“Odubel Herrera is tough to deal with because he’s just a different kind of guy and I appeal in different ways to him,” former Philadelphia Phillies manager Pete Mackanin told Angelo Cataldi on the SportsRadio 94 WIP morning show in June of 2017. A day later, Larry Bowa, then the Phillies bench coach, joined Mike Missanelli on 97.5 The Fanatic and didn’t seem opposed to Misanelli’s suggestion that it would be beneficial for the Phillies to send both Herrera and Maikel Franco to Triple-A. These were two brutally honest public assessments of Herrera, with the center fielder less than a year removed from being the Phillies lone All-Star representative.
Odubel Herrera praises Gabe Kapler’s behind-closed-doors strategy
