He spent parts of his career playing for Tony La Russa and Buck Showalter. Now, Danny Mendick will put into action lessons learned from those longtime Major League Baseball skippers as he gets ready for his first managerial job.
When the Charleston RiverDogs open their 2026 season, Mendick will be in the dugout.
And it’s not a surprise for the former Monroe Community College Tribune and Pittsford Mendon Viking.
“I always knew I was going to stay in the game after I was done playing,” he said during a phone call. “Being able to manage in Charleston is certainly exciting.”
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A 2015 draft pick of the Chicago White Sox, the infielder by trade spent 10 years in affiliated baseball including parts of six seasons in the majors. READ MORE.