Phillies sign Thomson to extension through 2027

The Philadelphia Phillies have signed manager Rob Thomson (Corunna, Ont.) to a contract extension through the 2027 season. Photo: Philadelphia Phillies

December 10, 2025

By Kevin Glew

Canadian Baseball Network

The Philadelphia Phillies have signed manager Rob Thomson to a contract extension through the 2027 season.

The team made the announcement at the Winter Meetings in Orlando, Fla., on Tuesday.

Thomson’s contract was to expire at the end of next season, but Dave Dombrowski, the Phillies’ president of baseball operations, had said in a press conference after the season that he planned to add another year to Thomson’s contract.

The 62-year-old Thomson, who finished third in the National League Manager of the Year voting, guided the Phillies to a 96-66 record and a National League East division title this season before they were ousted in four games by the eventual World Series-winning Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Division Series.

When Thomson took over as manager of the Phillies on June 4, 2022, he became the first full-time Canadian big league manager since George Gibson (London, Ont.) with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1934.

Since becoming the Phillies’ skipper, Thomson has led the team to four straight postseason appearances. After piloting the Phillies to a National League pennant in 2022 and a National League Championship Series berth in 2023, Thomson guided the Phillies to back-to-back division titles in 2024 and 2025.

His .580 regular season winning percentage is the best among Phillies skippers who have managed at least 150 games for the club.

Prior to joining the Phillies, Thomson, a catcher on the 1984 Canadian Olympic team, spent close to three decades as a coach in the Yankees’ organization and earned five World Series rings. He was the Bombers’ third base coach on their most recent World Series-winning squad in 2009. He was also a bench coach on multiple Yankees squads that advanced to the postseason.

Thomson was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2019.