34) Phil Nevin
Phil Nevin will reportedly be joining the Angels’ coaching staff in 2022 but he has been on other coaching staffs before and has plenty of experience in the majors as well.
Nevin, 51, spent parts of 12 seasons in the majors after he was drafted number one overall in the 1992 draft by Houston. He was the Yankees third base coach from 2018 through 2021 after he was the third base coach for the Giants in 2017.
Prior to that, Nevin was a manager in the minor leagues for the Tigers and D-Backs for eight seasons, including seven at the Triple-A level.
He has had a few MLB managerial interviews in recent years, including with the Tigers when they hired A.J. Hinch last offseason and when the Nationals ended up hiring Dusty Baker before the start of the 2016 season so he could still be on the radar for some other teams in the coming years.
35) José Molina
José Molina was the catching coach for the Los Angeles Angels for the past three seasons before the Angels let him go after the 2021 season.
Molina, 46, is one of the three of the famed “Molina Brothers” who were all catchers in the major leagues and José was the middle brother. Bengie played with José on the Angels and a few other places as well in his 13-year MLB career but the best Molina brother is Yadier, who has been the Cardinals catcher for the better half of two decades and entering his final season in the majors.
José was in the majors for parts of 15 seasons from 1999 through 2014 but was almost exclusively a backup catcher.
In 2016, José became the Angels’ minor league catching coordinator for three seasons before becoming their MLB catching coach.
Given his background as a catcher with coaching experience and his fluency with Spanish (which is often vital for managerial hires in today’s age), Molina could be an MLB manager in the future.