What MLB Players Would Make Good Mangers Of A Team?

Highlighted by Aaron Boone of the Yankees, Alex Cora of the Red Sox and Craig Counsell of the Brewers, a players coach often encourages player personality and team fun, higher focus on building player-coach relationships, and aims to build team culture with a more youthful touch.

Of the 30 active managers in Major League Baseball, 26 reached the big leagues as a player and 29 played in the minors.

Cardinals manager Mike Shildt is the lone manager who never played professional baseball, as he decided to hang up the cleats for a high school coaching gig after playing four years of college ball at UNC Asheville.