PITTSBURGH, PA - APRIL 30: JJ Wetherholt #26 of the St. Louis Cardinals rounds second after hitting a solo home run in the first inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park on April 30, 2026 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images) | Getty Images
Just 6 games to go for the St. Louis Cardinals this season. Tuesday night, it’s the beginning of a 3-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Andre Pallante will get the start for the Cardinals while the Pirates will give the ball RHP Jared Jones. First pitch at PNC Park in Pittsburgh is scheduled for 5:40pm central time and the game broadcast will be available via Cardinals.tv.
ST LOUIS, MISSOURI - SEPTEMBER 19: Dylan Crews #3 of the Washington Nationals catches a fly ball against the St. Louis Cardinals in the third inning at Busch Stadium on September 19, 2026 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images) | Getty Images
Last night was not a competitive performance from the Nats. The offense did not show up and the pitching put them in a hole. Hopefully the boys can get back to playing like they have the past couple weeks. With only five games to go, this season is almost over. Why not finish strong.
Blake Butera is making a couple alterations to his lineup. The struggling Abi Ortiz is out of the lineup in favor of Andres Chaparro. Yohandy Morales plays DH, which means the outfield consists of Daylen Lile, Dylan Crews and James Wood. CJ Abrams will shift to second base as well. Keibert Ruiz will do the catching tonight. Riley Cornelio will open for Jackson Kent.
Nationals 9/22
J. Wood RF D. Lile LF D. Crews CF C. Abrams 2B A. Chaparro 1B J. Vivas 3B Y. Morales DH K. Ruiz C N. Nuñez SS
The Tigers are adding two exciting left handed rookies to this lineup. Kevin McGonigle and Max Clark are both in there tonight. Clark will play center, while McGonigle plays third base. Both Dillon Dingler and Riley Greene are on the bench tonight. Swingman Drew Anderson will get the start for Detroit tonight.
Hopefully the Nats can put up more of a fight in this one. They had been playing some solid baseball. We are getting very close to the end of the season and I do not have many more game threads to write for a while. I will miss this! Follow along in the comments down below and let’s go Nats.
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 20: Jake Cronenworth #9 of the San Diego Padres is congratulated in the dugout after hitting a two-run home run against the Miami Marlins during the second inning at Petco Park on September 20, 2026 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images) | Getty Images
The San Diego Padres are here to stay. They only need one more win (and one Arizona Diamondbacks loss) to clinch the postseason on Tuesday night versus the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Friars throttled the Miami Marlins, sweeping the away team and outscoring them 22-11 in the series sweep.
The Friars got an incredible performance from Walker Buehler. The starter went 6 2/3 innings and was nearly perfect through the first six. The trouble came in the seventh when Buehler surrendered a three-run shot to Javier Sanoja. Thankfully, San Diego’s offense has been rolling lately. The lineup has scored a ridiculous 80 runs in their last 11 games, for an average of 7.3 runs per game. They’ll need that to continue to clinch versus the Dodgers.
Taking the mound
Brock Stewart (LAD) v. Michael King (SD)
It seems like L.A. is pitching a bullpen game tonight. Stewart was announced as the starter for the Dodgers, but will likely only cover the first 1-2 innings as an opener. The right-hander owns a 2.55 ERA across 24 2/3 innings pitched this season. It’s been tougher lately though, with Stewart surrendering three runs in his last seven appearances.
It seems likely that Justin Wrobleski will appear to cover the middle innings. He had a phenomenal start to the season, but has struggled since with a 4.40 ERA in his last 15 games and a dismal 7.62 ERA in his last 23 2/3 innings. Wrobleski hasn’t faced San Diego this season.
King has been the Padres’ ace this season. He’s stepped up in a major way after an injury-plagued 2025 campaign. The right-hander owns a 3.03 ERA with a 1.16 WHIP through 181 innings pitched. He’s been even better down the stretch, with a 2.73 ERA in his last 15 starts (89.0 IP) and a 2.01 ERA in his last seven (44.2 IP).
