Here’s how hot each MLB manager’s seat will get in 2018
By Brad Weiss
Don Mattingly, Miami Marlins
One of the few marquee people to survive the carnage that was Derek Jeter was a fellow New York Yankees legend. Don Mattingly will return for his third season as the manager of the Miami Marlins next season, but he could be on borrowed time as well.
Mattingly has not done a ton of winning since coming to Miami from Los Angeles, where he led the Dodgers to the NL West title in each of his last two seasons. Donnie Baseball does not have much to work with in 2018, as the team traded away most of their star power this offseason.
Gone are the likes of Christian Yelich, Giancarlo Stanton, and Dee Gordon, leaving the team with Justin Bour and Starlin Castro as the cogs in their lineup. The team figures to finish in the bottom of the NL East, and the organization may decide to go another direction in 2019 with their manager.
Mattingly also may decide to bolt Miami as well, as this team is not going to be good for a long time. Jeter was an incredible baseball player, but his moves as the man running the show in Miami have brought more head scratching than anything else.
In his two seasons with the team, Mattingly has yet to win 80 games in a campaign, and that won’t change in 2018. They are going to struggle pretty bad this season, and Mattingly should see his warm seat turn pretty hot in the second half of the season.