The Phillies expre sed their continued confidence in manager Rob Thomson and his coaching staff today, with president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski revealing that Thomson has been extended through the 2026 season and his full staff will return in 2025 (per reporters, including ). Thomsons previous contract ran through the 2025 campaign, so it would have left him in lame duck limbo entering next season. As for the rest of the coaches, reported last week that the Phillies were holding evaluation meetings in which they would decide whether or not to make any changes to the coaching staff. Evidently, the teams top decision makers came away from those meetings feeling good about Pedro Pages Jersey the group of coaches that has led the club to three consecutive postseason appearances. Thomson took over as the Phillies manager partway through the 2022 season, replacing his long-time bo s Joe Girardi. A baseball lifer, Thomson had no big league managerial experience at the time, but he had been a major league coach for the Yankees and Phillies since 2004 and a minor league coach and manager (and briefly a front office executive) since 1988. Over parts of three seasons at the helm in Philadelphia, he has led the team to a 250-185 (.575) record, two Wild Card berths, one NL East division title, and one NL pennant. The Phillies have also gone 20-14 in the playoffs under his leadership. While this years postseason run ended much sooner than the Phillies and their fans might have anticipated, there was little reason to think a change was in order atop the dugout steps. That being said, its noteworthy that Thomson has now received one-year extensions in . Clearly, the organization doesnt want him managing as a lame duck, but at the same time, they have been hesitant to give him a long-term deal. Slightly more surprising than Thomsons extension is the fact that his full coaching staff will remain intact next season. After all, its quite common for a coach or two to get the scapegoat treatment after a season ends in disappointment. However, its important to remember how well the Phillies played over the 162-game regular season and not just their poor performance in the NLDS. They were above-average in just about every aspect of the game, including hitting, baserunning, pitching, and fielding. Thats not to say theres no room for improvement, but Dombrowski appears to be sticking with an if it aint broke, dont fix it approach. That approach worked well this past season, in which the Phillies ran it back with nearly the exact same roster and coaching staff they had the year before and managed to improve by five games. The Phillies coaching staff includes pitching coach Caleb Cotham, a sistant pitching coach/director of pitching development Brian Kaplan, hitting coach Kevin Long, bench coach Mike Calitri, third base coach Dusty Wathan, first base/outfield/baserunning coach Paco Figueroa, and infield coach Bobby Dickerson, among others. Interestingly, all seven of those coaches joined the staff before Thomson took over as skipper. Managers often like to put together their own group of coaches, but Thomson seems happy working alongside the staff he inherited. Brett Cecil Jersey