The New Year is upon us and while the holidays were quiet for the Philadelphia Phillies, they got 2026 off to a strong start. Monday morning brought fans the news that the Phillies had officially hired their new bench coach, finally!
As first reported by Jon Heyman of the New York Post and MLB Network, the Phillies have hired baseball legend Don Mattingly as their bench coach. Based on Heyman's report, it sounds like the Phillies were just waiting for Donnie Baseball's contract with the Toronto Blue Jays to officially run out.
The move had been rumored right from the outset of the offseason.