The Los Angeles Dodgers are red-hot, but they were close to making a managerial change when they started the season 30-42.

Mattingly says president Stan Kasten met with him in late May and told him that he would be forced to make a change if the team didn't turn their season around.

"Stan was really honest. He didn't want to do anything but he said, 'Donnie, at some point I got to do something,'" Mattingly said. "I understood it. I was fine with that. I understand. At some point you need a change of voice, a different voice. If they're not listening and it's not going good, you got to be make a change just to make a change. You could be doing the best job you could possibly do and it wouldn't make a difference. I get it. I got that."