The Philadelphia Phillies made the right decision hiring Dave Dombrowski
Despite the push back from fans and media alike, the Philadelphia Phillies made the right move hiring Dave Dombrowski.
It has been a few days now, and we have had time to digest the newest front office hire in Philadelphia. The dust has settled, and Dave Dombrowski is the President of Baseball Operations for the Philadelphia Phillies.
We have all seen the push back from the fanbase, as well as from notable media members who cover our favorite baseball team. The consensus amongst them all seem to point towards this being a boneheaded hire by the Philadelphia Phillies, and they are doomed for years to come. Yeah, it makes sense to a point. Dombrowski is notorious for going “all in”, doing whatever it takes to win a World Series (which he has done twice), whether that be spending money at will or trading prospects for proven commodities.
While this may not always be the best way to do business, if you get the results you seek, does it really matter?
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Keep in mind, the Philadelphia Phillies just handed Bryce Harper $330 million dollars over 13 seasons back in March of 2019. Last December, Zack Wheeler received $118 million dollars over five years. Handing out those contracts certainly points more towards a team that is looking to win now as opposed to building towards the future. So why change course? Sure, things have been bleak the past two seasons. Heck, things have been bleak since the Phils’ last made the post season all the way back in 2011; this is all the more reason to continue to try to win now.
I am confident I speak for every single fan of the Philadelphia Phillies around the world when I say I am tired of waiting, I want to see this team return to the postseason and have a legitimate chance to win the World Series. Dave Dombrowski brings that mentality with him, and it is something we should be celebrating as a fan base.
The trading prospects argument holds weight, however at the end of the day, prospects do not always pan out. There are countless occasions where you can look back at trades that backfired on teams trading prospects who developed into stars, however there are also countless times where a team has been burned trading for prospects who never reached their potential. The Philadelphia Phillies have been on both sides of this situation. Trading Sixto Sanchez looks like it may haunt this team for years to come.
However, look at all the “top prospects” this franchise traded when they went all in back in the 2007-2011 era. Kyle Drabek is a prime example; he was considered the top pitching prospect in the Phillies organization, and he is the player who helped them land Roy Halladay. Drabek went on to go 8-15 with a 5.26 ERA in 179 career innings. You really just never know with prospects.
Inevitably it is a crap shoot, and backed with a huge payroll and a solid core, trying to win now makes the most sense for the Philadelphia Phillies.
Another great example would be from that 2018 World Champion Boston Red Sox team that Dave Dombrowski constructed. When building that team, he famously sent two young studs in Yoan Moncada and Michael Kopech to the Chicago White Sox for Chris Sale. The jury is still out on Kopech, but Moncada has blossomed into one of the top young players in the entire league. He looks like he will be a major contributor on the South Side for the White Sox for many years to come.
However, Chris Sale was everything the Boston Red Sox could have imagined, and he helped lead that team to a World Series; which in all honesty is the end goal.
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I am not concerned with trading prospects for proven commodities to help this ball club return to October baseball. Sure, I may feel differently in a few years if things look really awful and the team doesn’t have much to move forward with. But if the Philadelphia Phillies can return to the postseason and bring home another World Series, I think I can live with that trade off.