It was announced Monday that the Royals’ all-time winningest manager, Ned Yost, will be leaving the dugout at the conclusion of the 2019 season.

Yost has amassed 744 wins and counting as manager for the Royals.

After being hired in May 2010, Yost led the Royals to back-to-back World Series appearances, as well as a championship in 2015. Since then, however, the Royals have been in a steady decline and have entered into a major rebuilding phase.

Yost has garnered 1,201 wins in his tenure as a manager, good enough to earn him 45th on the all-time list.

In a statement from the Royals, Yost discussed his impending retirement:

“With the development of our young players and our returning veterans, I feel and hope the worst is behind us in this rebuilding phase of our organization. My plan all along was to get us through the rough times and then turn it over to a new manager to bring us the rest of the way. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my time here as your manager and will never forget the good and hard times we had together as an organization and a fan base.”

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Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid was one of many to congratulate Yost on his retirement:

Although no replacement for Yost has been announced yet, a likely candidate is former St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheney, who is currently a special advisor in player development for the Royals. Matheney arises as an option following his stint with the Cardinals, during which he won 55 percent of his regular-season games, three division titles, and a pennant in 2013.

Many changes are afoot in terms of MLB managers, with the Giants searching for a new leader to replace Bruce Bochy and the Padres seeking a replacement for Andy Green. The Royals, who are coming off of a rebuilding phase that spanned multiple years, could be a target destination for many different potential managers looking to lead them back to the postseason.

Kansas City Royal’s left-hander Danny Duffy has been placed on the 10-day DL by his club. He suffered from an oblique strain while pitching against the Cleveland Indians on Sunday. He is likely to miss six to eight weeks.

Duffy was torn apart during Sunday’s start, giving up six runs on nine hits. As such, he was pulled from the game in the fifth. Despite his poor showing, neither Duffy nor manager Ned Yost mentioned the injury after the game during the post-game press conference.

The lefty becomes the second Royals pitcher to land on the disabled list in the past week – right hander Nate Karns is also on the 10-day DL with an elbow injury.

Eric Skoglund was called up from the Royal’s minor league system to replace Duffy and pitched 6 1/3 innings of shut-out ball, giving up only two hits, walking only one, and striking out five on Tuesday. He was awarded the win as the Royals went on to beat Justin Verlander and the Tigers, 1-0. After being pulled by Yost, Skoglund received a standing ovation from a thankful Kansas City crowd.

Skoglund, the Royals number three prospect, is envisioned to be a middle of the rotation pitcher and was not expected to be in the Majors until 2018. If he continues to produce strong start’s in Duffy’s place, he may cement himself as part of the permanent rotation for the remainder of the 2017 season.

Before hitting the DL, Duffy was 4-4 with 3.54 ERA in 68 innings pitched during the 2017 season. Duffy has been a Royal his entire seven-year career and signed a five-year, $65 million extension in January. He will be eligible for arbitration and could hit the free agent market after this season. He won a World Series with the Royals in 2015.

The Royals, with 22 wins and 29 losses, currently have one of the worst records in all baseball and are in last place in the AL Central.