Phillies promote Mickey Morandini

FORMER PHILLIES All-Star second baseman Mickey Morandini will be back in red pinstripes in 2016.

Morandini was hired Monday as the team's first base coach, the Phillies announced. Morandini rounds out the 2016 coaching staff for first-year manager Pete Mackanin.

Morandini, 49, was the hitting coach at Double A Reading in 2015, his fifth season on the team's player development staff. During that time, Morandini managed at both short-season Williamsport (2011) and Low-A Lakewood (2012-13).

A fifth-round pick in the 1988 draft, Morandini spent parts of nine seasons with the Phillies (1990-97, 2000). He was a member of the 1993 National League championship team and was a National League All-Star…