This summer, the Philadelphia Phillies made major front-office changes, including promotions for two of its most successful executives. As the Philadelphia Phillies prepare for the next offseason, president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski has announced two advancements in the front office.
Barber was previously the director of amateur scouting before being promoted to assistant general manager of amateur scouting. He oversaw the Phillies’ draft process, which resulted in the addition of four Top-100 prospects to the organization’s minor league farm system.
Andrew Painter and Mick Abel are highly sought-after pitching prospects, and Justin Crawford and Aidan Miller have tremendous potential as they develop. Mattingly, who was director of player development before being promoted to associate general manager of player development, has been in charge of overseeing this expansion.
In recent years, the Phillies’ pipeline has received much more attention, and they’ve begun to see impact players join their Major League squad from the minors. Bryce Harper advised ownership to prioritize this if they wanted to establish a perennial contender.
Instead of focusing only on signing free agents, Philadelphia has begun to establish a strong pipeline of homegrown talent under the direction of Barber and Mattingly. With these promotions, the two executives should continue to play important roles in the organization.
PHILADELPHIA −The Philadelphia Phillies sat around late Tuesday night, nursing a few Coors Lights and Presidente beers, telling a few jokes, sharing some videos, and trying not to get too giddy after their 10-0 beatdown of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
They were in no hurry to go home, not with three sporting events happening in the same complex, with the Philadelphia Flyers playing at Wells Fargo Center and a Mexico-Germany soccer game at Lincoln Financial Center while they were playing Game 2 of the National League Championship Series. The traffic was so brutal that one player said his wife tried to make her way to Citizens Bank Park from home but turned around and watched the game on TV.
Really, everyone could have saved some time watching at home. The game was over the moment Trea Turner hit the fifth pitch the Phillies saw into the left-field seats. By the time the game mercifully ended, the Phillies produced three more home runs − two by Kyle Schwarber − 11 hits, six shutout innings by co-ace Aaron Nola, and a 2-0 lead in the NLCS.
