Pete Mackanin simply hasn’t done anything to warrant being the Phillies‘ manager of the future. Sitting at 46-78, they are nowhere near where many people expected them to be this season.
With some continuity and improvements in throughout the lineup, some people thought the Phils could flirt with .500 baseball this season and end up around 75 wins for the season. But now it seems like it would be miracle if they could get to 62-65 wins.
Not all of the disappointment has to due with Mackanin as the team has had some unfortunate injuries, as well as players like Michael Saunders and Maikel Franco being major disappointments.