Wallach comes with no strings attached - he is no longer under contract to the Dodgers.
Tim Wallach managed the Albuquerque Isotopes for two seasons.Los Angeles Dodgers third-base coach Tim Wallach will be interviewed by the Boston Red Sox for their managerial opening, according to multiple sources.
Steve Dilbeck of the Los Angeles Times quoted Wallach:
“It’s the Red Sox. It’s one of the top organizations in all of baseball. We all know how last year went. It’s not a picture of who they are. They were a top organization for a long, long time. It’s certainly something I’m not afraid to be a part of.”
Wallach, 55, managed the Dodgers’ Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes in 2009 and 2010. He also served as the Dodgers’ hitting coach in 2004 and 2005. He played 17 seasons in the big leagues
Dilbeck did not report when Wallach would be interviewed. Neither did Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald, who reported Thursday that the Sox will interview candidates this week and next. The Herald is being credited as the first to report the Wallach story. Robert Bradford of WEEI.com echoed the Herald report, adding that interviews would go through the weekend.
Toronto Blue Jays manager John Farrell, a former pitching coach with the Sox, appears to top the list of candidates to replace Bobby Valentine after the team finished with its worst record since 1965. But the Farrell situation is complicated by the fact that he still has a year left on his contract. Wallach's contract with the Dodgers has expired.