Apparently the Philadelphia Phillies' front-office likes Pete Mackanin's 50 cent fines, because they may have used the reported sum of near $1,000 that Mackanin has collected in fines this Spring Training to give him a new contract.
The club announced this afternoon that they have signed Mackanin to a new two-year deal, also adding in a club option for 2018.
#Phillies and Manager Pete Mackanin have agreed to a new 2-year contract covering the 2016 and 2017 seasons. pic.twitter.com/JkmLxiRgHp
— Phillies (@Phillies) March 25, 2016
This contract, which includes a club option for the 2018 season, replaces the contract previously signed by Mackanin last September.
— Phillies (@Phillies) March 25, 2016
Mackanin had his interim tag stripped from his title late last season when the Phillies signed him to a contract for the 2016 season. That deal, which was given by current president Andy MacPhail before new general manager Matt Klentak was hired, essentially turned into a place-holder for this deal.
Mackanin, 64, has been an interim manager three times in his career, but 2016 will serve as the first time that he's ever been a full-time manager at the major league level.
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