Phillies prez Dombrowski gets 3-year extension

The Phillies signed president of shot operations Dave Dombrowski to a three-year declaration hold Tuesday.

With the extension, Dombrowski is signed done the 2027 season.

The Phillies precocious to the World Series this past season, Dombrowski's 2nd with the franchise. The postseason quality ended a 10-year drought for the Phillies, who qualified for a wild-card spot with an 87-75 grounds and enjoyed a astonishing tally to the World Series earlier falling to the Astros successful six games.

Dombrowski made the pivotal determination to occurrence manager Joe Girardi with the squad scuffling successful June and regenerate him with seat manager Rob Thomson arsenic interim manager. After the Phillies' postseason run, Thomson was signed to a two-year contract, removing the interim from his title.

Dombrowski, 66, has led 4 franchises (Phillies, Red Sox, Tigers, Marlins) to World Series appearances and helped to physique title teams for the Marlins (1997) and Red Sox (2018) arsenic those teams' wide manager.

"We are highly pleased that Dave has agreed to proceed to pb our shot operations section done the 2027 season," Phillies proprietor John Middleton said successful a connection announcing Dombrowski's extension. "His astute cognition of the crippled and keen oculus for endowment acceptable america connected a way to triumph the National League pennant. I firmly judge that nether his stewardship, we volition scope our eventual goal."

Dombrowski is the archetypal president of shot operations successful the past of the Phillies, having joined the franchise successful that relation successful December 2020.

"This is simply a large enactment and I consciousness truthful fortunate to beryllium surrounded by specified tremendous personnel. We person made important strides successful galore areas of shot operations implicit the past mates of years, and I americium committed to gathering upon them to signifier a title enactment for the metropolis and our unthinkable instrumentality base," Dombrowski said successful the connection Tuesday.

In Dombrowski's 33 years arsenic a president oregon wide manager, his teams person made the playoffs 10 times, winning 7 part titles, 5 pennants and 2 World Series. In his past 11 seasons, his clubs person gone 982-768 (.561), with 8 playoff appearances, 3 pennants and 1 World Series title.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.