SAN DIEGO — Matt Williams was back with the
Former St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Shildt will continue to coach third base in the near future, but Williams said he’ll be around the Padres “for as long as they’ll let me.”
Williams was a five-time All-Star who was considered one of the game’s best third basemen throughout the 1990s, then went on to serve as a manager for two organizations — the Washington Nationals, as well as the Kia Tigers of South Korea — and coach for three others. He has been involved in professional baseball for nearly 40 years.
“I’ve been doing this my whole life,” Williams said. “When you can’t, it’s difficult. I faced a little bit of that last year [because of hip replacement surgery]. I don’t want that to happen anymore. I wanna be able to do what I can in my job. If I can lend in this interim period, I’m happy to do that.”
