Pete Mackanin earned his job as Phillies manager and he deserved the extension he received over the offseason. He developed a nice rapport with his players, remedied some of what was lost with Ryne Sandberg, and was a great fit to begin this rebuild.
But I'm not so sure he earned another extension.
It's hard for me to wrap my head around that last sentence because I was such a Pete Mackanin fan from the start. But 2016 has been far from a perfect season for the Phillies skipper.
Speaking about bullpen coach Rick Kranitz, Andy MacPhail told Phillies Magazine, "I've just noticed that pitchers get better with him.