Sandy Alomar Jr., Jay Bell and Andy Green are among seven confirmed candidates for the Arizona Diamondbacks' manager position, the team announced Wednesday on Twitter.
The following are confirmed candidates for the #Dbacks managerial job. Additional candidates will join the list once permission... (1/2)
— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) October 1, 2014
...is received by their current team: Sandy Alomar Jr., Jay Bell, Andy Green, Phil Nevin, Jim Tracy, Turner Ward. (2/2)
— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) October 1, 2014
The #Dbacks have also received permission to interview White Sox third base coach Joe McEwing for the managerial opening.
— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) October 1, 2014
Arizona is looking to replace Kirk Gibson, who was fired on Friday.
Gibson took over as interim manager in 2010 when A.J. Hinch was fired, then got the job without the interim title. In 2011, his first full season, he led the Diamondbacks to the NL West title and was named major league manager of the year.
But his next two teams went 81-81, and this year, with a squad riddled with injuries, the Diamondbacks finished the season with the worst record in the majors at 64-98.
Chief baseball officer Tony La Russa recently hired Dave Stewart to replace Kevin Towers as the team's general manager.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.