The Phillies announced that Joe Dillon has been hired as the team’s new hitting coach. Dillon is a familiar face within the NL East, as he has been the Nationals’ assistant hitting coach for the last two seasons, and the hitting coach for Washington’s Triple-A affiliate in 2014-15. Sandwiched between those two stints with the Nats, Dillon worked as a minor league hitting coordinator with the Marlins for two seasons.
Dillon becomes the third Phillies’ hitting coach since August, as the club replaced John Mallee with former manager Charlie Manuel in August. The change didn’t spark the offense, and Dillon is now tasked with leading a group of hitters who combined for generally middle-of-the-pack numbers in most team offensive categories in 2019. Next year’s club will be helped by Andrew McCutchen returning from injury, and it has been widely speculated that the Phillies will look for upgrades in center field, third base, and potentially second base if Cesar Hernandez isn’t retained.
New manager Joe Girardi will oversee a Phillies’ coaching staff that is mostly unchanged from 2019, with the big exceptions of Dillon, new pitching coach Bryan Price, and new infield instructor Juan Castro.
Good signing. The Phillies are going in the right direction with a new hitting coach and a pitching coach. Excited for the Phillies. Also, they will look for two starting pitchers.
If an enforcer is needed, he can call his brother Matt.
Good move IMO. Girardi is putting together a quality staff and that’s a big step moving this team forward.
Anthony Rendon will feel right at home.
they need pitching more than hitters and have Bohm waiting in the wings. any 3B they sign will be a stopgap.
I disagree 110%. Bohm will go to 1B at some point. If the Phillies really felt he was a 3B. He would stick there in the minors. Heck it’s pretty much 50/50 in AFL for him between 3B/1B.
because AFL rosters aren’t constructed for each team to have x amount of 3B/1B. He plays 1B in AFL out of team need
That’s ridiculous. The Phillies would request he play 3B if they really wanted. Not saying he wouldn’t play 1B some but come on. No way would Phillies want a near 50/50 split unless they(Phillies) have some say.
I could see your side of one thing was true but it’s not. Bohm isn’t even good at 3B defensively. He will be at 1B and the team will most likely try to move Hoskins.
Wrong Bohm is on the trade block.
each team has some say, but AFL teams have plenty of players, and presumably more defensively diverse prospects and less 1B-types due to how teams value prospects now. they probably were intrested in him getting some 1B time, but a 50/50 split os hardly indicative of 1B being the inevitable role. if they can get him to be a good 3B they will. they dont exactly have a lot of space at 1B/OF. again, they need to consider what their bigger needs are and the cap. cant balance both by signing Rendon, that im 100% sure of.
He isn’t good at 3B defensively. Yes he will move to 1B. Just watch
The Phillies do not need pitching, they need Gerrit Cole.
They also need Anthony Rendon.
The Phillies rebuild was a complete fail.
Nah. A few guys played at 80-90% effectiveness, the pitching was short. They have plenty of opportunity to improve this year, especially if they add a few pieces, particularly pitching.
Cole and Rendon aren’t going to happen!
Nope. Wishing for those two is like wishing for both Machado and Harper this time last season.
Phillies are more than Cole and Rendon away from a title. Money is better spent elsewhere.
ForestCobraAL….you are spot on, that “rebuild” was a complete and total failure…
Good luck with that. Harper better take this guys advice.
Always good when you can take a block from the World Champs. I would like to think this guy at least had something to do with Juan Soto’s progression and has a good relationship with Bryce Harper.
My guess is that he has a some sort of relationship with Harper. Plus, since Dillon’s boss (Kevin Long) was Girardi’s hitting coach in NYY, he comes with a resounding endorsement from Long, who Girardi I am sure trusts.
Indianola, Iowa guy. He and Casey Blake were quite the baseball players.