It has been 28 days since the Phillies removed Pete Mackanin as manager, and the team has still not named his replacement.
A number of candidates have been interviewed, and there appears to be two people leading the pack, Triple-A manager Dusty Wathan and Dodgers front office executive Gabe Kapler. Former Red Sox manager John Farrell was also brought in for an interview, although it’s unclear if he’ll get the second interview that Wathan and Kapler are expected to get.
But a potential new candidate may have emerged from out of the blue, former New York Yankees skipper Joe Girardi, whose contract was not renewed by the team following their exit from the American League Championship Series.