Don Mattingly walks into the 2019 season knowing this might be his last season as manager of the Miami Marlins.
It’s not because it’s his last year of age for your deal he signed in 2016. It’s more about taking what he has with his roster in this second year of a rebuilding plan and showing significant progress with young talent and older veterans who aren’t part of the team’s future.
At the end of last season, Derek Jeter, the team’s CEO and co-owner, announced Mattingly will be back in 2019 but that was all that was said.