Which managers on the hot seat are going to get the boot?

The Major League Baseball regular season has come to an end. For teams that didn’t make the playoffs, fans are usually left wondering one thing: Will your manager survive?

Not all firings take place the Monday immediately after the season ends, but that’s the first opportunity for teams that were “evaluating” situations to make a move. With that in mind, we’ll take you through the managers on a cusp of losing their jobs.

In honor of former Milwaukee Brewers’ manager Ron Roenicke, who was the first manager fired this season, we’ll rate each situations based on “Roenickes.” One “Roenicke” means we think the manager pretty safe. Five means he’s definitely gone.

Before we get into all that, let’s recap some of the managerial news that has already come out prior to the end of the season.

TEAMS THAT MADE THEIR DECISIONS

BOSTON RED SOX
John Farrell will return to manage the club in 2016, which is good news.  Farrell took a leave of absence in August to battle cancer. Torey Lovullo filled in for Farrell, but will return as the team’s bench coach next year.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX
The White Sox made some changes to their coaching staff, but Robin Ventura will stay. Given the team’s record during his tenure, there’s a good chance Ventura will be on the hot seat early next season, especially if the club gets off to another slow start.

CINCINNATI REDS
Despite his early season rant, and the team’s late-season collapse, Bryan Price will return as the Reds’ manager. How does that help the Reds? We’re not sure, actually.

DETROIT TIGERS
Brad Ausmus is safe. The team announced a few weeks ago that Ausmus would stay on, even though he was evaluated as the team collapsed down the stretch.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Pete Mackanin showed enough as the team’s interim manager to come back next season. The team isn’t expected to be in contention, so it’s possible Mackanin will have a longer leash than expected at the start of next season.

SAN DIEGO PADRES
Pat Murphy is out, so the Padres will search for a new manager this winter. Murphy was the team’s interim choice to replace Bud Black, but it appears to club will go a new direction.

All right, with that out of the way, let’s get to our managers on the hot seat.

MANAGERS ON THE HOT SEAT

FREDI GONZALEZ, ATLANTA BRAVES
The Braves endured their second straight losing season under Gonzalez, but it’s unclear if he deserves the blame for that. The club was fairly quiet last offseason, with outfielder Nick Markakis serving as their only big free-agent signing. It’s no secret the club is building for 2017, the first year they’ll be in their new stadium. It appears they want Gonzalez to be around when that happens, but you get the sense that he might not be on solid ground if the team really struggles next year. If the team is really looking for a new start in 2017, why not grab a new manager by then too? For now, though, Gonzalez might just survive.
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WALT WEISS, COLORADO ROCKIES
Based on record, it would be easy to see Weiss out of a job. He’s posted a .427 win percentage with the club over three seasons, and there’s not a lot of hope in Colorado right now. It’s typically pretty easy for a front office to sacrifice the manager in these situations so they can say, “hey, at least we did something.” At the same time, both Carlos Gonzalez and Nolan Arenado came out in support of Weiss recently. It’s fairly rare that players go to bat publicly for an embattled manager like this, so that definitely complicates things. While things haven’t gone well, it doesn’t appear Weiss lost the Colorado clubhouse. That’s a good thing, but it might not be enough to save him. We’re hedging here. 
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DAN JENNINGS, MIAMI MARLINS
C’mon, we’re talking about Miami here. Of course there’s going to be turnover. The Jennings era didn’t get off to a great start. The team didn’t improve, and even no-showed a charity event shortly after Mike Redmond was let go. It was never confirmed that the club was protesting Jennings’ hire, but there was plenty of speculation. Things have been fairly quiet lately as far as the clubhouse turning on Jennings, but there have been reports that Jeffrey Loria is ready to shake things up. Imagine that! Jennings could hypothetically remain in the franchise in a different front office role, but he’s not coming back as the manager.
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CRAIG COUNSELL, MILWAUKEE BREWERS
It’s always troublesome for a manager when the club hires a new general manager during the season. That makes it tough to evaluate whether Counsell should come back. He was hired by the previous regime, and that probably means ownership signed off on the move. In that sense, they probably want to keep him around for another season. While the Brewers weren’t great under Counsell, the team did improve. His .449 winning percentage isn’t much to write home about, but it’s not like he had much to work with, particularly after Carlos Gomez and Mike Fiers were dealt. General manager David Stearns could opt to bring in his own pick for manager, but the support of Brewers’ ownership might save Counsell. 
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LLOYD MCCLENDON, SEATTLE MARINERS
The regime change definitely hurts McClendon’s chances of staying on as the team’s manager. New general manager Jerry Dipoto is regarded as a new-age, stat guy, while McClendon is an old school manager. That doesn’t necessarily mean the two can’t work it out. McClendon could turn over a new leaf and embrace some new school statistics. At the same time, why would Dipoto count on that when he can just hire his own guy. After dealing with an old school manager in Los Angeles, we’re guessing Dipoto would like someone with a similar thought process down in the dugout.
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MATT WILLIAMS, WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Nope. There’s just no way Williams survives as the team’s manager after what happened the past couple weeks in the Nation’s Capital. The club not only choked, but the best player on the team was choked by a teammate during a dugout altercation. Williams claimed to be unaware of the severity of the dustup between Bryce Harper and Jonathan Papelbon, which either means no one told him, or he just didn’t care. Neither reflects well on him. On top of all that, local reports have not been kind to Williams. There have been rumors Williams lost the clubhouse weeks ago, and that players find him way too upright.
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