As the Phillies embark on what promises to be a long rebuilding process, starting with this season's 22-42 start, president Pat Gillick and general manager Ruben Amaro are doing so on borrowed time.
It has long been known that Gillick did not want to be team president for more than a year or two, and Amaro's future has remained cloudy as a lame duck GM in the final year of his deal.
And now, it appears as if things may be happening.
A new report from CSN Philly's Jim Salisbury indicates the Phils are looking at 63-year-old Andy McPhail as the future head of the team, the man who would be in charge of rebuilding a franchise that won 102 games four years ago and could now finish with 100 losses in 2015.