Former Dodgers manager Don Mattingly interviewed for the Marlins’ managerial job Monday, and both sides are interested in striking a deal in the coming days, barring something unforeseen.
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Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria has never had a problem paying a high price for a manager he deems worthy, which Mattingly would certainly be.
CBS Sports first reported on the Marlins’ keen interest in Mattingly.
Don Mattingly might not be unemployed for long.
“It’s likely that Mattingly-like most managers-would seek the authority to hire his own coaching staff, and the Marlins have publicly said they will grant that authority”, Jackson wrote in the report. With the Dodgers, Mattingly had worked under two ownership groups and two general managers. After mutually parting ways, the Dodgers agreed to pay Mattingly the $1.5 million he was scheduled to make in 2016, but Los Angeles will save that money depending on terms of his new contract.
Mattingly, 54, managed the Dodgers for the past five seasons including four consecutive 90-win seasons and three consecutive NL West titles. With the potential for a Joe Maddon/Cubs-like arc here, the Marlins’ hiring of Mattingly may not be a matter of if, but instead a matter of when. The Dodgers apparently wanted a bigger return on their $272 million payroll, baseball’s largest in 2015.
“Nothing was ever done in a group setting”, Ellis said.
Mattingly said change is sometimes the right thing, and was pleased with the way players responded in the regular season. “It was always one on one, which is the way I think it should be done”.
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Other candidates who have been interviewed by the Marlins include former major league managers Manny Acta, Larry Bowa and Bo Porter.
