Prior to taking his first major league managerial position, Lovullo worked as Toronto’s first base coach for two seasons (20). Hazen appointed Lovullo as the Diamondbacks’ manager in November 2016. If the Diamondbacks make the playoffs for the first time since 2017 - Lovullo’s first in Arizona - surely a multiyear deal will materialize. That the extension is again for only a year is a mild one, though.

Now, with Arizona sitting near the top of the National League in 2023, an extension is hardly a surprise. The Diamondbacks improved a year later, and Lovullo got another one-year deal. It was a vote of confidence that Lovullo was not the team’s problem. In 2021, the Diamondbacks extended him as he neared the end of a miserable 51-110 season.

This is the third straight year the Diamondbacks have extended Lovullo by one year, although the circumstances are wildly different.

The Athletic’s instant analysis: How Lovullo earned another extension Lovullo thanked the Diamondbacks organization for giving him the extension and “for the faith they put in me every single day.” “I think the conversations that (Lovullo) is having with players today about what we’re going to be doing today and moving forward … I think there’s more substance behind that because of (his extension) and that’s important for us to establish.”

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