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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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FORT MYERS, FL – MARCH 22: Paul Molitor #4 of the Minnesota Twins and Aaron Boone #17 of the New York Yankees meet at home plate before the spring training game between the Minnesota Twins and the New York Yankees at Hammond Stadium on March 22, 2018 in Fort Myers, Florida. (Photo by B51/Mark Brown/Getty Images)
FORT MYERS, FL – MARCH 22: Paul Molitor #4 of the Minnesota Twins and Aaron Boone #17 of the New York Yankees meet at home plate before the spring training game between the Minnesota Twins and the New York Yankees at Hammond Stadium on March 22, 2018 in Fort Myers, Florida. (Photo by B51/Mark Brown/Getty Images) /

Paul Molitor, Minnesota Twins

To say that Paul Molitor is a legend in the Twin Cities would be an understatement, as he is the embodiment of Twins baseball. A Hall of Fame player for the team, the sweet-swinging Molitor now has his Twins back as a perennial playoff team in the American League.

To see the success of the Twins last season, you have to look back at what they were before Molitor took over. They were the laughingstock of the AL Central, and a once-proud fan base was really looking for a savior.

That came in the form of Molitor, who helped this team to a World Series victory as a player back in 1993. Last season, Molitor led the Twins to a very surprising Wild Card finish, though they did lose the one-game playoff to the New York Yankees.

Still, he has this team pointed in the right direction, and they come into 2018 as the Cleveland Indians’ biggest challenger in the AL Central. He is signed through 2020, and there is no way he loses his job unless he decides to step down for some reason.

In 2017, Molitor joined only Frank Robinson as someone who was a Hall of Fame player, and a winner of a Manager of the Year award. This team has a lot of good young talent in players like Jose Berrios and Byron Buxton to name a few, and they still have veterans like Brian Dozier and Joe Mauer leading the clubhouse.

Seat: Cold

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