Not only that, but King has pitched quite well versus Los Angeles this season. The righty has surrendered six runs across 17 1/3 innings pitched against the Dodgers. Most of that damage came on June 28, with King surrendering four runs in 4 1/3 innings. In his other two starts, King pitched a seven-inning shutout and a six innings of two-run ball.
Batter up!
Jake Cronenworth has been more than due lately. He’s batting .229 on the season with a dismal .637 OPS. That said, he plays above-average defense all around the diamond and has been quite the utility player for San Diego. He became so much more than that on Sunday afternoon, putting together his first multihomer game of the season. Cronenworth is currently on a 10-game hitting streak and has batted .464/.516/.786 in his last seven games.
Fernando Tatis Jr., 2B
Dustin Harris, RF
Manny Machado, DH
Ty France, 1B
Jackson Merrill, CF
Xander Bogaerts, SS
Jake Cronenworth, 3B
Samad Taylor, LF
Freddy Fermin, C
Machado has been DH-ing quite a bit lately. It’s possible that his hand is injured and the Padres are making sure their star third baseman will be ready come playoffs. He’s actively winced multiple times at the plate since seeming to injure it during San Diego’s recent road trip.
Relief corps
With Buehler pitching six pristine innings before collapsing in the seventh, only three relievers needed to be used. Kyle Hart got the final out of the seventh before Bradgley Rodriguez came in. He pitched a scoreless eighth and Mason Miller started warming up with the score at 5-3. That changed quickly when Cronenworth knocked in his second homer of the day, but Miller still came out to finish the game.
With the off day on Monday, the Padres will have their whole ‘pen available for their series opener in L.A. That said, those who will be readily available are Griffin Canning, Kyle Hart, Yuki Matsui, Adrian Morejon, David Morgan, Wandy Peralta and Randy Vásquez. King shouldn’t have too many troubles, but the Friars have options if their ace struggles.
BOSTON, MA - SEPTEMBER 13: Payton Tolle #70 of the Boston Red Sox celebrates a strike out during the game between the Kansas City Royals and the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on Sunday, September 13, 2026 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Joe Sullivan/MLB Photos via Getty Images) | MLB Photos via Getty Images
Chad Tracy told us not to look very much into the order of the rotation this week, but it’s hard not to note that Payton Tolle is starting tonight exactly one week before the Wild Card series begins, and Sonny Gray and Ranger Suarez are set to go tomorrow and Thursday. That feels like a Game 1, Game 2, and Game 3 setup for New York, but again, we’ll still have to wait a few more days for official word.
Regardless of how the Sox choose to stack the deck, this will be Tolle’s final tune up before the showdown against the Yankees, so how he looks here will be even more important than the result of this game for the Red Sox.
On the contrary, this game means everything to Cleveland. Despite entering the night three games behind the Red Sox, they’re currently leading the AL Central by a game over the Chicago White Sox, and if the season ended today, they’d actually get a bye and wouldn’t even have to play in the Wild Card round.
To help them maintain control of that bye, they have their ace Parker Messick on the mound, who enters the evening with a 2.57 ERA and 186 strike outs on the season.
Switching gears to the Red Sox lineup, the biggest note is that Roman Anthony is again in left field and Jarren Duran starts the night on the bench. This is becoming the theme against left handed starts, which is obviously noteworthy for next week because Carlos Rodon and Max Fried are both left handed.
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - AUGUST 03: Camilo Doval #75 of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitches against the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field on August 03, 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images) | Getty Images
In a surprising move in the last week of the season, the Pirates are cutting ties with one of their mid-season acquisitions.
The Pirates activated reliever Kirby Yates off the 15-day injured list on Tuesday and designated right-hander Camilo Doval for assignment.
Doval was acquired from the New York Yankees two days before the trade deadline. He pitched in some high-leverage situations during his two months in black and gold.
It wasn’t a failure of a tenure, but not a good one either. In 20 games, Doval posted a 3.79 ERA but a 1.74 WHIP over 19 innings of baseball.
He struck out 23, but walked 13 batters and dealt with consistent control issues that plagued him in New York.
