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Dombrowski hired as Phillies president of baseball operations

The Phillies have hired longtime baseball executive Dave Dombrowski as president of baseball operations.

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FILE - In this April 19, 2019, file photo, Boston Red Sox general manager Dave Dombrowski talks before the team's baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays in St. Petersburg, Fla. The Philadelphia Phillies have hired Dombrowski as president of baseball operations, according to two people familiar with the decision. The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team hasn’t announced the hiring. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Phillies hired longtime baseball executive Dave Dombrowski as president of baseball operations.

Dombrowski joins the Phillies after leading baseball operations for Montreal, Miami, Detroit and Boston, winning World Series titles with the Marlins in 1997 and Red Sox in 2018.

After finishing with a 28-32 record in the shortened 2020 season, Philadelphia reassigned general manager Matt Klentak within the organization.

Andy MacPhail, the Phillies’ current president, has planned to retire after the 2021 season.

He said in October he would be willing to step aside sooner to make way for a new baseball operations boss. It appears that will be the case now.

Joe Girardi is set to remain the team's manager, and it is anticipated that Dombrowski will hire a General Manager that will report to him.

The Phillies have hired longtime major league executive David Dombrowski as the club’s first-ever president of baseball operations. pic.twitter.com/8lqlw48Yzt
— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) December 11, 2020

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