Before Wednesday’s series finale against the Marlins, Rob Thomson said that the Phillies are moving Corey Knebel out of the closer’s role. In the interim, the team is going with a “closer by committee strategy.”
“First of all, I wanted to make sure that he was healthy,” Thomson said. “He looked me in the eye and said he was. I just discussed the situation with him and suggested that for the near future, we put him in spots where he can breath a little because he’s not throwing the ball where he wants to and he knows that.