They’ve seen the pitcher’s tweet and the reply he gave the impression to be co-signing with a “like,” however Dave Dombrowski and Rob Thomson aren’t frightened concerning the Phillies’ relationship with Taijuan Walker.

Walker went 15-6 with a 4.38 ERA in 31 begins this season, the primary of a four-year, $72 million contract. He struggled early, was wonderful in the midst of the summer season, struggled late and didn’t seem in a single playoff sport regardless of being on the Phillies’ roster for the wild-card spherical, NLDS and NLCS.

Around 2 a.m. Wednesday, a number of hours after the Phillies have been surprised within the NLCS by the Diamondbacks in a collection they led 2-0 and 3-2, Walker tweeted “Disrespect is at an all time high,” with the hashtag #nextyear.

One of the primary responses got here from a Phillies fan who wrote, “The disrespect is from your manager. He had no faith in you, which was a joke and his game decision cost the Phillies this series. REMEMBER THAT!”

Walker appreciated that response and nonetheless hasn’t eliminated his like.

“I heard about it,” Thomson stated Thursday afternoon at a year-end press convention neither he nor Dombrowski hoped they’d be having this early within the fall.

“I haven’t (talked to him yet). I’ll call him at some point.”

Thomson does not assume the connection has been fractured.

“Oh, not at all, not one bit,” he stated. “People get emotional. He’s a competitive guy. I love Taijuan, I really do. This guy gave us 15 wins. Every time he goes out to the mound, he competes until we take him out and then he never wants to come out. I want a guy like that. That type of thing doesn’t bother me. I love him, I love his demeanor, I love his toughness. I’m sure everything will be fine.”

Walker and Cristopher Sanchez have been on the Phillies’ postseason roster within the first two rounds to offer size in case of an extra-inning emergency. The want for a No. 4 starter behind Zack Wheeler, Aaron Nola and Ranger Suarez didn’t come up till Game 4 of the NLCS in Arizona and that begin went to Sanchez, who regarded higher than Walker throughout a simulated sport earlier that week. Walker was wild in his. Neither had began a sport in practically a month.

“It was just one of those days where we threw them out there, they threw a couple of innings, Sanchez and he, and he was having a hard time that day throwing strikes,” Dombrowski stated. “With that, the feeling was we’re going to start Sanchez. But I like Taijuan Walker, I think he did a nice job. I look for him to be a real solid part of our rotation. I look for him to pitch well for us next year.”

Sanchez didn’t have command of his fastball or changeup and lasted solely seven outs in his begin at Chase Field in a sport the Phillies misplaced within the backside of the eighth inning. Walker spent your entire month of October on the highest step of the Phillies’ dugout cheering his teammates on, however by no means appeared in a sport.

“I’m always careful with what’s on social media and I don’t have a social media account on purpose,” Dombrowski stated. “I’m conscious of what happened. It occurs when guys do not pitch or do not play at a specific time.

“He received 15 video games, he pitched 175 innings for us in an period when not many individuals are doing that. I believe he had an actual stable season for us. He had a battle for some time there close to the top and he began a bit slowly as a result of popping out of the World Baseball Classic, I do not assume he was actually prepared at the moment, we did not have the correct time to get us prepared. And then what ended up occurring was we had three starters who have been our large three on the time. Ranger at the moment was throwing nice, so the entire sudden once you get to the postseason, you are solely utilizing three and once you want a fourth, they have not pitched for some time.

“I never get upset when a guy would like to pitch, that’s good. And the other thing, he’s in a tough spot, it’s different in the postseason, he’s not a reliever, he takes a long time to warm up, but you need someone who can give you length if you run into extra innings. It’s a tough position to be in, somebody’s got to do it.”

Walker elements prominently into the Phillies’ close to future. They will return four-fifths of their beginning rotation in Wheeler, Suarez, Walker and Sanchez. Nola is a free agent and the Phillies’ prime precedence this offseason shall be both re-signing him or discovering a top-end pitcher to interchange him.