Can former top pick Phil Nevin return to majors as manager?

Phil Nevin's route to the major leagues as a player was hardly a direct one, even though he was the No.1 overall draft pick by the Houston Astros in 1992. (The decision to pick Nevin over Derek Jeter upset scout Hal Newhouser so much that he quit his job and left baseball altogether.) No. 1 picks are often foundational players for a team. Think of names like Ken Griffey, Jr., Chipper Jones, and Joe Mauer. They get big money to start and often find themselves on career tracks that don't lead to coaching and managing. But by Nevin's third season, he wasn't panning out like a Junior or a Chipper and the Astros gave upon him, making him the player to be named later in a 1995 deal with the Detroit Tigers for reliever Mike Henneman. In three seasons with Detroit, the Tigers couldn't figure out whether to make Nevin a third baseman, outfielder or catcher. They dealt him to the then-Anaheim Angels. After one season, the Angels were so impressed that they sent Nevin to t...