Doval has one year of club control remaining, and comes as a slight surprise that the Pirates moved on from him. Pittsburgh traded Double-A catcher/first baseman Omar Alfonzo to the Yankees for Doval, who ranks 28th in New York’s farm system, per MLB Pipeline.
It’s a sign the Pirates were willing to non-tender Doval later in the offseason, but moved past him faster than many expected.
He led the National League in saves (39) with the Giants in 2023, but has never regained the dominant form he found years ago in San Francisco.
The Pirates host the St. Louis Cardinals for the final home series of the year beginning Tuesday at 6:40 p.m.
ST LOUIS, MISSOURI - AUGUST 28: Jared Jones #17 of the Pittsburgh Pirates delivers a pitch against the St. Louis Cardinals in the first inning at Busch Stadium on August 28, 2026 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images) | Getty Images
St. Louis Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, September 22, 2026, 6:40 p.m. ET
The Pittsburgh Pirates are starting a three-game set inside PNC Park against the St. Louis Cardinals.
On the mound for the Cardinals is Andre Pallante (12-7, 3.70 ERA), who is coming off one of the worst starts of the season in his last appearance against the San Francisco Giants on September 15. Pallante only went 5 innings, giving up eight hits and six earned runs in a 10-3 defeat at Busch Stadium. The 6 earned runs marked the highest total of Pallante’s season, which has included 27 starts.
This is Pallante’s second appearance against the Pirates this season. He pitched against them on April 29 at PNC Park, going six innings and giving up five hits and one run in a 5-4 victory for the Redbirds.
Jared Jones (4-6, 4.17 ERA) is getting the ball for the Pirates in what could be the final start of the season for him. In Jones’s last start on September 16 against the Milwaukee Brewers, he went five innings, giving up seven hits and three earned runs in a 5-4 loss at PNC Park. However, the loss was credited to Carmen Mlodzinski, who surrendered two runs in the seventh inning.
Location: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, PA
Broadcast: KDKA AM/FM, Sportsnet Pittsburgh
Pitching Matchup: Andre Pallante (12-7, 3.70 ERA) vs. Jared Jones (4-6, 4.17 ERA)
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A start that couldn’t have begun any better ended in a most frustrating way for Zack Wheeler on Tuesday night.
The veteran right-hander set a club record by opening the game with seven consecutive strikeouts – including the 2,000th of his career — only to walk off the mound a victim of the oldest adage in baseball.
It’s a game of inches.
Ultimately, Wheeler was a happy man. His Phillies rallied for three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to beat the Milwaukee Brewers, 6-4, and lower their magic number for clinching a postseason berth to two.
In what was likely his final start of the regular season, Wheeler struck out 11 batters in 5 2/3 innings but couldn’t hold a 3-0 lead as the Brewers reached him for a single run in the fourth and two in the sixth.
Garrett Mitchell scored the Brewers’ run in the fourth inning on a sacrifice fly. He initially reached base on a soft pop up that clanged off back-pedaling third baseman Bryson Stott’s glove and was ruled a hit.
Both of the runs in the sixth came with two outs after catcher J.T. Realmuto narrowly missed gunning down David Hamilton as he reached third base on the front end of a double steal.
After the double steal, William Contreras smacked a soft liner to center field to score two runs and tie the game. Contreras’ hit, on a first-pitch sinker that was in and off the plate, came off the bat at just 83 mph and sailed inches beyond the lunge of shortstop Trea Turner. The next batter, Jake Bauers, stroked an 80-mph ground-ball single just out of Turner’s range, ending Wheeler’s night at 101 pitches.
Wheeler could conceivably start the season finale Sunday against Tampa Bay. But if the Phillies wrap up a postseason berth before then, he would be held out of the start and saved for the postseason opener next Tuesday. If that ends up being the case, Wheeler will finish the regular season with a 3.06 ERA in 27 starts, not bad for a guy who missed the final six weeks of the 2025 season with a blood clot in his right shoulder and surgical procedure to remove a rib.
