Phillies Fireplace Supervisor After Shedding 11 of Final 12 Video games

[ad_1] It’s been a disastrous begin to the 2026 season for the Philadelphia Phillies.

The staff reeled off a four-game win streak on the finish of March and starting of April, however since then, the Phillies have fallen off a cliff.

Philadelphia’s 6-2 defeat to the Atlanta Braves on Sunday — the staff’s eleventh loss in its final 12 video games — was the final straw for supervisor Rob Thomson. The 9-19 begin — Philadelphia’s worst in over twenty years — ended up costing Thomson his job.

“The Philadelphia Phillies fired supervisor Rob Thomson, sources informed ESPN. Don Mattingly will take over as interim supervisor,” ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported on X.

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Philadelphia made it to the NLCS the next yr earlier than shedding to the Arizona Diamondbacks in seven video games. They Phillies have been ousted within the NLDS the final two seasons.

Mattingly has an 889-950 document as a supervisor throughout stints with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Miami Marlins with 4 playoff appearances, and three division titles. He was given the job after former Boston Crimson Sox supervisor Alex Cora was provided the job and reportedly turned it right down to spend time along with his household.