The proverbial first shoe dropped in the 2025 Major League Baseball manager carousel with Pittsburgh’s firing of Derek Shelton

The sixth-year manager survived less than a quarter of the season before the Pirates fired him with an abysmal 12-26 record through 38 games.

Shelton might not be alone in being handed an early pink slip. As disappointing as the Pirates’ start to the season has been, they still entered Thursday with twice as many wins as the 6-30 Colorado Rockies. They’re on a historically bad pace, so it’s of little surprise that Bud Black has been installed with the shortest odds to be the next manager fired by one sportsbook.

The next three names on the list all belong to American League teams.

Despite signing Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to a $500 million contract extension, the Toronto Blue Jays find themselves 12th in the AL with a 16-20 record. The Blue Jays still have time to turn their season around at 4 1/2 games behind the New York Yankees in the AL East, but manager John Schneider might be on thin ice.

Baltimore manager Brandon Hyde’s squad has been even more disappointing, with the talent-laden Orioles off to a 13-23 start that sees them mired in 14th place in the AL.

That’s one spot below the Los Angeles Angels, who have won their past two games to improve to 15-20. But with Mike Trout on the injured list yet again and the Angels sitting in last place in the suddenly competitive AL West, Ron Washington has been given the second-shortest odds to be the next manager fired.

NEXT MLB FIRED ODDS*
Bud Black, Rockies (+200)
Ron Washington, Angels (+350)
John Schneider, Blue Jays (+400)
Brandon Hyde, Orioles (+450)
Dave Martinez, Nationals (+500)
Rocco Baldelli, Twins (+800)
Joe Espada, Astros (+2500)
Aaron Boone, Yankees (+3300)
Rob Thomson, Phillies (+5000)
*Odds provided by SportsBetting.ag for entertainment purposes only.

–Field Level Media