Report: Blue Jays coach Mattingly to serve as adviser for Nashville group pursuing MLB team

Toronto Blue Jays bench coach Don Mattingly will function a baseball adviser for a Nashville group making an attempt to land an MLB franchise, Bob Nightengale of USA Today stories.

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Nightengale writes Mattingly will keep in his position with the Blue Jays whereas performing as an adviser for the Nashville Stars.

The Stars group is led by former Blue Jays pitcher and three-time World Series champion Dave Stewart.

“The method that Dave Stewart and his group have in Nashville is precisely what the sport of baseball wants. I’m glad to see MLB taking an lively method on these necessary points. We want extra range within the recreation, and it begins from the top-down,” Mattingly mentioned in a press release, per Nightengale.

Other notable baseball advisers on the Stars’ web site embrace former Blue Jay R.A. Dickey, Philadelphia Phillies president of baseball operations David Dombrowski and longtime MLB supervisor Tony La Russa.

Stewart advised The Tennessean final yr he would love a Nashville group to start play in 2026.

The Blue Jays employed Mattingly, the previous Miami Marlins supervisor, this low season after the Marlins and the previous New York Yankees star participant parted methods.

Mattingly additionally has labored as supervisor of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred advised ESPN final yr he wish to get to 32 groups. MLB at present has 30 groups.

MLB hasn’t expanded since including Arizona and Tampa Bay in 1998.