RiverDogs name Blake Butera as manager for 2021 season Charleston RiverDogs By Kevin Bilodeau | January 29, 2021 at 5:49 PM EST - Updated January 29 at 5:49 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The Charleston RiverDogs named Blake Butera as their new manager for the 2021 season on Friday in a ceremony at Riley Park.
Butera, despite being just 28-years-old, comes with several years of experience as a manager in the Tampa Bay Rays organization. He was the youngest manager in all of minor league baseball when he took over the Rays former short season squad in Hudson Valley back in 2018. He would coach the team again in 2019.