A.J. Hinch to Boston?

[Edman85]

Ethan is a lot more accurate than Spotrac (which is not reliable at all) and closer than Cots (although Cots has gotten better at back of roster estimations)

 

https://x.com/i/status/2047692416472297586

[AlaskanTigersFan]

On 4/26/2026 at 1:02 PM, Hongbit said:

I heard that John Henry is also planning on buying Kevin McGonigle from the Tigers.  Apparently he has that much money that he can convince the Tigers to sell him for cash.

He does have the money.... I bet if he offered $500 million, the Tigers would trade McGonigle for "Cash Considerations" lol. 

[Motor City Sonics]

5 hours ago, chasfh said:

I saw a tweet that Alex Cora was just offered the Phillies job, but I don’t know how seriously to take that.

Well, my thought was this.   Mets, you better act fast if you want him because Philly will fire their guy and take him.     I would take that rumor very seriously.    I don't know if Thomson gets fired at this moment if Cora hadn't become available.  I think the Phillies may have already hired Cora before they fired him. 

[Tenacious D]

So, AJ Hinch to the Phillies?  Probably deserves it’s own thread.

[casimir]

Has a manager been fired in season and then hired to be manager elsewhere in the same season?

[Sports_Freak]

2 hours ago, AlaskanTigersFan said:

He does have the money.... I bet if he offered $500 million, the Tigers would trade McGonigle for "Cash Considerations" lol. 

I remember when the Yankees tried that with Catfish Hunter. MLB didn't allow it 

[Sports_Freak]

1 hour ago, casimir said:

Has a manager been fired in season and then hired to be manager elsewhere in the same season?

Didn't Sparky?

[Sports_Freak]

On 4/25/2026 at 10:32 PM, Tenacious D said:

He’s under contract.  Next?

 

On 4/25/2026 at 10:46 PM, holygoat said:

Yeah, he literally just signed an extension last year. I don't know who the BoSox are gonna replace Cora with, but I know it's not gonna be AJ Hinch.

 

On 4/26/2026 at 5:28 PM, mtutiger said:

Setting aside that he's under contract, while the Boston name has a lot of prestige, the organization itself looks like a dumpster fire right now. 

This is a better team and a better job at this point in time. He'd be crazy to leave for that job 

 

On 4/26/2026 at 5:48 PM, Edman85 said:

You joke, but that's the only way this could actually happen. Lou Piniella (Mariners to Rays) and John Farrell (Blue Jays to Red Sox) come to mind.

I don't think any of us know if there's an opt out in his contract or not. I'm absolutely positive he's staying here but sometimes there are opt outs written in contracts. Aren't there?

[Edman85]

21 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Didn't Sparky?

That was my thought, but just checked and he was fired by the Reds in the offseason.

[Edman85]

1 hour ago, casimir said:

Has a manager been fired in season and then hired to be manager elsewhere in the same season?

I found the last time it happened, and Dave Dombrowski was the one who fired the manager who went elsewhere.

[Sports_Freak]

9 minutes ago, Edman85 said:

That was my thought, but just checked and he was fired by the Reds in the offseason.

Im sure there has to be managers who got fired during a season and got hired somewhere else. My guess would be Billy Martin?

[Edman85]

4 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Im sure there has to be managers who got fired during a season and got hired somewhere else. My guess would be Billy Martin?

Buck Rodgers in 1991. AI started hallucinating after that...

Duroscher did it twice.

Edited 14 hours ago by Edman85

[Sports_Freak]

35 minutes ago, Edman85 said:

Buck Rodgers in 1991. AI started hallucinating after that...

Duroscher did it twice.

Billy Martin was hired by Texas after Detroit fired him, in season. 

And in 1975, when Texas fired him, he took over the Yankees. Lol

Jeez...reading about Billy. So interesting. One of the times he got fired from the Yankees, he was replaced by Bob Lemon,  who had just been fired by the WSox. They don't make them like Billy Martin anymore...

 

Edited 13 hours ago by Sports_Freak

[NorthWoods]

2 hours ago, Sports_Freak said:

Billy Martin was hired by Texas after Detroit fired him, in season. 

And in 1975, when Texas fired him, he took over the Yankees. Lol

Jeez...reading about Billy. So interesting. One of the times he got fired from the Yankees, he was replaced by Bob Lemon,  who had just been fired by the WSox. They don't make them like Billy Martin anymore...

 

Ok.  That Mickey Mantle story was a classic.  

[chasfh]

Buddy Bell did it in 2005, and the Tiger were not either team. He managed the Indians for one game against the A's when Eric Wedge was excused for a "significant personal family issue". Reference doesn't count it, but Retrosheet and Lahman do. Buddy went to the Royals later that year.

Tony La Russa managed the White Sox for a couple of months in 1986 and then took over the A’s for the last couple of months.