened a week ago. I would have understood it better then,” Roenicke said to MLB.com.
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