Terry Francona is planning on returning in 2023 for Cleveland. But after that is anyone's guess as to how long the Guardians skipper remains at the helm. 'Physically, it's getting harder.' 📚 Ken_Rosenthal
Francona, whose contract expires at the end of the season, maintains an unusually close relationship with the Guardians’ front office. He said he does not want to “mess up” Antonetti and Chernoff or “hold them over a barrel,” seemingly referring to the team’s future plans. Antonetti said the question is not one of working out a contract.
“I care so deeply about him, I want him to have the life he wants to have with his children and grandchildren. I want to make sure he never feels he has this obligation to keep doing the job because he owes us anything. I want him to do what’s best for him.”Francona managed only 14 of 60 regular-season games in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season and missed the team’s wild-card series against thebecause of gastrointestinal and blood-clotting issues that led to a stay of several days in the ICU.
When Guardians owner Paul Dolan’s wife, Karen, underwent a procedure earlier this year, doctors joked she was in the “Tito suite.” Francona, too, typically makes light of his ailments. Asked how he currently is feeling, he said, “I got two shoes on, so that’s progress.” Antonetti has spoken often of how Francona and his coaching staff create a unique culture, enabling young players to develop while also teaching them how to win. The Guardians, Antonetti said, view Francona as “among the best in the business if not the best in the business at what he does.” Francona, in turn, said he might have retired by now if he was with another club.
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