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5 replacements for Don Mattingly as Dodgers manager

By Cody Williams

May 14, 2014; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don Mattingly (8) stands on the dugout steps in the fifth inning of the game against the Miami Marlins at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports
May 14, 2014; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don Mattingly (8) stands on the dugout steps in the fifth inning of the game against the Miami Marlins at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oct 4, 2015; Atlanta, GA, USA; Atlanta Braves third base coach Bo Porter (16) coaches against the St. Louis Cardinals in the seventh inning at Turner Field. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 4, 2015; Atlanta, GA, USA; Atlanta Braves third base coach Bo Porter (16) coaches against the St. Louis Cardinals in the seventh inning at Turner Field. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports /

2. Bo Porter

Bo Porter has been all around Major League Baseball as a coach in manager over the past decade. Most recently, Porter was the third-base coach for the Atlanta Braves after he was fired from his position as the manager of the Houston Astros at the end of the 2014 season.

There’s no way to sugarcoat the fact that Porter’s record in Houston was extremely lackluster. In just under two full seasons, Porter amassed only 110 wins while his teams lost 190 games, good for only a .367 winning percentage. However, it’s important to note that, at that time for the Astros, losing was kind of the point.

Porter was serving as manager in Houston while they were busy building the team that took them to the postseason in 2015 in their farm system. They were designed to be a pretty sub-par team to help build up their feeder system and then capitalize on it once those players developed. The thing is, Porter never got to the latter stage of that process.

Porter is a young guy who would be willing to be nudged in certain directions by the Dodgers front office, but he’s also a guy who has more than paid his dues and proven he deserves a legitimate chance to succeed in this league.

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