Overview
- Multiple outlets report that the Phillies intend to formally dismiss Don Mattingly after the team’s playoff exit, with a public announcement expected in the coming week.
- Reports say the organization will present the separation as a mutual parting and will offer Mattingly an advisory or other non‑managerial role within the club.
- Mattingly took over as interim manager after Rob Thomson’s April firing and led a midseason rally that helped the Phillies reach the playoffs before they lost the NL wild‑card series to the Atlanta Braves.
- Dave Dombrowski, the team’s president of baseball operations, is driving the search and has been linked in reporting to interest in Alex Cora as a leading external candidate, though that claim is not independently confirmed by the Phillies.
- The decision is shaped by internal optics because Mattingly’s son, Preston Mattingly, is the club’s general manager, and observers will watch for how the front office frames the change and for any formal announcement about Cora or other candidates.