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After leading the San Diego Padres<\/a> to consecutive 90-win seasons, a franchise first, and their first back-to-back playoff berths since 2005\u201306, Mike Shildt announced his retirement on Monday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Shildt, who compiled a 183\u2013141 record over two years with San Diego and a 252\u2013199 career record overall, revealed that he had been contemplating retirement since late August. During the 2025 season, he reportedly experienced sleep deprivation, chest pains, and hair loss, alongside death threats from sports bettors<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After the Padres\u2019 elimination by the Chicago Cubs<\/a> in the National League Wild Card Series, Shildt informed Padres president of baseball operations A.J. Preller that he needed time to reflect. A week later, he decided to step away permanently.<\/p>\n

The 57-year-old skipper has made it clear he does not intend to pursue another MLB position soon, but remains open to the possibility<\/a>, per Dennis Lin of The Athletic.<\/p>\n

\u201cNever say never,\u201d Shildt said. \u201cBut I have no desire to be in that big chair anytime soon. I\u2019m going to enjoy a quality of life that I haven\u2019t been enjoying my entire life.\u201d<\/p>\n

With his retirement, he walked away with two years left on his contract. Contrary to what many would expect, Shildt refused any payout from his 2024 extension, valued at over $2 million annually.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been so darn blessed to make the money I\u2019ve made in the game,\u201d Shildt said. \u201cBut, gosh, I got to tell you, man, I have never been motivated by money.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite speculation about internal conflicts, Shildt firmly denied that disagreements with Preller or the front office played a role in his decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe thing that I appreciated about A.J. is you can have a very honest, healthy, transparent conversation with A.J.,\u201d Shildt said. \u201cIt\u2019s all for the greater good of us winning baseball games. So, I value that with him, and I\u2019m always going to be grateful for him giving me this opportunity. And my only regret is that I wasn\u2019t able to help fulfill the vision of Mr. (Peter) Seidler and A.J., and this organization\u2019s passionate fan base to win a World Series.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s my only regret.\u201d<\/p>\n

Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Shildt began his baseball career as a high school and college coach before joining the St. Louis Cardinals organization as a scout and minor league instructor. Rising through the ranks, he earned multiple Minor League Manager of the Year honors and guided Johnson City to back-to-back Appalachian League titles (2009\u20132011).<\/p>\n

Promoted to the Cardinals\u2019 major league staff in 2017, Shildt took over as manager midway through 2018. Under his leadership, the Cardinals reached the 2019 National League Championship Series, and Shildt won the NL Manager of the Year award that same season.<\/p>\n

In 2021, after leading the Cardinals to a record 17-game winning streak, the longest in franchise history, he was dismissed due to \u201cphilosophical differences.\u201d He joined San Diego in 2022 as a player development consultant and ascended to the manager\u2019s role in 2024, after the departure of Bob Melvin.<\/p>\n

As has often been the case during Preller\u2019s tenure, Shildt\u2019s exit adds to the list of changes in the Padres\u2019 dugout, the fifth under his leadership since 2014. Preller, who has one year remaining on his own contract, now faces the challenge of selecting Shildt\u2019s successor.<\/p>\n

Among rumored candidates are pitching coach Ruben Niebla, bench coach Brian Esposito, special assistants Scott Servais and A.J. Ellis, and former Angels manager Phil Nevin. Former Padres skipper Bruce Bochy, now 70, is reportedly not under consideration<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After leading the San Diego Padres to consecutive 90-win seasons, a franchise first, and their first back-to-back playoff…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302693,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2407],"tags":[5,4685,4,43,137,18,4339,4338],"class_list":{"0":"post-382807","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego-padres","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-mike-shildt","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-padres","12":"tag-san-diego","13":"tag-san-diego-padres","14":"tag-sandiego","15":"tag-sandiegopadres"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115382161915853618","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}