Here’s how hot each MLB manager’s seat will get in 2018
By Brad Weiss
Bruce Bochy, San Francisco Giants
For over 20 years, Bruce Bochy has been the manager of an NL West team. Back in 1995, he became the manager of the San Diego Padres, and stayed there up until the 2006 season. The following year, he went over to San Francisco, where he has been ever since.
To say Bochy is a legend in the Bay Area would be an understatement. During his tenure with the team, Bochy has led the Giants to three World Series titles, including two where his team was a Wild Card team.
However, his team put together their worst season since 1995 last year, and at times it felt like the organization may show him the door. You do not build up as much equity as Bochy has and just get fired after a horrible season, but the organization needs to make sure this does not become a pattern.
In order to avoid another bad year, the Giants went out and got themselves some bats this offseason. The team brought in Andrew McCutchen from the Pittsburgh Pirates, and now has Evan Longoria manning the hot corner.
The key to their rotation is Madison Bumgarner, and as we saw last year, they struggled when he did not take the ball every fifth day. Well, MadBum broke a bone in his pitching hand already this spring, which could be an ominous sign for the Giants moving forward.