There is always a lot of turnover at the managerial positions in MLB but especially in recent years, a lot of the old guard of long-tenured managers have left their teams.
Since 2010, managers like Bobby Cox (Atlanta), Tony La Russa (St. Louis), Bruce Bochy (San Francisco), Mike Scioscia (Angels), Ned Yost (Kansas City), Bob Melvin (Oakland), and others have left their teams after spending at least 10 seasons with their teams.
In fact, since the end of the 2018 season, 19 of the 30 MLB managers have hired a new manager. There is no manager that has more than a decade with a team currently as Terry Francona (Cleveland) is the most tenured of the MLB managers.
He was hired as their manager for the start of the 2013 season. He also has only managed 14 games in 2020 for them (and none of their postseason games) and he only managed 97 games in 2021 due to health issues.
Either during the season or after this offseason, there will be some managers fired but there are some, even just 10 or so games into the season, that are on the hot seat.
Here are 7 MLB managers that are on the hot seat right now.
1) Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell (2-9)
Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell is definitely at or towards the top of the list of managers on the hot seat in the NL.
Bell, 49, has been the manager of the Reds since the start of the 2019 season and he hasn’t seen much success. He had a 75-87 record in 2019, a 31-29 record (and a playoff appearance) in 2020, and an 83-79 record in 2021.
It’s definitely not all of Bell’s fault considering the lack of talent (and the lack of a good owner) but managers usually end up being fall guys and, if he gets fired, Bell would definitely be that.