The seat is starting to get a little warm for Joe Girardi but the Philadelphia Phillies manager is getting tired of being asked about his job.
Following a 5-4 10-inning loss to the Mets on Sunday, in which the Phillies blew a ninth-inning lead to fall 10.5 games back in the NL East, Girardi was again asked about his job status.
“I don’t worry about my job,” he told reporters. “I’ve never worried about my job. I don’t worry about my job. I’ve got to do my job. It’s the business of being a manager. I don’t worry about that.”
Girardi is in the final year of his contract with the Phillies, so the speculation is certainly warranted, and the Phillies have not played particularly well of late, dropping 10 of their last 14 games and going 2-5 on their most recent road trip.
The Phillies are now 21-27 to start the season after the team added Nick Castellanos and Kyle Schwarber this offseason, increasing the payroll to $233 million — the fourth-highest in MLB.
Sunday’s loss was also the second time during the road trip the Phillies blew a ninth-inning lead and lost on a walk-off. Girardi called it “extremely frustrating” and that was evident with how some of the players felt, too.
“Good teams don’t do that,” Harper said after the game. “Getting walked off twice in games we should have won. It’s tough. Big homer, big homer and lose. It’s crushing.”
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