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Top 10 options for the Nationals to potentially consider as 2026 manager

The Nationals may retain Miguel Cairo as manager, or they may instead look elsewhere. Who are the 10 best candidates?

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The Nationals fired manager Davey Martinez on July 6, replacing him with Miguel Cairo as interim manager. They could keep Cairo around going forward, but could also look to other candidates. A writer on Federal Baseball speculated that current Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol might get fired at the end of this year and would then be the best choice. But Marmol’s track record in St.