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It’s official. Dombrowski gets 4 years/$20 million.
The Phillies have hired longtime major league executive David Dombrowski as the club’s first-ever president of baseball operations. pic.twitter.com/8lqlw48Yzt
— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) December 11, 2020
The long national nightmare of the Phillies being a directionless, rudderless organization drifting through the offseason seems to be ending. According to reports, the team is close to making their decision.
BREAKING: The #Phillies are in the advanced stages of talks to hire Dave Dombrowski as their new president of baseball ops, sources told @TheAthleticMLB.https://t.co/cY8FOhYtIl
— Jayson Stark (@jaysonst) December 10, 2020
Baseball source confirms @jaysonst report. Phillies are indeed deep in talks with Dave Dombrowski to become new leader of baseball ops. Two time World Series winner
— Jim Salisbury (@JSalisburyNBCS) December 10, 2020
This is a particularly interesting choice if it indeed does come to fruition. Dombrowski has a reputation of gutting farm systems in return for win-now additions. The Phillies don’t have many prospects right now, but the fanbase also wants a winner. Which way do you want it?
We’ll have more to come as this news breaks.