The Diamondbacks fired field manager Chip Hale and general manager Dave Stewart:

The team announced in a release on Monday that it will discuss an appropriate role for chief baseball officer Tony La Russa in the future.

“We are very grateful to Dave and Chip, who are widely respected throughout the game of baseball,” said Arizona managing general partner Ken Kendrick. “Ultimately the results have not been what we had hoped, and while that responsibility is shared by all of us, we have decided that a change is necessary.”

Stewart tried to be an old school GM in an era of highly analytical front offices. It didn’t work. All the AL teams in the playoffs this season have excellent analytics behind them. The Cubs, Dodgers, Nationals, and Mets certainly do, and I suspect San Francisco is better than average. It’s time for Arizona to catch up.