r/baseball • u/Admirable-Nebula-122 • 19h ago

Phillies expected to name Don Mattingly as full-time manager this week: Sources

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7688238/2026/10/14/phillies-don-mattingly-manager-job/?source=athletic_user_shared_article_copylink&smid=url-share-ta
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u/Various_Knowledge226 Philadelphia Phillies 19h ago

Is he really the best option available? It’s like Philly sports right now are trying to make you question everything they’re doing

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u/preptime Seattle Mariners 16h ago

Sirianni might be available soon

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u/Various_Knowledge226 Philadelphia Phillies 16h ago

Tocchet too, hopefully. Wouldn’t want either to coach another team afterwards though

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u/R_Hunt Philadelphia Phillies 14h ago

Tocchet's contract is twice as long as Mattingly's new contract. That's what I'm scared of

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u/maverickhawk99 14h ago

Yea Comcast is pretty short on money these days /s

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u/Various_Knowledge226 Philadelphia Phillies 14h ago

And that may be why upper mgmt. partly doesn’t wanna kick the bald fraud to the curb (amongst a few other reasons)