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MLB rumors: 5 managers who should be fired at the end of the season

By Noah Yingling

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - APRIL 15: Manager Aaron Boone #17 of the New York Yankees looks on during batting practice of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles at the Oriole Park at Camden Yards on April 15, 2022 in Baltimore, Maryland. All players are wearing the number 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson Day. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - APRIL 15: Manager Aaron Boone #17 of the New York Yankees looks on during batting practice of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles at the Oriole Park at Camden Yards on April 15, 2022 in Baltimore, Maryland. All players are wearing the number 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson Day. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) /
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Derek Shelton, Pirates
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 27: Manager Derek Shelton #17 of the Pittsburgh Pirates watches the game in the third inning against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on June 27, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images) /

5. Pirates manager Derek Shelton

Like the situation with Mike Matheny in Kansas City, he is in the third year of managing there. The club has been in the middle of a rebuild for many years now. They were atrocious in 2020 (19-41). They improved in 2021 but were still atrocious (61-101). They are on pace for 100 losses again this season and have seen virtually no improvement from any of their top prospects.

Oneil Cruz has struggled at the plate in the majors. Ke’Bryan Hayes is injured again and, despite being a great defender, is still a below-average offensive player. The starting pitching staff that is remaining after trading José Quintana to the Cardinals all has an ERA over 4.00, three of them have FIPs of 4.80 or higher, and all are young (their age 28 season or younger).

Derek Shelton hasn’t exactly been gifted the 1998 Yankees as a team but the club has not improved at the MLB level like they should have, especially in three seasons as the club’s manager should signal that he’s, at least, on the hot seat.

However, the club does not have him on the hot seat yet and they seemingly will not this offseason. Regardless, with the exception of a few years in the mid-2010s, the Pirates have been an atrocious team for the last 30 years and, unfortunately for Pirates fans, it seems to be the same old stuff the club: play poorly, have high draft picks who don’t develop into good players, repeat.

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