Philadelphia Phillies give manager Pete Mackanin extension

Mackanin’s all-time managerial record is at 83-99 entering Thursday night.

Mackanin can be a stabilizing force throughout the process.

The Phillies have chose to remove the interim tag on Pete Mackanin, and have made him the full-time manager.

“I wanted to get his input on the club”, MacPhail said. “It’s a positive thing”. He served as bench coach for four seasons (2009-12) before returning as third base coach the last two years (2014-15).

The Phillies are beginning to run their team in the 21st century fashion of having a splashier, high-profile name as president of baseball operations, with a 2nd person assuming the GM title. All of these players look like they are or can become solid major leaguers who can contribute to a team’s success. Despite this marginal improvement, I will explain why Pete Mackanin is a good fit for the Philadelphia Phillies as their permanent manager. More specifically, does this move make sense to do right now? Whoever the new general manager ends up being will have power, but not more than MacPhail, so this keeps that in perspective. He reiterated that point yesterday, saying it was a “critical time” for the organization and that the other route could mean losing “half your offseason”.

Parting ways with shortstop Jimmy Rollins, second baseman Chase Utley, starting pitcher Cole Hamels and closer Jonathan Papelbon along the way, the Phillies also fired general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. on September 10. “It’s an honor”, Mackanin said.

Mackanin replaced Ryne Sandberg on an interim basis on June 26. You are the manager of the Philadelphia Phillies.

“I’d rather have a GM come in knowing where he is, being comfortable with that”, MacPhail told reporters in Miami. When I was younger I would have. “I don’t want to think about it because it does me no good”.

Mackanin’s weekend interview and subsequent hiring were sandwiched between one of his stronger in-game moves since taking over the interim post three months ago.

Mackanin generated some headlines recently for benching promising rookie Odubel Herrera for “pouting”.

Mackanin was asked about the timing of the benching and his job announcement yesterday.