The Phillies made it official on Tuesday, relieving Rob Thomson of his duties after their 9-19 start. Despite leading the team to four consecutive playoff berths and coming off of back-to-back 95-plus-win seasons, the Phillies deemed Thomson to be the latest problem in need of fixing as they search for ways to climb out of their deep-and-growing April hole.

Don Mattingly takes over on a firmly interim basis, with Dusty Wathan moving to fill the bench coach role and Triple-A manager Anthony Contreras moving up to take over as MLB third base coach. Chris Adamson will manage the IronPigs.

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