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Can Phillies Blame One Guy for Horrible Start to 2026 MLB Campaign?
TL;DR
The Philadelphia Phillies are facing a rough start to the 2026 MLB season, with manager Rob Thomson's dismissal raising questions about accountability. Despite the change, team president Dave Dombrowski emphasized that the situation isn't solely about blame.
Key points
- Phillies struggling in 2026 MLB season
- Rob Thomson dismissed as manager
- Dave Dombrowski comments on team performance
- Accountability emphasized over blame
- Team not playing to its capabilities
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It's very strange to look at the Philadelphia Phillies before Rob Thomson and not get a sense that he was blamed, and perhaps he shouldn't have been, for all of the struggles the organization has faced.
Even when Dave Dombrowski spoke about the decision to move on from Thomson, it wasn't exactly like he was putting all the blame on him, even if the decision to let go of him made it seem like that.
“This isn’t a blame game,” Dombrowski said, per MLB.com. “You can blame whoever you choose. For us, we don’t really do that. Rob, like the rest of us, you bear responsibilities. Just the way things were going, they’re not going well enough. I don’t think we’re playing up to our capabilities. I think we’re a much better club than we played. And so you make some decisions that are tough at times.”
The bigger problem here is Dombrowski, who obviously didn't do a good enough job of putting together a competent roster. The Phillies look like a very good team on paper, at least one that can win games at a high level, but they just haven't been able to do so over the first month or so of the regular season.
“No, I don’t have any regrets,” Dombrowski said about his roster construction. “I mean, if we play this way the rest of the year, I’ll have a lot of regrets at the end of the year. But I think we’re a lot better than this.”
If there's been one positive from some of the comments that we heard coming out of Philadelphia, it's that the organization isn't hiding from the fact that it hasn't played well. We all have eyes here, and even people who don't understand baseball would say the Phillies just haven't been playing as well as they should be.
“It’s better baseball,” new head coach Don Mattingly said. “We haven’t been losing unluckily. We’ve contributed to that. We’ve got to play better baseball. ... This is a ‘we’ thing. This isn’t point-your-finger-at-one-thing and say, 'This is the solution.' The solution is play better than the other team.”
Q&A
Why was Rob Thomson dismissed as manager of the Phillies?
Rob Thomson was dismissed due to the team's poor performance, although the decision was not solely about placing blame on him.
What did Dave Dombrowski say about the Phillies' struggles?
Dave Dombrowski stated that the team is not playing up to its capabilities and emphasized that the decision to move on from Thomson was difficult but necessary.
How are the Phillies performing in the 2026 MLB season?
The Phillies are experiencing a horrible start to the 2026 MLB campaign, prompting discussions about team accountability and management changes.
