Not particularly surprising.

Mackanin was, at best, a stabilizing force after Ryne Sandberg flaked off to a golf course in the middle of the 2015 season. Since then, he’s led(?) a strange mix of youngsters and veterans who came together to form something barely resembling a baseball team. Had people been paying closer attention, they probably would’ve seen that, though a good guy, Mackanin lacked the disciplining consistency and was a poor tactician. Unlike Brett Brown, who for the most part routinely impressed overseeing a horrible basketball team, Mackanin at times seemed to exacerbate problems with his club. He also at times butted heads with stubborn younger players (ODUBEL HERRERA) and, inexplicably, allowed Bob McLure to oversee a Major League pitching staff.

We’ll have more soon.