The moves came the same day Philadelphia brought back Don Mattingly on a two-year deal through 2028.
The Phillies are moving on from hitting coach Kevin Long and infield coach Bobby Dickerson, sources told NBC Sports Philadelphia Wednesday night. The team has not confirmed the changes and has a press conference scheduled for Thursday morning.
The shakeup comes on the same day Philadelphia re-signed Don Mattingly to a two-year contract covering 2027 and 2028, and it marks the start of a broader staff overhaul built around him. Long had been under contract through 2028 and has worked as a major league hitting coach for 20 consecutive seasons. Long and Dickerson had been together on the Phillies staff since 2022, surviving the managerial switch from Joe Girardi to Rob Thomson and then from Thomson to Mattingly in late April.
Long's exit follows a steep one-year decline in the Phillies' offense, which finished fourth in their league this past season. The team is expected to fill out the rest of Mattingly's coaching staff in the coming days.