The Best and The Worst MLB Managers Who Are Responsible for Their Teams Emphatic Wins and …..Their Losses
John Schneider — Toronto Blue Jays
Montoyo may not be known to everyone, but he is the longtime manager of the Triple-A Durham Bulls; Montoyo is all set to lead the Blue Jays towards the postseason in Year 4. Although at first, Montoyo didn’t have it easy as it helped lead a young team to an expanded postseason in ’20. The Jays soon had a great year in 2021.
The Blue Jays finished 91-71 despite playing away from Canada. Montoyo ensured that there were significant improvements and better in the past offseason. Montoyo will be given an unenviable task of giving the star-studded roster back to the winning mode. Last heard, Schneider replaced Montoyo.
Phil Nevin — Los Angeles Angels
Joe Maddon has enjoyed enormous success in his managerial career compared to Angels. While managing Tampa Bay, Maddon led the Rays to a historic win at the World Series in 2008 and enjoyed five 90-win seasons. Maddon then went to Chicago and took the Cubs under his wing to enjoy three-straight NLCS appearances and ensured an emphatic win in the 2016 World Series.
With the Angels, Maddon boasted of a team with Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani. However, things went downhill for him as the Angels lost 12-straight games, finally leading to Maddon’s dismissal. Phil Nevin has now taken his place as the interim manager.
Mark Kotsay — Oakland Athletics
After the longtime manager Bob Melvin traveled south towards San Diego, the A’s was looking in 2012. Oakland’s brass landed on former Athletic utility man Mark Kotsay, who continued to play in the team for four seasons (‘ 04-’07) during his l7-year career.
Kotsay has been put in the unenviable position of ushering in a new era of Oakland Athletic baseball as the team has met the same fate. However, this may surely mean that Kotsay will have an easier time with the results. Kotsay will put his skills to good use as he would experiment with a team that does not have much to boast of.
Rob Thomson — Philadelphia Phillies
After a two-year break, Joe Girardi was back at it to manage the Phillies. Girardi proved himself in New York, leading the Bronx Bombers to win the 2009 World Series title and recorded a remarkable 910-710 over the next ten seasons.
Girardi was not in his element at the beginning as he was managing the Phillies, the club postseason that went 110-112 overall. However, Girardi was fired after the start of the 2022 season, 22-29, and hence he had to make way for Thomson; let’s see what the former Yankees coach is slated to do in the future.
Oliver Marmol — St. Louis Cardinals
Oliver Marmol is a former Cardinals draft pick who was part of the organization in the 07-’10. In ’17, the Cardinals chose Marmol as the team’s first base coach, and he has been working as the bench coach.
If Marmol doesn’t give the best results, the Cardinals may show Marmol the door; in this case, Marmol’s task is neatly cut. As he coached the team, Marmol is taking the seat left behind Shildt, who reached the postseason in all three seasons. However, he was still fired even after the 90-win campaign.
Derek Shelton — Pittsburgh Pirates
Derek Shelton filled up Clint Hurdle’s shoes as Clint’s tenure ended following the ’19 season. Since joining the club, Shelton led the Pirates to an 80-142 record as he completed the last-place finishes in the NL Central. It was not entirely to Derek’s fault, though, that his team’s performance was not up to the mark.
The Pirates’ performance is affected because of a shortage of talented rosters in the league, and it could get even worse if the team does not retain players of the caliber of CF Bryan Reynolds. Shelton had a challenging task at his hand.
Hyde’s Orioles performance suffered a significant pitfall. The most stacked division in baseball, Baltimore secured the fifth position in the 52-110 record. Of course, scripting wins is not easy, especially when you are pitted against teams such as the Rays, Red Sox, Yankees, and Blue Jays.
When Brandon Hyde took on the Baltimore job in 2019, he got a bad deal as he got a lousy roster in the game of baseball. Baltimore had improved from last year with seven wins in his first year and got a .500 record in the 2020 season (25-35). The ’17 Orioles lost as many as 117 games, with the esteemed Buck Showalter as manager.
