{"id":110527,"date":"2025-12-09T12:41:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T17:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=110527"},"modified":"2025-12-09T12:41:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T17:41:13","slug":"phillies-extend-manager-rob-thomson-through-2027-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/12\/09\/phillies-extend-manager-rob-thomson-through-2027-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies Extend Manager Through 2027 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Philadelphia Phillies have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/phillies\/news\/rob-thomson-phillies-manager-extension-2027\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">extended the contract<\/a> of manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/managers\/thomsro99.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rob Thomson<\/a> through the 2027 season, the team announced on Tuesday. Thomson has received a one-year extension in each of the past two offseasons. It may have been wise for the Phillies to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/10\/16\/phillies-refusing-make-necessary-changes\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">make a change<\/a>, but they have stuck with Thomson. Phillies President of Baseball Operations Dave Dombrowski said during the club&#8217;s end-of-season press conference that they preferred not to have Thomson enter a potential lame duck season in 2026. This move gives Thomson contract security beyond this coming season. However, it does not guarantee that the team will not move on from Thomson if things go south in 2026. The news comes on the heels of the Phillies reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/12\/09\/phillies-ink-kyle-schwarber-five-year-deal\/\" target=\"_self\">re-signing<\/a> slugger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/schwaky01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-12-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kyle Schwarber<\/a> to a five-year contract.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_107758\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-107758\" style=\"width: 746px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-107758\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/09\/USATSI_27134231-3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Rob Thomson faces a make or break year with this Phillies core in 2026.\" width=\"746\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/09\/USATSI_27134231-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/09\/USATSI_27134231-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/09\/USATSI_27134231-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/09\/USATSI_27134231-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/09\/USATSI_27134231-3-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/09\/USATSI_27134231-3-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/09\/USATSI_27134231-3-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-107758\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sep 20, 2025; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Philadelphia Phillies manager Rob Thomson (49) looks on against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the sixth inning at Chase Field. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Phillies Extend Manager Rob Thomson Through 2027<\/h2>\n<p>2026 will be the fourth full season for Thomson as the Phillies manager. He ranks 10th on the Phillies&#8217; all-time managerial wins list entering the 2026 season. Additionally, Thomson has the best win percentage among Phillies managers who have managed at least 324 games. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/managers\/manuech01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charlie Manuel<\/a> is the lone Phillies manager who is more games above .500 than Thomson. In two of the three full seasons Thomson has been manager, the Phillies have won the NL East. He also led the Phillies to the World Series after taking over for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/girarjo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-12-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joe Girardi<\/a> mid-season in 2022. However, in the last two seasons, they have stagnated in the postseason.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Breaking: The Phillies have extended the contract of manager Rob Thomson through the 2027 season. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uN1esBlkYd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/uN1esBlkYd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Phillies\/status\/1998430837625528647?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Implications of This Move<\/h3>\n<p>Dombrowski <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6874120\/2025\/12\/08\/don-mattingly-phillies-bench-coach\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told reporters<\/a> at the Winter Meetings that the club would like to hire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mattido01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-12-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Don Mattingly<\/a> as the bench coach. Mattingly is the father of Phillies General Manager Preston Mattingly. The team moved Mike Calitri to a field coordinator role to hire a bench coach with previous MLB managerial experience. Thomson being given another extension makes the bench coach move seem less about <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/11\/10\/phillies-rob-thomson-2026-pressure-coaching\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">putting pressure<\/a> on Thomson and more about adding expertise in the Phillies&#8217; dugout. The hire is not official yet, but all signs point to Mattingly being the next Phillies bench coach. Adding Donnie Baseball to the coaching staff would be an excellent move for the club.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Philadelphia Phillies have extended the contract of manager Rob Thomson through the 2027 season, the team announced on Tuesday. Thomson has received a one-year extension in each of the past two offseasons. It may have been wise for the Phillies to make a change, but they have stuck with Thomson. 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