The MLB regular season is coming to a close, and for all but ten teams, tough decisions are ahead. The first decisions a franchise typically makes after their season ends involves their managerial situation. Not every team that missed the playoffs will fire their manager. Some are content with their current situation. While other teams hired a manager in the last year or two and will give him more time to get the club going in the right direction. These managers though are not so lucky and are all in real danger of losing their jobs. Here are the top four MLB managers who could get fired.
Terry Collins, New York Mets
Times are tough for the New York Mets. The team spent this season dealing with injuries and player controversies. You could say Terry Collins did a good job dealing with everything this season, but his time as the Mets manager may still be coming to a close. Collins has managed the Mets for seven years, and excluding 2015 and 2016, his teams have all finished with losing records. The fact he made the World Series in 2015 could save his job, but with the team losing 90 games this season the franchise may look to clean house in the offseason and start fresh in 2018.
Clint Hurdle, Pittsburgh Pirates
Clint Hurdle’s time in Pittsburgh has been moderately successful. In his seven years as the team’s manager, the Pirates have made the playoffs three times. However, they twice lost in the Wild Card game and lost in the ALDS the other time. The last two seasons have seen the organization regress. For the second straight season, the team will fail to win 80 games. Hurdle’s managing career overall has seen more failure than success. In his 15-year managing career (eight with the Colorado Rockies and seven with Pittsburgh), Hurdle’s finished with a losing record 11 times, and outside of a crazy postseason run with the Rockies in 2007, his teams have failed to do much in the playoffs. Pittsburgh may want to go a different direction this offseason to see if they can get their current roster back to the 98-win level it was at just two years ago.
Mike Scioscia, Los Angeles Angels
It may be time to say goodbye to the longest tenured manager in the MLB. Mike Scioscia has spent his entire 18-year managing career with the Los Angeles Angels, guiding the franchise to their only World Series win. In recent years, the Angels have not been nearly as successful as they were earlier in Scioscia’s run. In the last eight seasons, the Angels have only made the playoffs once, which ended in a sweep in the ALDS against the Kansas City Royals. Scioscia has had the privilege of managing the best player in the baseball, Mike Trout, the last six seasons, yet even with his consistent MVP level performances, the team has failed to win more than 80 games in three of the previous five seasons. It may be time to move on from Scioscia and find a new manager that can maximize the talent around Mike Trout.
Bryan Price, Cincinnati Reds
Bryan Price has been the manager of the Cincinnati Reds now for four seasons and under his leadership, the Reds have failed to win more than 76 games and have finished last in the NL Central for three straight seasons. Price came into a great situation. The Reds were coming off back-to-back 90+ win seasons and had two mega stars in Joey Votto and Johnny Cueto. Cueto is now long-gone, and Joey Votto continues to be one of the best hitters in the MLB, despite his team’s shortcomings. The direction of the organization is likely to continue the rebuilding process, and a cleaning of house may be one of the steps the franchise takes this offseason. Price has shown little to suggest that he’s going to lead this team to the playoffs with four consecutive sub-.500 seasons. Enough has been seen from him and the Reds should move on and find someone else.
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