What is the story about?
In case you somehow missed the news yesterday, the Phillies have a “new” manager. The team announced yesterday that they removed the interim tag from Don Mattingly and named him their permanent manager with a new two-year contract. Later last night, it was reported that they will have a new hitting coach and infield coach, as Kevin Long and Bobby Dickerson will not be back under Mattingly. With that news the team also finally scheduled their end of season press conference for today at 10:30 am. There
we will be able to hear from Dave Dombrowski himself for the first time since the Phillies season ended two weeks ago.
On to the links.
Phillies news:
- Despite retaining Mattingly, there will be changes in the dugout, as Kevin Long and Bobby Dickerson will reportedly not be returning to the Phillies coaching staff.
- More on theprocess that led the Phillies back to Mattingly. ($)
- Before they came to settle on Mattingly, the Phillies reportedly had serious interest in former outfielder Raúl Ibañez before the latter decided to remain in his current role in the Dodgers front office.
- The Phillies best chance to improve their roster will likely involve Trea Turner moving off of shortstop. ($)
MLB news:
- If you’ve watched any of this postseason so far, one of the biggest stories is that Shohei Ohtani looks like a shell of himself. Can the injured superstar right the ship in time?
- The Astros will not be retaining manager Joe Espada when his contract expires at the end of this month.
- For all of you defense afficionados, here are the finalists for the 2026 Gold Glove awards.
