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The Philadelphia Phillies are off to a slow start in the first month of the 2026 regular season. While this is not how the players envisioned beginning the year, there is still plenty of time to turn things around. The Phillies are hoping to spark a turnaround under new manager Don Mattingly.

“There’s a major shakeup in Philadelphia. The Phillies fired manager Rob Thomson on Tuesday morning. Don Mattingly is the interim skipper, with the team’s press release saying he’ll hold that position for the remainder of the 2026 season,” MLB Trade Rumors’ Anthony Franco wrote.

The Phillies started the season reasonably well through their first 10 games, but then went nearly two weeks without a win.

“Thomson is out after a 9-19 start in which the Phillies fell 10 games below .500 for the first time since 2017. After a 1-3 start, the Phillies won five of their next six games to push their record to 6-4. Then, the losing started, including four of six before a 10-game losing streak that left them duking it out for last place in the NL East with the similarly struggling New York Mets,”