LOS ANGELES — The sting and hurt hadn’t even begun to really set in after the Dodgers were ousted by the Mets in the NLDS, but manager Don Mattingly was asked to contemplate his future, which has been the subject of intense speculation.
“Seriously, you’re asking me that now?” said Mattingly who declined any additional comment on his status under first-year president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman.
“When you’re playing, we all expect to be back. … Donnie he expects to be back and every one here thinks he’ll be back managing this club,” said outfielder Andre Ethier who was involved in a dugout scene with the manager that both sides claimed looked far worse than it was.