Phillies predicted to replace Rob Thomson with former NL Manager of the Year with 889 career wins
There is a potential replacement for the Phillies on the staff at this current time.
Phillies predicted to replace Rob Thomson with former NL Manager of the Year with 889 career wins originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Philadelphia Phillies are not in a good place right now, as they are enduring one of their worst stretches in recent years.
While the Phillies are projected to be one of the top teams in the National League, they have now dropped seven straight games. “The table was set for Philadelphia to finally bring its six-game losing skid to a halt. But on a night where the pitching staff continually played with fire, the Phillies eventually got burned while hopes of ending their funk went up in flames in a 7-4 loss,” MLB.
com’s Casey Drottar wrote. A start like this was not expected for Philadelphia. Even so, Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski has not lost faith in manager Rob Thomson.
“Dave Dombrowski is concerned about what is going on with the Philadelphia Phillies, but he said manager Rob Thomson is not on the hot seat despite the team's seven-game losing streak. Dombrowski, the Phillies' president of baseball operations, instead is focused on the team's overall play during an 8-15 start this season,” ESPN wrote. However, if a change does eventually become necessary, Don Mattingly is already on the bench in Philadelphia.