Phillies’ Don Mattingly gets major job update, but it’s possible he might not want it originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
With Alex Cora recently deciding not to manage next year, teams like the Philadelphia Phillies were put in a weird position.
There seemed to be an assumption that Cora was going to be the next manager of the Phillies, though it's now known that it's not going to be the case. As for what the Phillies could decide to do beyond that, there was an assumption that he was going to be the manager and Don Mattingly could return in a different role.
With that news, the latest reports suggest the Phillies are considering what to do with Mattingly, and he could return as skipper.
“Don Mattingly appears to have a decent or better chance to be retained as Phillies manager,” Jon Heyman wrote on X. “Went 79-55 to get into playoffs after taking over 9-19 team and has the respect of players and front office, as I said on MLB Network.”
One would think Mattingly would be interested in returning to Philadelphia as its full-time skipper, shedding the interim tag he had a year ago.
However, one could also argue that he might feel slighted by everything that's happened over the past couple of weeks, since everyone knew Cora was expected to be the man for the job.
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