Why the Seattle Mariners Manager Job Tops MLB Openings

When you look at the job openings right now, Bob, what's the most intriguing job and what's the best job opening in your opinion? I still think it's the Seattle Mariners manager job. That team's loaded with talent. They're grossly underachieved. Great city. Great talent. So I think that manager job is the best. Certainly better than Houston and the Angels. GM job is still open also in both places. in Houston and Anaheim as well. I'd go with the manager job in Seattle. The Astros job, it's intriguing there. I mean, is there somebody that you think would be the perfect fit for that as they try to retool from what they've done over the last decade? They were a great baseball organization, falling on hard times a little bit as of late here, made a run here late this past year. But, I mean, why isn't the Astros job an intriguing job? Well, just to look at some high contracts and they've got to move some pieces to make it work. So, yeah, I'd love to see a guy like Mike Rizzo, who used to be the GM of the Nationals, get that job. That'd be great. They're talking to a number of people, analytic people as well. And the manager, I wouldn't be surprised to see it's Brad Ausmus. He's very close with Jeff Bagwell, who's got the trust of the owner, Jim Crane. And Ausmus, of course, is the bench coach for Boone in New York. Ideas on the Angel job? I mean, Mike Trout's winding it down there. Any ideas on who you think would get that gig? No. Money's no object. They sold it to the family that owns the Rams and the Nuggets and everything else. So money's no problem. I'm not sure who will get that GM job. The GM job, because I think they'll spend some money, could be lucrative. They don't have any outside Trout. No big contracts in the books. So whoever has the open canvas, whoever gets that job. And that job's good as well. It's just going to take a few years. I'll tell you what, Bob. Now that Stan Kroenke's group has bought that team, if you look at what they've done, they've won a premier title, they've won a MLS title, they've won a Super Bowl, they've won a Stanley Cup, and they've won a Super Bowl. So, I mean, that organization, I think they're the best ownership group in all the world because they've won at multiple levels. That job might become entertaining. You're always going to be second fiddle, though, I get it, to the Dodgers there, but that could be an intriguing job in a couple of years. Well, it could be. Yeah, it's just going to take a while to get that thing done, and then you do a stadium, too. That thing's kind of falling apart. Need a new spring training headquarters, so a lot of infrastructure needs to be changed or updated for sure. But, yeah, it could be if Kroenke throws his money out like he has the other franchises, it could be very lucrative.