The San Diego Padres have turned to a rising young candidate over a veteran manager to lead the franchise in 2020.

Jayce Tingler, who served as the Texas Rangers’ field coordinator in 2019, will be hired as the Padres' next manager, a person with direct knowledge of the decision told USA TODAY Sports.

The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because there has been no formal announcement.

Tingler, who turns 39 next month, has mostly spent time in the Rangers' front office in player development and worked two years as an assistant GM in that organization.

He is currently managing Escogido in the Dominican winter league.

Padres general manager A.J. Preller was the Rangers' assistant GM during Tingler's tenure in Texas.

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Veteran coach Ron Washington, who served as the Rangers' manager from 2007-14, was also a finalist for the position.

The Padres, who dropped $527 million the last three seasons on Manny Machado, Eric Hosmer and Wil Myers, have regressed and played poorly the second half of the season the past season.

They fired Andy Green with only eight games remaining. During his four-year tenure, the Padres had never finished better than fourth place in the National League West.

Contributing: Bob Nightengale