The Phillies’ bats came alive with three two-out runs in the eighth inning. Bryson Stott broke the tie with a single up the middle and a second run scored on an errant throw. Brandon Marsh then doubled home the third run, capping a three-RBI night. He belted a two-run homer in the second inning. It was his first homer since August 13, a span of 80 at-bats.
Jhoan Duran allowed a run in the ninth before closing it out.
Wheeler’s seven straight strikeouts to open the game broke the team record of six, set by Brandon Duckworth on August 5, 2001 against the Dodgers.
STACKING WINS: The Cubs have won three consecutive series for the first time since July 7-19 and four of five for the first time since Aug. 3-19. They are 26-23-3 in all series this year, including 12-11-2 at home. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
BEATING THE GOOD TEAMS: The Cubs are 41-34 against teams that had a winning record going into games. At home, they are 25-14. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
FOUR IS THE NUMBER OF THE COUNTING: The Cubs have scored at least four runs in their last four games and in eight of their last 10. They have scored a total of 61 runs, an average of 6.10. For the season, their average is 5.35. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
PCA WATCH: Pete Crow-Armstrong needs five home runs to reach 50, a milestone reached only by two Cubs: Sammy Sosa, four times (66, 64, 63 and 50), and Hack Wilson, once (56). PCA homered five times in six games June 15-23, three times in overlapping spans Aug. 15-23 and four times in overlapping spans Aug. 24-30. He hit six in five games Aug. 29-Sept. 3. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
RUN WATCH: With their nine runs scored Sunday, the Cubs are at 835 runs scored for the season with six games remaining. Cubs teams have scored more runs than that just twice in a season since 1930: 847 in 1935 and 855 in 2008, so this year’s Cubs need just 21 runs over the six remaining games to become the second-highest scoring Cubs club in the Modern Era.
First nine starts: 2.32 ERA, 0.902 WHIP, only 5 HR in 54.1 innings Next seven starts: 7.41 ERA, 1.274 WHIP, 15 (!) HR in 37.2 innings Next seven starts: 1.77 ERA, 1.180 WHIP, only 5 HR in 40.2 innings Next four starts: 7.13 ERA, 1.528 WHIP, 8 (!) HR in 17.2 (!) innings Next three starts: 2.00 ERA, 0.778 WHIP, only 1 HR in 18 innings
Three of those guys are Cy Young candidates. The other two are DFA candidates. Which one will we get tonight?
The good news, perhaps, is that one of the most recent three starts was Sept. 4 against the Marlins in Miami, where he held them to three hits and one run, with no home runs. Just do that again, Shōta.
Janson Junk was Imanaga’s opponent in that Sept. 4 game and he held the Cubs to three hits and one run in five innings. The Cubs won the game off the Marlins bullpen.
Since then Junk has not gone past the third inning in two starts, one vs. the Mets (who scored eight runs off him) and one vs. the Diamondbacks, who he held to just one run. It appears he’s on a pitch limit of about 75 or so, as he hasn’t thrown more than that in about a month. So the patient Cubs should try to wait him out with walks and get him out early.
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ARLINGTON, TX - SEPTEMBER 19: Members of the Texas Rangers hold Stand Up To Cancer signs during the game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field on Saturday, September 19, 2026 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Courtney Kramer/MLB Photos via Getty Images) | MLB Photos via Getty Images
Texas Rangers lineup for September 22, 2026 against the New York Mets: starting pitchers are MacKenzie Gore for the Rangers and Sean Manaea for the Mets.
We begin the stretch of the final six games of the season. The games that will determine whether the Rangers win the American League West, or are staying home for the playoffs, or maybe, a sliver of a chance, they are the Wild Card team.
Are you a little nervous? I am.
The lineup:
Langford — LF
Seager — SS
Jung — 3B
Burger — 1B
Nimmo — RF
Duran — CF
Foscue — 2B
Diaz — DH
Jansen — C
7:05 p.m. Central time. Rangers are -127 favorites.
Barely two days after a foul ball caught him flush in the left eye and jeopardized his chances of playing in the postseason, Alex Bregman donned a helmet, grabbed a bat and tracked pitches off a machine.
