Philadelphia Phillies manager Joe Girardi says he's not concerned about the possibility of losing his job despite repeated training failures.
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On Sunday, the Pennsylvania team suffered the sweep at the hands of the New York Mets, losing 5-4 in 10 innings to suffer their 10th loss in 14 meetings. She was 21-27 this season, good for third in the National League East Division, and trailed 10½ games at the top before facing the San Francisco Giants on Monday. .
Still, with a payroll of $233 million in 2022 and the presence of big-name players like Bryce Harper, Zack Wheeler, Aaron Nola and J.T. Realmuto, the Phillies should be racking up the wins much more consistently. However, this is not the case and some have already pointed the finger at Girardi, who is in the last year of a three-year contract.
“I don't care about my position, I've never worried about it. I don't think about my job. I have to do my job. This is the "business" aspect of being a head coach. I don't worry about that, ”he repeated to the ESPN network.
Win, and quickly
Nevertheless, he has an interest in remedying the situation quickly in a market that does not forgive failure. The city's main daily, the "Philadelphia Inquirer", cited a lack of energy among the troops as part of the reason for the club's many defeats. Except there's more, according to pitcher Kyle Gibson.
“It seems that we do not feel pleasure because of the very high expectations. Every time we win a game, it's easy to say, well, we won today, but we're still 10 games away from where we want to be. I think this is an attitude that needs to be changed,” he said.
"We have to keep fighting and working," Wheeler added. Hopefully things will change very soon. It has to be very fast, we all know that. We all have an idea of the talent we have here. We just have to do it.”
For Harper, who has 10 home runs, 32 RBIs and a .312 batting average so far, it's not too late to do the right thing.
"Everyone knows it. You have to show up every day ready to play. The season is not over until we have played 162 games.
