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Here’s how hot each MLB manager’s seat will get in 2018

By Brad Weiss

ST. LOUIS, MO - JUNE 23: Manager Mike Matheny
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SCOTTSDALE, AZ – FEBRUARY 27: Manager Mike Scioscia #14 of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim walks to the dugout prior to a game against the Colorado Rockies at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick on February 27, 2018 in Scottsdale, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images)
SCOTTSDALE, AZ – FEBRUARY 27: Manager Mike Scioscia #14 of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim walks to the dugout prior to a game against the Colorado Rockies at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick on February 27, 2018 in Scottsdale, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images) /

Mike Scioscia, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Suddenly, the seat beneath Mike Scioscia is starting to heat up. The manager of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim since 2000, Mike Scioscia has brought a lot of victories to the team, though the losses are starting to pile up.

Over the last two seasons, the Angels have failed to win more than they have lost, and have finished below .500 in each campaign. All of that losing despite the fact they have arguably the best baseball player on the planet in Mike Trout would lead one to believe Scioscia could be on his way out with another sub-.500 season.

While the losing has piled up, it would be very hard for the team to unseat a legend. Scioscia brought winning back to the Angels, and his players really love him. The team comes into the season having the daunting task of beating the Houston Astros for the division, so a Wild Card may be their best bet.

In his career managing the Angels, Scioscia has not only won over 1,500 games,  but he has also brought home a World Series title back in 2002. That seems like forever ago, and this team has fallen far since winning 98 games back in 2014.

The Angels made one of the bigger splashes of free agency when they brought over Shohei Ohtani. A player who can hit, and pitch at the Major League level, Ohtani really struggled this spring.

It may seem crazy to think Scioscia would be on the hot season heading into 2018, but it is certainly getting warm in here.

Seat: Warm

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