As the old saying goes, “If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.” Well, the Phillies seem to be implementing that strategy with their new hire for hitting coach, Joe Dillon.
As Salisbury states, Joe Dillon is coming from the World Series Champion Washington Nationals. With the Nats, Dillon was the assistant hitting coach under Kevin Long for the past 2 seasons.
Long carries a connection with new Phillies’ skipper Joe Girardi as he was the hitting coach with the Yankees under Girardi for 7 seasons.
Long has gone on record vouching for Dillon, stating ”
I’ve got the best assistant in baseball.