{"id":104711,"date":"2025-09-27T10:15:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T10:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=104711"},"modified":"2025-09-27T10:15:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T10:15:14","slug":"manager-meltdown-rosenthal-questions-yankees-phillies-job-security-insider-ken-rosenthal-drops-a-bomb-on-the-futures-of-both-yankees-and-phillies-skippers-raising-doubts-fueling-rumors-an","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=104711","title":{"rendered":"MANAGER MELTDOWN: ROSENTHAL QUESTIONS YANKEES &#038; PHILLIES JOB SECURITY \u2014 Insider Ken Rosenthal drops a bomb on the futures of both Yankees and Phillies skippers raising doubts fueling rumors and leaving fans in two powerhouse cities on edge as October looms"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-2045207\"><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/whyy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/AP23338705817131-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"Phillies sign manager Rob Thomson to 1-year extension after 2 straight  trips to NLCS - WHYY\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Every MLB fan realizes that the stakes are about to become way higher in October for the sport\u2019s 12 playoff teams, but are any of these clubs\u2019 managers under extra-intense scrutiny this postseason?<\/p>\n<p>The Athletic\u2019s Ken Rosenthal was asked about this on Friday during a new episode of the \u201cFoul Territory\u201d program, and he discussed the job security of two managers whose teams have already clinched a playoff berth: New York Yankees\u2019 Aaron Boone and Philadelphia Phillies\u2019 Rob Thomson.<\/p>\n<p>Rosenthal was specifically asked if any managers would be in danger of getting fired if they\u2019re team got bounced early from the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf indeed (the Yankees) get knocked out early \u2026 I\u2019m not even sure \u2026 (Boone) would get fired,\u201d Rosenthal said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s so close with Brian Cashman, the GM, (and) so well thought of by their owner, Hal Steinbrenner. I know fans have wanted him fired \u2026 but it hasn\u2019t happened, and it would take a lot for it to happen. I would think it would take a first-round exit \u2026 for it to even become an issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAnd then Rob Thomson, the Philadelphia Phillies,\u201d Rosenthal continued. \u201cThey go to the World Series in \u201922. They lose in seven games in the NLCS \u2026 to the Arizona Diamondbacks in \u201923, and then they lose in the division series to the Mets last year. They\u2019ve gone backwards each year.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIf they get knocked out in the first round, will the question be raised? I\u2019m sure it\u2019ll be raised,\u201d Rosenthal added. \u201cI don\u2019t know that it will lead to change. In my view, Rob Thomson is the perfect manager for that team, but Dave Dombrowski, president of baseball operations, could decide \u2014 I\u2019m just speaking hypothetically \u2014 \u2018You know what? We haven\u2019t gotten there with this manager, let\u2019s try another one.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boone has a .583 career winning percentage as Yankees manager, with three AL East titles and one World Series appearance in seven-plus seasons (this being his eighth). Thomson, whose postseason resum\u00e9 with the Phillies was outlined by Rosenthal, has a .579 career winning percentage with the team in nearly four seasons.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Neither Boone nor Thomson have managed another club.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will the playoffs at all dictate whether the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies eye a managerial change in 2026?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":104712,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>MANAGER MELTDOWN: ROSENTHAL QUESTIONS YANKEES &amp; PHILLIES JOB SECURITY \u2014 Insider Ken Rosenthal drops a bomb on the futures of both Yankees and Phillies skippers raising doubts fueling rumors and leaving fans in two powerhouse cities on edge as October looms - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=104711\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MANAGER MELTDOWN: ROSENTHAL QUESTIONS YANKEES &amp; 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