Philadelphia Phillies interim manager Don Mattingly made it clear Thursday that he would be receptive to remaining with the club beyond the current season.
A day after ESPN reported his interest in the job, Mattingly addressed reporters and confirmed that he is open to continuing as manager.
“I enjoy it,” Mattingly said. “It wasn’t why I originally came here, but I’ve genuinely come to like the role. I signed on for two years, right? I told Dave [Dombrowski, Phillies president of baseball operations], ‘I’ll give you two years.’ So I made that commitment with my family and planned everything around that two-year window. If Dave wants me to stay on, I’m perfectly okay with that.”
Mattingly joined the Phillies as bench coach following previous managerial tenures with the Los Angeles Dodgers (2011–15) and Miami Marlins (2016–22), and he has overseen a notable turnaround in Philadelphia.
When Mattingly took over as interim on April 28, after Rob Thomson was let go, the Phillies trailed the Braves by 10.5 games in the NL East. Under his guidance, the team has gone 42–23 and has trimmed that deficit to just three games heading into Thursday’s slate.
Mattingly, the 1985 American League MVP, posted a career .307 average with 222 home runs and 1,099 RBIs over 1,785 games across 14 seasons with the New York Yankees (1982–95).
He was named NL Manager of the Year in 2020 with Miami and carries a 931–973 regular-season record and a 10–14 postseason mark as a skipper, having guided the Dodgers to the 2013 NLCS and three other NLDS appearances.
His son, Preston, has served as the Phillies’ general manager since 2024, working under Dombrowski.
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