Randy Ready

Randall Max Ready (born January 8, 1960 in Fremont, California), is a former professional baseball player and current minor league baseball coach. Ready played in the major Leagues primarily as a utility player from 1983 to 1995. He also played one season in Japan for the Chiba Lotte Marines in 1996. He was a minor league coach for the Detroit Tigers and has served as a minor league coach for the San Diego Padres since 2004.

Playing career

Ready played in Puerto Rico's winter league for the Mayaguez Indios in 1985-86. On June 12, 1986, Ready was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the San Diego Padres for a player to be named later. The San Diego Padres sent Tim Pyznarski on October 29, 1986 to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade. On June 2, 1989, he was traded by the San Diego Padres with John Kruk to the Philadelphia Phillies for Chris James.

Managing career

Ready returned to baseball as a manager for the Oneonta Tigers in 2002-2003, where he was named the New York-Penn League Manager of the Year after leading the Tigers to a 47-27 (.635) record and a division title 2002. Ready returned to the San Diego Padres minor league system and served as manager of the Fort Wayne Wizards (Class A, Fort Wayne, Indiana) from 2004 until 2006. In 2007, Ready was named the manager of the San Antonio Missions (Class AA, San Antonio, Texas) for their inaugural season with the San Diego Padres organization. He led the team to a 73-66 (.525) record and the Texas League championship. On December 14, 2007, Ready was named the manager of the Portland Beavers (Class AAA, Portland, Oregon).^[1]

References

1. ^ portlandbeavers.com: Press Releases

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube

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