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Wathan to replace Brundage as Triple-A skipper
- Updated: September 15, 2016
PHILADELPHIA — Dusty Wathan will change Minor League zip codes next season, as he will move about an hour down the road and a level higher in 2017, taking over as the manager at Triple-A Lehigh Valley after spending the last five years with Double-A Reading.
Wathan will take over for Dave Brundage, who general manager Matt Klentak decided not to retain after consulting director of player development Joe Jordan.
“Joe and I sat down at the end of the Minor League season and we talked about it. We felt like it was time to move forward and make a change there,” Klentak said. “We just felt it was time to make a change and we feel we have a ready replacement in house. Actually with the big league team right now, and he’ll be our Triple-A manager next year — it’s Dusty Wathan.”
Neither Wathan nor Brundage were hired by the current regime.
Phillies top outfield prospect Nick Williams didn’t have the smoothest introduction to Triple-A under Brundage. The now-ousted manager benched the 22-year-old multiple times throughout the season for showing a lack of …
