Slumping Phillies Fire Manager Rob Thomson After Losing 11 Of Last 12 Games

Rob Thomson, who led nan Phillies to 4 consecutive playoff appearances, including nan 2022 World Series, was fired arsenic nan team’s head connected Tuesday aft Philadelphia mislaid 11 of 12 games and began nan time tied for past spot successful nan majors.

Bench coach Don Mattingly was named interim head done nan extremity of nan play and third-base coach Dusty Wathan was promoted to chair coach.

Thomson went 355-270 and had led a Phillies squad loaded pinch high-priced talent that included Bryce Harper, Kyle Schwarber and Trea Turner to consecutive section titles. The 62-year-old Thomson, a shot lifer yet promoted to his first managerial station successful 2022, signed a statement hold successful nan offseason moving done nan 2027 play and was again expected to lead nan Phillies into World Series contention.

Instead, nan Phillies and their $300m-plus payroll person been 1 of nan biggest flops successful shot this play and had mislaid 10 consecutive games until ace Zack Wheeler led them to a triumph against Atlanta connected Saturday. The Phillies mislaid to Atlanta connected Sunday and fell to 9-19 overall, tied pinch divisional rival New York Mets, different big-spending squad suffering done a barren spell.

Thomson is nan 2nd head fired successful shot this play aft the Red Sox parted ways pinch Alex Cora and 5 coaches connected Saturday.

Dave Dombrowski, nan Phillies’ president of shot operations, gave Thomson a ballot of assurance past week while they were successful nan midst of their losing streak. Dombrowski stood down Thomson’s activity and said he’s been a bully head since replacing Joe Girardi successful 2022.

Thomson led Philadelphia to nan 2022 World Series aft taking complete for Girardi, losing to nan Houston Astros successful six games. Since then, nan nine has regressed successful nan postseason. It mislaid successful nan NL Championship Series successful 2023 successful 7 games, and nan NL Division Series successful 2024 and ’25 successful 4 games.

The Phillies person been atrocious successful what was expected to beryllium a celebratory play pinch nan franchise group to big nan All-Star Game. They’ve collapsed successful each facet of nan game, pinch regulars Alec Bohm and Schwarber hitting nether .200, while starters Jesús Luzardo, Aaron Nola and Andrew Painter person posted 5.00-plus ERAs.

The Phillies conscionable released high-priced bust Taijuan Walker successful nan last twelvemonth of a four-year, $72m statement and fto spell of outfielder Nick Castellanos successful February arsenic he entered nan last twelvemonth of a five-year, $100m deal.

The Phillies haven’t won nan World Series since 2008.