MLB managers ranked by current baseball talent

By Jason Wojciechowski on May 14, 2018 at 7:59 PM

The following is what the above says: if you gave each MLB manager a full season of playing time at the position they played in their playing days, how many WAR would they achieve? I'm not going to tell you how many WAR, but I am going to rank them.

  1. Mickey Callaway
  2. Gabe Kapler
  3. Alex Cora
  4. Craig Counsell
  5. Mike Matheny
  6. Aaron Boone
  7. Dave Roberts
  8. AJ Hinch
  9. Kevin Cash
  10. Andy Green
  11. Paul Molitor
  12. Scott Servais
  13. Bud Black
  14. Dave Martinez
  15. Torey Lovullo
  16. Don Mattingly
  17. Rick Renteria
  18. Terry Francona
  19. Mike Scioscia
  20. Bruce Bochy
  21. Jeff Banister
  22. Bob Melvin
  23. Clint Hurdle
  24. John Gibbons
  25. Ned Yost
  26. Jim Riggleman
  27. Brian Snitker
  28. Buck Showalter
  29. Ron Gardenhire
  30. Joe Maddon