Phillies sign Dave Dombrowski to extension
The Phillies have signed President of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski to a three-year contract extension. Dombrowski, who was in year two of a four-year, $20 million contract, is now signed through the 2027 season.
“I am excited to sign a contract extension with the Phillies,” Dombrowski said in the club’s press release. “This is a great organization and I feel so fortunate to be surrounded by such tremendous personnel. We have made significant strides in many areas of baseball operations over the last couple of years, and I am committed to building upon them to form a championship organization for the city and our incredible fan base.”
Last month, Dombrowski became the only executive in baseball history to lead four different franchises to the World Series. In his first two years in Philadelphia, Dombrowski initiated significant changes within the club’s baseball operations department, including the hiring and firing of numerous assistant general managers as well as the addition of farm director Preston Mattingly.
He has signed J.T. Realmuto, Kyle Schwarber and Nick Castellanos to nine-figure deals and convinced ownership to exceed the luxury tax for the first time in club history.
The extension will take him to age 71. Bob Nightengale of USA Today reported last month that Dombrowski had a clause in his contract that says he is allowed to leave the Phillies to run a baseball operations department in Nashville if the city was awarded an expansion team. Dombrowski previously worked for the Music City Baseball group before taking the job in Philadelphia.
“There’s not a chance that we’ll let him get away,’’ Middleton told Nightengale.
Now, Dombrowski gets a chance to run the Phillies for as long as he wants — or for as long as Middleton is willing to spend.
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