Wow, easy question here, Trey Hillman of the Kansas City Royals was fired recently and replaced by task manager and tough skipper Ned Yost. After Kansas got off to s poor start and wallowed in the cellar of the American League’s Central Division, management decided the time had come to make a change. Trey had compiled a 153 win and 207 loss record while skipper of the Royals, who was his first managerial challenge. In a quote from an article written by Jeff Passon, “Losing defined Hillman’s tenure in Kansas City. He came from Japan, where he led the Nippon Ham Fighters to a Japan Series championship, had a bar named after him and was feted nationwide. Here, he was just another Royals manager who couldn’t make lemons into lemonade.”. So as is typical in major league baseball, it is too hard to fire all the players so the manager must go, but in this case it must seem warranted after the number of off season acquisitions made by the Royals.

Hehehe, it was indeed an easy picking for maverick819 as he was first on the uptake. There are many managers in the MLB that are in the hot seats and too bad Trey Hillman of the Kansas City Royals, surprisingly outsprinted them. Now I guess the question will continue on who is next.
Lou Pinella is in jeopardy of getting axe, the Chicago Cubs have under .500 winning percentage and their ERA statistics is definitely inflicting too much damage on them. The pitching chores of the Cubs are also not clicking and internal problems are not resolved. As a manager he must keep the order in the house so that team would be able to perform to their full potential and so far, Piniella haven’t stepped up on the plate effectively.
Dave Trembley of Baltimore Orioles, John Russell of Pittsburgh Pirates, Fredi Gonzalez of Florida Marlins, Ken Machaof Milwaukee Brewers, Jerry Manuel of New York Mets, Ron Washington of Texas Rangers, A.J. Hinch of Arizona Diamondbacks, Don Wakamatsu of Seattle Mariners, and Ozzie Guillen of Chicago White Sox, are also in danger or losing their managerial jobs with their respective teams this season.
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Before I saw your answer, I have to say that I was thinking of Lou Piniella. The Chicago Cubs seem to consistently underachieve. Piniella has always been hotheaded and I wonder how today's player reacts to his methods. Although General Manager Jim Hendrey insists that Piniella and the Cubs coaching staff are safe from losing their jobs, one has to wonder. Could he be saying that just to get attention off of the issue? In all fairness to Piniella, he cannot perform for the players. Derek Lee and Aramis Ramirez, particularly have been struggling. Without them producing as they are capable, the team will not win. That has nothing to do with Piniella, per say. Unless they just are fed up with him and refuse to play hard under him. But as professional players, you would think they'd be able to motivate themselves and have enough pride to play hard and produce. Of course, they get paid no matter what so maybe money is their main objective. In any event, I think Piniella at age 67 just perhaps cannot handle the pressure of managing today's young players, and perhaps should be fired should the Cubs continue to struggle.

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