Most notably, he was not placed on the injured list and Cubs manager Craig Counsell told reporters in Chicago that despite Bregman suffering facial fractures, the club hopes he will play in the final regular season series this weekend in Boston, and perhaps the club's opening-round playoff series in one week.
"I think Alex is going to be fine," Counsell told reporters Tuesday, Sept. 22. "He's planning on playing."
Bregman was last publicly seen Sunday, sprinting from the on-deck circle at Cincinnati's Great American Ball Park to the visiting clubhouse after a Michael Busch foul ball took one hop and drilled Bregman standing just a few yards away. An Instagram post showed how grim the damage was even as Bregman vowed a return.
The third baseman returned to Wrigley Field Tuesday, swelling in his face appearing to be down as he entered the stadium alongside baseball operations president Jed Hoyer. Eventually, he engaged in a light workout and headed to the club's Trajekt pitching machine − which mimics the deliveries of opposing pitchers − and tracked pitches, Counsell said.
Pic I took of Alex Bregman arriving at Wrigley Field this afternoon. He gave me a thumbs up.
I thought his eye and face looked better than in the Pic he posted yesterday.
It's a remarkable turnaround after a bloody and unsettling sequence just days earlier.
"That's a very positive sign," Counsell said, per the Chicago Tribune. "All things considered, he's in a good place."
The bigger questions − Can he swing? Will he be affected by a 100-mph fastball standing in the box? Is his face stable enough to play? − are still to come.
Yet for now, Bregman remains in play for the National League wild-card series that begins Tuesday, Sept. 29. The Cubs entered Sept. 22 needing just a win to clinch a spot, and they likely will host the Philadelphia Phillies in that best-of-three.
"He really is at a point where he can progress as tolerated," says Counsell.
Bregman, 32, hit 26 home runs and posted an .804 OPS in his first season with the Cubs after signing a five-year, $175 million contract in January.
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - SEPTEMBER 20: Trevor Megill #29 of the Milwaukee Brewers celebrates with William Contreras #24 after a 3-0 victory against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on September 20, 2026 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images) | Getty Images
And just like that, the final week of the 2026 Major League Baseball regular season is upon us. Six games to go. Tonight could be a National League Division Series matchup preview as the Brewers finish their nine-game road trip against the Phillies.
Yes, the Brewers have the best record in baseball and the best in many other areas, but plenty still needs to be worked out. Perhaps the biggest glaring hole is the starting rotation, and what’s that going to look like now that Kyle Harrison has been having a rough stretch. Dustin May will dig into the mound for perhaps the final time this regular season, needing a solid outing to verify his spot either in the rotation or the bullpen.
As a starter, May has shown signs of greatness but also signs of “don’t come near my mound in the postseason.” During his time as a Brewer, May enters tonight with a 5.40 ERA in eight starts, not even making it out of the fourth inning in two of his last three starts. Tonight, though, he has one thing going for him: only two players have faced May in this Phillies lineup, and even the two players that have have only one hit combined.
The Phillies enter tonight neither technically eliminated nor having clinched a playoff berth; they currently own the third NL Wild Card spot by four games over the Arizona Diamondbacks. It’s been a bit of a rough month for the Phillies as they have gone 4-6 over their last 10 games, coming off a series split with the New York Mets. Sometimes, though, you need your rock there to settle things down and be consistent, and that’s what Zack Wheeler is expected to do tonight.
Wheeler has been around the league long enough that everyone in the Brewers’ lineup has seen him at least three times, with the exception of newcomers Cooper Pratt and Luis Lara. Wheeler has thrown seven innings in each of his last two starts, but more specifically, he threw seven innings of scoreless baseball against the Washington Nationals, striking out five and allowing only four hits.
As we approach game time, lineups have been set, and this Phillies offense has been one of the more consistent offenses in baseball. Only two players have a batting average north of .270, while fewer players have double-digit home runs than the Brewers. For the Crew, David Hamilton will make the start at third base, batting ninth, with Garrett Mitchell leading off the game.
