By Tim Kelly, Sports Talk Philly editor 
The Cleveland Indians ALDS collapse, which was completed with a 5-2 loss to the New York Yankees last night, may work in the Philadelphia Phillies favor. They are reportedly interested in one member of Terry Francona's coaching staff for their managerial vacancy.
According to Buster Olney of ESPN, the Phillies are doing their homework on Mickey Callaway, the club's pitching coach:
Phillies taking a close look at Indians pitching coach Mickey Callaway as they look for their next manager.
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) October 12, 2017
If there was any question about the type of manager the Phillies are looking for, this seems to answer it. Rather than showing interest in the Brad Mills, who is Terry Francona's long-time bench coach and the former manager of the Houston Astros, the Phillies are interested in Callaway. Mills spent four seasons as the Phillies bench coach under Francona and has probably earned another chance to at least be considered for a managerial opening, but he's 60 years old, while Callaway is 42.
Of the candidates that the Phillies have been credibly linked to thus far, Boston Red Sox bench coach Tim Bogar is the oldest, at age 50. Mike Redmond, Brad Ausmus, Jorge Velandia, Alex Cora, Gary DiSarcina and Dusty Wathan are all in their 40's. Third base coach and Wall of Famer Juan Samuel, who is 56, was interviewed by the team earlier this week, but there hasn't been any indication that he's a serious candidate.
Callaway came to the Indians with Francona in 2013 and has been the team's pitching coach since. He also had a five-year major league career. He's less than 10 years removed from having played in an independent league, while also having five seasons of coaching experience on one of the most decorated staffs in the league.
It's unclear if and when the Phillies will interview Callaway. The team seems to be using this week to interview internal candidates, as Matt Gelb of The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Thursday that the team is also interviewing Triple-A Lehigh Valley manager Dusty Wathan for the position this week. Jim Salisbury of NBC Sports Philadelphia reported Thursday that Velandia, a club executive, is a 'strong candidate,' who had a 'lengthy' interview with Klentak earlier this week. Those two interviews are, of course, is in addition to the Samuel interview.
