Another manager gone as the Phillies fire Rob Thompson
4/28/202653 min
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00:00 Phillies fire Rob Thompson
14:26 Is this team the biggest surprise in MLB so far?
22:50 Which team is better?
33:31 Time to believe in the Rays + Guardians call up 1st overall pick
45:45 Craig Breslow meets with Red Sox players
52:16 OUTRO
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First 90 secondsChris Rose· Host0:00
It is Tuesday, April 28th, 2026. This is another edition of Baseball Today, presented to you by T-Mobile. That is my man, Trevor Plouffe. I am Chris Rose, producer Dan along for the ride as well. Boy, you wake up on a Tuesday, you never know what's gonna greet you in the baseball world. And unfortunately for the Philadelphia Phillies, that is a brand new manager. Rob Thompson is out. He took over in the interim from Joe Girardi four seasons ago, led the Phillies to the World Series, has led them to three more playoff appearances since. But because of a 9-19 record tied with the New York Mets for the worst record in baseball, and being 10 and a half games back of the Atlanta Braves, he is out and has been replaced by former Big League skipper, Don Mattingly. How shocked are you?
Trevor Plouffe· Host0:45
I don't think we're shocked at all. I know I just was on here, I think yesterday saying, I think Carlos Mendoza has more of a shot to get fired than, uh, Rob Thompson. Here I am, uh, eating my words, I guess. But I'm not, I'm not shocked at all because this has kind of been disc- uh, discussion. You mentioned the record, uh, 9-19. I do think the timing of it is funny. Uh, and then, yeah, we learned, uh, a little bit about kind of why this happened. Alex Cora gets fired from the Red Sox. So, you know, a lot of times it is a copycat league and people feel em- emboldened after that to d- do the same thing. But Bob Nightengale putting out that Alex Cora was offered this job after Thompson was put