First pitch at Citizens Bank Park is at 5:40 p.m., and you can watch the game on Brewers.TV and listen to it on WTMJ 620.
Five weeks ago, David Stearns said he expected Andy Green to return to the front office after the season. Instead, the New York Mets interim manager is staying in the dugout with the "interim" title removed.
The Mets signed Green to a three-year deal as their full-time manager, the team announced on Tuesday, Sept. 22.
"Andy has connected with and pushed our players to perform, despite the disappointment of the season,” owners Steve and Alex Cohen said in a statement. “Over the last several months he has brought discipline, accountability and positivity to the clubhouse, attributes we were seeking in our next manager. We want to congratulate Andy, his wife, Jessica, and their three daughters. We are excited for his continued leadership in the dugout."
Green, 49, took over on June 26, the day the Mets fired Carlos Mendoza with the team at 34-47 and 13 games under .500. They've gone 37-38 since. That won't get the $370 million roster, second in baseball, anywhere near the postseason. The Mets are 71-85 going into Tuesday night's game at Texas and in last place in the National League East.
Nobody inside the organization had been pointing this way. On Aug. 17, Stearns, the team's president of baseball operations, said: "It's my expectation that he returns to the front office."
He went a step further.
"Andy's expectation is he's going to rejoin the front office," Stearns said, "and I have no reason to believe otherwise right now."
ESPN's Buster Olney reported last week that the plan still had not changed. There was even talk of Green becoming general manager, a job the Mets have left open since Billy Eppler resigned in October 2023.
Green has done this before. Green managed the San Diego Padres from 2016 to 2019 and went 274-366 with a rebuilding roster before he was fired in September 2019. He then spent four seasons as David Ross' bench coach with the Chicago Cubs. The Mets hired him before the 2024 season to run player development.
Some of the players he helped develop in that job are the ones he's been writing into the lineup. On Saturday, rookie outfielder Carson Benge got his 156th hit, a check-swing bunt single up the third-base line. That broke the franchise rookie record set by Pete Alonso set in 2019.
Mendoza went 206-199 in two-plus seasons. He took the Mets to the NL Championship Series in 2024, then watched a strong start fall apart in 2025, when they missed the playoffs.
ST PETERSBURG, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 2: Andy Green #70 of the New York Mets looks on after a pitching change against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on September 2, 2026 in St Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Parker S. Freedman/Getty Images) | Getty Images
Since being hired as the team’s interim manager, Andy Green has continuously stated that he was not interested in having the full-time gig, citing his family as the primary reason. Thus, the expectation has been that the Mets would conduct a complete search for a new manager in the offseason. Well, that impending search has ended before it even began, as the team has given Green a three-year deal to serve as the full-time manager.
Green, the former Padres manager who had been serving as Senior Vice President of Player Development in the front office, has been in the dugout since the team fired Carlos Mendoza at the end of June following a disastrous start to the season. While the team has not exactly been world-beaters in the time since then, they have generally played better with Green in charge (to the tune of a 37-38 record), and he has earned plaudits for his handling of the media and his willingness to challenge his players. In the press release announcing the deal, Green addressed his previous reticence to accept the full-time job:
I am excited and humbled to officially be named manager of the New York Mets. When I accepted the interim role, I didn’t anticipate it becoming permanent, but the more time I spent with our players and staff, the clearer it became that this is where my passion and experience could make the greatest impact. That realization led to many conversations with my family, and together we agreed this is the right opportunity at the right time. I want to thank Steve and Alex for the love, ambition and commitment with which they lead this organization, and David for the trust he has placed in me. I believe deeply in what we can build together, and I’m honored to continue serving our players, this organization and the amazing Mets fans.
It is worth noting, of course, that Green’s job next season will be fundamentally different than the one he has been doing these past few months. We will see how he handles the pressure of managing a team that is expected to win versus one that had virtually already played itself out of the playoff race and was just navigating its way through the end of the season. Nevertheless, the 2027 team will now have some familiarity in the dugout (this presumably includes a number of the new coaches the team hired this past offseason, who will likely stick around with Green) as they look to rebound from a disappointing campaign.
