Real possibilities: Don Wakamatsu, 48

Maybe a sleeper candidate, but he has managerial experience with the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORSPT000026" title="Seattle Mariners" href="/topic/sports/baseball/seattle-mariners-ORSPT000026.topic">Mariners</a> and is now the bench coach for <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PESPT0000011513" title="John Farrell" href="/topic/sports/baseball/john-farrell-PESPT0000011513.topic">John Farrell</a> with the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORSPT000030" title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/sports/baseball/toronto-blue-jays-ORSPT000030.topic">Blue Jays</a> (for the connection part, Farrell is the former pitching coach with the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORSPT000005" title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/sports/baseball/boston-red-sox-ORSPT000005.topic">Red Sox</a>, a former Indian and beloved by Epstein).

( Nuccio DiNuzzo, Chicago Tribune / July 26, 2010 )

Maybe a sleeper candidate, but he has managerial experience with the Mariners and is now the bench coach for John Farrell with the Blue Jays (for the connection part, Farrell is the former pitching coach with the Red Sox, a former Indian and beloved by Epstein).

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