Rob Thomson is Exhibit A that an in-season managerial change can work.
The previous Phillies bench coach (he served in the identical function beforehand with the Yankees) was elevated to supervisor following Joe Girardi’s firing on June 3. The Phillies will start a three-game sequence Friday at Citi Subject as one in every of MLB’s hottest groups, proudly owning a 40-20 report since Thomson’s promotion.
The Phillies held a half-game lead, coming into Thursday’s play, for the Nationwide League’s second wild-card spot.
Earlier this week Keith Hernandez half-jokingly stated on SNY that he requests day off from the published sales space for video games towards Philadelphia as a result of the Phillies “basically and defensively have all the time not been simply as much as it.”
The remark wasn’t well-received by Thomson.
“I heard about it,” Thomson advised Philadelphia reporters. “[Hernandez] is an effective baseball man, and I respect his opinion, but it surely doesn’t imply I've to agree with it as a result of I don’t. I feel we’ve been enjoying very nicely defensively the final couple of months. I feel we made 5 errors within the month of July and [Tuesday] evening was our first one in August.”
Dominic Smith’s destiny was sealed after the Mets acquired left-handed bats Daniel Vogelbach and Tyler Naquin earlier than the commerce deadline.
The Mets reinstated Smith from the injured checklist on Thursday and optioned him to Triple-A Syracuse, the place he had been rehabbing from a sprained proper ankle.
Will probably be Smith’s second stint within the minors this season — he spent most of June with Syracuse after a sluggish begin to the season with the Mets.
Smith owns a .194/.276/.284 slash line in 58 video games for the Mets this season. His final homer got here on July 21, 2021 in Cincinnati.
The Mets introduced their full checklist of anticipated attendees for Outdated-Timers’ Day on Aug. 27 at Citi Subject. The Mets final staged the occasion in 1994.
Managers: Terry Collins, Joe Torre, Willie Randolph, Bobby Valentine.
Pitchers: Craig Anderson, Bartolo Colon, David Cone, Dennis Cook dinner, Ron Darling, Steve Dillon, Sid Fernandez, John Franco, Dwight Gooden, Mike Hampton, Jay Hook, Terry Leach, Al Leiter, Skip Lockwood, Ed Lynch, Ken MacKenzie, Pat Mahomes, Pedro Martinez, Jon Matlack, Roger McDowell, Bob Ojeda, Jesse Orosco, Glendon Rusch, Johan Santana, Doug Sisk, Steve Trachsel, Billy Wagner, Turk Wendell.
Catchers: Todd Hundley, Mike Piazza, Todd Pratt, John Stearns, Josh Thole.
Infielders: Edgardo Alfonzo, Wally Backman, Rico Brogna, Kevin Elster, Keith Hernandez, Howard Johnson, Ray Knight, Ed Kranepool, Felix Millan, Daniel Murphy, Jose Reyes, Rafael Santana, Tim Teufel, Robin Ventura, Todd Zeile.
Outfielders: Benny Agbayani, Endy Chavez, Cliff Floyd, Steve Henderson, Cleon Jones, Lee Mazzilli, Kevin Mitchell, Jay Payton, Artwork Shamsky, Darryl Strawberry, Ron Swoboda, Frank Thomas, Mookie Wilson.
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