Don Mattingly's future with the Los Angeles Dodgers remains uncertain

(UPI) -- Don Mattingly's future with the Los Angeles Dodgers is up in the air despite the fact that he was able to bring the team within two wins of the World Series.

Mattingly talked about his future during a media appearance he made with Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti.

"Yeah, I love it here," Mattingly said. "I like being here. But I don't want to be anywhere you're not wanted."

"This has been a frustrating, tough year, honestly," Mattingly said. "With the payroll and the guys that you have, it puts you in a tough spot in the clubhouse. We dealt with that all year long. Really what it does, it puts me in a spot where everything that I do is questioned because I'm basically trying out or auditioning to say, 'Can he manage or can he not manage?' To me, it's at that point where, three years in, you either know or you don't."

The Dodgers skipper also said that he felt like a “lame duck” at times.

Mattingly said that his vesting option for next year became guaranteed when the Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves in the National League division series but, according to the third-year manager, "That doesn't mean I'll be back."

Colletti responded to a question about Mattingly’s lame duck assertions. “It's a personal taste. There's a lot of guys that have won on one-year contracts -- not one-year contracts, but the end of a contract. There's people that have won the World Series in that situation and there's people that haven't. There's people that have had three-year contracts and didn't survive the first two weeks of it."