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Phillies Notes: Amaro, Mackanin, Franco

By Steve Adams | September 2, 2015 at 8:09pm CDT

Ruben Amaro Jr.’s job security has long been a narrative throughout baseball, but retiring Phillies president Pat Gillick tells MLB.com’s Todd Zolecki that the team isn’t yet making a decision on the GM’s future. “We just got by the Trade Deadline,” Gillick told Zolecki. “Consequently, we’re moving a lot of people in the Minor Leagues from [Jerad] Eickhoff to [Alec] Asher and others. We’ve had our hands full. It’s a decision that will be made in the next 30 days or so.” As Zolecki notes, the Phillies have gone from one of the game’s worst farm systems to one of the stronger minor league systems over the course of the past year, and Amaro has done well to get value for aging veterans. Gillick said he believes that Phillies fans are knowledgeable and recognize that Amaro has done some good work recently, though he stopped short of making any definitive statement about Amaro’s future. President-to-be Andy MacPhail wouldn’t comment when asked by Zolecki — MacPhail is currently not granting interviews to anyone, he notes — and Amaro simply said that he’s hopeful of remaining with the organization and excited for the future.

Here’s more from the National League…

  • Interim manager Pete Mackanin’s future is also up in the air, but CSNPhilly.com’s Jim Salisbury hears that the work he’s done so far has taken him from a strictly interim skipper to a legitimate candidate for the permanent position. Mackanin received an overwhelming vote of confidence from division-rival skipper Terry Collins (of the Mets). “The energy level they have right now is completely different than it was a month ago, two months ago when we played them,” Collins told Salisbury. “…[Mackanin] has a tremendous sense of humor. He’s a people person. I’ve known him for years, and the first time I met him, we just meshed. He’s an upbeat guy. He’s funny. He’s got the players’ attention. I hope he gets the chance. I hope when they sit down at the end of the year, they realize what they’ve got. He’s done it with young players.”
  • The Phillies had begun to express optimism that Maikel Franco could return to the Majors this season, but as Jake Kaplan of the Philadelphia Inquirer writes, Franco’s chances took a hit this afternoon. Franco felt discomfort in his left wrist (which he fractured last month) while taking soft-toss swings at Citi Field today, Kaplan explains. If he doesn’t show improvement over the next week, the team may just shut him down for the remainder of the year. Mackanin told reporters that the odds of Franco returning this season are “50-50,” though Franco notes that those odds are perhaps too generous. Franco was firmly in the NL Rookie of the Year mix when he was hit by a pitch and landed on the DL; he was hitting .277/.340/.490 with 13 homers in 326 plate appearances at the time of the injury.
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  1. Brixton

    10 years ago

    1. Get a new GM
    2. Get a new manager
    3. Dump Howard
    4. Add a veteran lefty to the pen
    5. Dump Ruiz
    6. Add veteran SP depth
    7. Be willing to to take a bad contract in order to add good prospects

    If the Phillies can do 4 of those things (with #1 required), It should be a good off season.
    As for Franco, I don’t see a good reason to bring him back. Why risk him injuring his risk again? Give his ABs to Blanco and Sweeney, both who are looking for a bench spot next year.

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    • ilikebaseball 2

      10 years ago

      Seriously, wrist injuries are no joke. Derek Lee lost all his power after his collision with Furcal, he rushed back that year and his power stroke never really returned.

      Reply
    • tstokes97

      10 years ago

      Does Mackanin count as a new manager? I’m kind of pulling for the guy he deserves a real shot.

      Reply
      • Brixton

        10 years ago

        Not a huge fan of his bullpen usage, but I wouldn’t mind him getting a shot in another rebuilding year. I don’t think hes the long term guy though. Hes been around a while already in a coaching capacity.

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        • Out of place Met fan

          10 years ago

          What are the chances that the 2016 manager is that long term guy? Typically one manager handles the rebuild, and another is the one who gets the chance to put them over the top.

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        • misterb71

          10 years ago

          Fair call on his bullpen management — but how much of that is due to the Phillies having a terrible lot of relievers as a whole? It’s not like Mackanin is dripping with talent to call upon to do the job when the terrible starting rotation forces him to go to the pen in the 5th inning or sooner 4 or 5 games a week.

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    • ianthomasmalone

      10 years ago

      What talent do they have that they could get good prospects by taking on bad deals?

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      • Out of place Met fan

        10 years ago

        Think he means similar to Braves and Dodgers basically buying prospects by taking on salary.

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        • ianthomasmalone

          10 years ago

          That’s what I thought, but it’s not really a smart idea nor is it particularly common.

          The Phillies have deep pockets, but gambling like that just isn’t smart. I don’t think many teams would do what the Dbacks did in essentially selling Toussaint just to dump Arroyo.

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          • flyerzfan12

            10 years ago

            I’m confused by what you mean here. The Phillies have deep pockets but gambling like that just isn’t smart? They have very little money on the books in the future, so there is no harm in taking on an unwanted contracted to get a good prospect coming back as well. If Arizona wanted to ditch Aaron Hill and his $12 million salary and included a good prospect with him, why wouldn’t the Phillies jump on that? If Hill had a good season then they can flip him later. If he doesn’t, then oh well, that’s what you expected and why you got a prospect to take him off the DBacks books. Money isn’t an issue to the Phillies.

            The bigger issue will be finding a team to make that type of trade with the Phillies. After the Arroyo/Touki trade reactions, I don’t see many other GMs making deals like that.

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  2. lt michaels

    10 years ago

    Amaro absolutely Must Go. As a GM he did such a terrible job that he is on his 3rd manager and had to trade away Rollins,Utley,Hamels.

    If those guys cant stay either can Amaro.

    Id be perfectly fine if a new GM kept manager Pete Mackanin. He has done a nice job and the players seem to really like playing for him.

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    • Joseph Anderson

      10 years ago

      Trading all 3 away actually made some sense, well at least trading 2 of them away does. Cash in on Hamels while you can and dump some salary. J-Roll only had a year left so why not trade him away for some prospects and let Galvis get his shot at SS. Utley though…..that’s gotta be a tough one to swallow for Philly fans.

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