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The Philadelphia Phillies are considering former Red Sox manager Alex Cora as a potential replacement for Rob Thomson due to the team's disappointing start to the season.
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The Philadelphia Phillies season has not started as expected and there is plenty of blame to go around.
Beyond the top of the batting order, the teamâs offense has been a significant disappointment. Several pitchers are struggling. The front office decision to reunite with Kyle Schwarber and JT Realmuto while doing little else has come into question. And manager Rob Thomson made a notable gaffe during the recent series opener against the division rival Atlanta Braves.
âThe sixth inning was not the only failure, but it was a new type of issue. There appeared to be a breakdown in communication somewhere on the Phillies bench,â The Athleticâs Matt Gelb wrote after the teamâs tenth-straight loss on Friday, which included reliever Kyle Backhus entering without a significant warmup to face Braves outfielder Michael Harris II, then promptly giving up the lead. âThey have four lefties in the bullpen, and all of them were available to pitch Friday⊠Except the Phillies did not have a lefty ready.â
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Rob Thomson's job is in jeopardy due to the team's underperformance and his recent managerial mistakes.
Alex Cora is the former manager of the Boston Red Sox, known for his successful tenure, making him a strong candidate for the Phillies' managerial position.
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The Phillies have already extended Thomson for the 2027 season, but if their distance in the standings doesnât shorten soon, itâs not unthinkable that the team could fire him. Thomsonâs most likely replacement in that scenario seems to be in the dugout already, in bench coach and New York Yankees legend Don Mattingly.
But the Phillies struggles, alongside those of the Boston Red Sox, are so pronounced that ESPN MLB reporter Buster Olney recently floated a replacement move that would bring in former Red Sox skipper Alex Cora.
âIf the Phillies continue to struggle, I thought, you know, a manager who, Dave Dombrowski and the Phillies, maybe theyâre interested in is Alex Cora,â Olney said during a recent episode of the âBaseball Tonightâ podcast. âKnowing that Alex had that great working relationship with (Dombrowski) in Boston, knowing how the Red Sox have started, if you got to the point, is that a crazy piece of speculation?â
Olney was referring to Dombrowskiâs time as the president of baseball operations with the Red Sox from 2015 to 2019, which included replacing manager John Farrell with Cora after the 2017 season. Cora went on to lead the Red Sox to a World Series championship the next season, then Dombrowski joined the Phillies in 2020.
And now that the Red Sox have cut ties with Cora, just over 25 games into the season, Olneyâs idea and his point about the connection between Dombrowski and his former manager suddenly became much more intriguing. If the Phillies opt to make a similar move with Thomson, perhaps Cora would be a candidate to replace him. But in the midst of the season, even if Thomson is fired, an interim like Mattingly would be most likely to finish out the year.
This article was originally published on Forbes.com