The D-Backs extend Torey Lovullo to 2024
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PHOENIX — In the darkest moments of the 2021 season as his team was heading towards 110 losses, Torey Lovullo couldn’t have predicted what happened on Sunday when the D-backs extended their coaching contract through 2024.
At the time, Lovullo was leaning heavily on his wife Kristen, who constantly reminded him that he could do it. Their support was one of the main reasons Lovullo was able to maintain a positive attitude when dealing with his young players who were learning on the job.
“It was dark,” Lovullo said. “It was really dark. And I never imagined sitting here and saying I was guaranteed a few more years, you know? Two years ago I didn’t know where I was. I was emotionally lost but I couldn’t show that because I had a team to lead.”
In September of that year, the D-Backs extended Lovullo through the 2022 season with an option for ’23. You exercised this option last August.
Recently, D-Backs GM Mike Hazen began discussions with Managing Partner Ken Kendrick and Team President/CEO Derrick Hall about renewing Lovullo’s contract again.
With them on board, Hazen raised the issue with Lovullo a few days ago, and they quickly agreed on a one-year extension. Part of the reason the contract is for a year and not longer is that Hazen’s contract also expires after the 2024 season.
The extension comes as the D-Backs made a strong start to the season. Arizona went into Sunday’s game with a 35-24 record, tied with the Dodgers for the most wins in the National League.
“The team has been playing like this since spring training,” said Hazen. “I think the level of preparation that we’re seeing from Torey and his coaching staff is an advantage for us, in our opinion.” The way the team plays for him has been pretty consistent, even through the seasons in who weren’t doing particularly well in terms of winning and losing.”
When the D-Backs struggled in 2021, Lovullo and the front office knew that given the depth and amount of talent the farm system is producing, better days were likely to come.
Lovullo then, and still does with the next wave of prospects, did his best to keep in touch with them. He texts a number of the organization’s potential candidates to ensure a smoother transition as they move up to the big leagues.
By extending Lovullo, Hazen also wanted to reassure a clubhouse that enjoys playing for his manager that he would be a part of the future.
“We’re going to go through some ups and downs again and I think it’s important to know that stability is important,” Hazen said. “I think the conversations he’s having with the players today about what we’re going to do today and how we’re going to move forward, I think has more substance behind it [the extension]. And I think that’s an important thing for us and I think he deserves it given what he’s done in this job. I think we’re reaping a lot of the investment he’s made in those players because of that [tougher] time periods.”
Lovullo enjoyed great success early in his tenure with the D-Backs as they improved from a last-place finish to a wild card spot in 2017, his first year at the helm.
The results of previous seasons have not matched those of the first few seasons, but Lovullo’s development as a manager was clear to Hazen and is acknowledged by Lovullo himself.
“When I got here, it was more about allowing the guys to perform, go out there and do what they do best, give them comfort and support them,” Lovullo said. “But I’ve learned over the past few years how important it is to keep that up [coaching] The staff is responsible and the players are responsible to get better every day. So there were some awkward moments where I had to learn to be comfortable with awkward conversations.”