A grim offseason for the Phillies took an interesting turn on Thursday when news broke that the Phillies are set to hire Dave Dombrowski as the new president of baseball operations. Dombrowski, 64, would usurp current president Andy MacPhail, whose contract expires following the 2021 season.
Dombrowski has made four trips to the Fall Classic over his career, having won the World Series in 1997 with the Marlins as general manager, and then in 2018 with the Red Sox as the president of baseball operations. Over the course of his career, he has acted as the general manager for the Montreal Expos, the Florida Marlins, and the Detroit Tigers, and has also been the president of baseball operations for the Tigers and Red Sox.