When general manager Matt Klentak removed Pete Mackanin from the manager’s job after the 2017 season, no one thought we’d be doing this again two years later. But here we are, after the dismissal of Gabe Kapler, looking for yet another manager.
When we embarked on this same process two years ago, the Phils were coming off a second half in which a bunch of the young prospects that had been talked about for so long made their big league debuts and helped the team to a 37-38 second half record. Rhys Hoskins took the baseball world by storm by hitting 18 home runs in 50 games.