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3 MLB managers on the hot seat one month into 2023

By Scott Roche

Sep 24, 2022; Miami, Florida, USA; Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez (4) walks off the field after a mound visit during the sixth inning against the Miami Marlins at loanDepot Park. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 24, 2022; Miami, Florida, USA; Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez (4) walks off the field after a mound visit during the sixth inning against the Miami Marlins at loanDepot Park. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports /
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May 11, 2022; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez (4) looks on from the dugout against the New York Mets at Nationals Park. Mandatory Credit: Scott Taetsch-USA TODAY Sports
May 11, 2022; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez (4) looks on from the dugout against the New York Mets at Nationals Park. Mandatory Credit: Scott Taetsch-USA TODAY Sports /

Dave Martinez, Washington Nationals

It certainly feels like a lot longer than four years ago when the Washington Nationals beat the Houston Astros in seven games to win the 2019 World Series. They look a lot different now than they did then roster-wise.

Gone are Trea Turner, Anthony Rendon, Juan Soto, and Max Scherzer, just to name a few. They currently sit in last place in a good National League East, a place where they have finished the last three seasons. They are coming in a 107-loss 2022 season and it wouldn’t be surprising to see them close in on that number again this season.

Dave Martinez, who began his coaching career as a bench coach for the Tampa Bay Rays, is in his sixth season as manager of the Nationals and he won the World Series in just his second year in charge. Since then, however, a lot has changed and Washington is a team that is stuck in a long rebuild after trading and losing key pieces of the club the last couple of seasons.

They have some good young players, including pitcher Josiah Gray, but being stuck in the NL East is not a division you want to be in with the Atlanta Braves, New York Mets, and Phillies when you’re in a rebuild. When a team goes through a rebuild, generally a tenured manager like Martinez doesn’t stick around to see it through. Moving on from him and bringing in a new voice with the recent struggles might be the move that Washington makes sooner rather than later.

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