Phillies fire Rob Thomson, make Don Mattingly interim manager after dismal start to the season

The Philadelphia Phillies announced they fired manager Rob Thomson connected Tuesday aft a unsmooth commencement to the season.

The Phillies are disconnected to a 9-19 commencement to the season, tied with the New York Mets for the worst grounds successful shot truthful far.

The squad announced that seat manager Don Mattingly volition go the interim manager. The squad is promoting 3rd basal manager Dusty Wathan to seat coach, and promoting Triple-A Lehigh Valley manager Anthony Contreras to the large league staff, wherever helium volition presume third-base coaching duties.

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Philadelphia Phillies manager Rob Thomson looks to the tract earlier a shot crippled against the Chicago Cubs successful Chicago, Illinois, connected April 20, 2026. (Nam Y. Huh/AP Photo)

The Phillies hired Thomson arsenic the team’s seat manager anterior to the 2018 season. He was named arsenic the team’s interim manager connected June 3, 2022, aft the Phillies fired Joe Girardi.

After Thomson took implicit successful 2022, the squad went 65-46 and went each the mode to the World Series earlier losing to the Houston Astros. He was named the full-time manager during the Phillies’ pennant run.

He guided the Phillies to the playoffs successful each of the past 3 seasons arsenic well, winning the National League East twice. Across 5 seasons, Thomson went 355-270 with the Phillies.

Despite the beardown grounds from his anterior 3 and a fractional seasons connected the job, it wasn’t capable to prevention Thomson pursuing the team’s dreadful start.

The Phillies are the 2nd squad to occurrence their manager, arsenic the Boston Red Sox fired Alex Cora connected Saturday.

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Philadelphia Phillies manager Rob Thomson looks to the tract earlier a shot crippled against the Chicago Cubs successful Chicago, Illinois, connected April 20, 2026. (Nam Y. Huh/AP Photo)

The Phillies hired Mattingly arsenic their seat manager successful January aft the 65-year-old stepped distant from the Toronto Blue Jays past play aft being the team’s seat manager for 3 seasons.

Mattingly’s son, Preston, is the Phillies vice president and wide manager.

Mattingly has 12 years of managerial experience, 5 with the Los Angeles Dodgers and 7 with the Miami Marlins. Mattingly went 446-363 with the Dodgers and 443-587 with the Marlins, for an wide 889-950 full record. He has spent each of the past 23 seasons connected a large league staff.

Before his coaching career, Mattingly starred with the New York Yankees. Mattingly played 14 seasons, each with the Yankees, winning the 1985 AL MVP and being named an All-Star six times.

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Philadelphia Phillies seat manager Don Mattingly stands successful the dugout during a crippled against the Atlanta Braves astatine Truist Park successful Cumberland, Georgia, connected April 26, 2026. (Dale Zanine/Imagn Images)

The Yankees retired his No. 23, and Mattingly has a plaque successful Monument Park astatine Yankee Stadium.

Mattingly began his coaching vocation with the Yankees successful 2004 arsenic the team’s hitting coach.

Mattingly’s archetypal crippled arsenic the team’s manager volition beryllium against the San Francisco Giants connected Tuesday astatine 6:40 p.m. ET.

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