Phillies re-hiring Don Mattingly will raise a John Schneider question for Blue Jays - Jays Journal
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After a weird series of will he or won’t he, Don Mattingly is back with the Philadelphia Phillies. The NL East club announced the return on Wednesday (Oct. 14), with Mattingly locked into a new two-year contract that runs through the 2028 season. For Toronto Blue Jays fans, the announcement naturally brings the conversation back to Mattingly's time in Toronto. He spent three seasons as the club’s bench coach and offensive co-ordinator from 2023 to 2025, helped guide the Blue Jays to the 2025 World Series and became one of John Schneider’s most trusted voices. One year after Mattingly left, Philadelphia has decided it wants more of what Toronto let walk out the door. That does not automatically mean the Blue Jays kept the wrong manager. It does, however, make the question harder to ignore after the two clubs travelled in opposite directions during the 2026 season. Don Mattingly gave the Phillies exactly what they needed to turnaround their season in 2026Philadelphia was 9-19 when Mattingly replaced Rob Thomson in late April. The Phillies went 79-55 under their interim manager, playing at a .590 clip and posting the fourth-best record in the majors the rest of the way.
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