Good news for Yankees fans. One of the front-runners for Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Manny Machado is losing its ace in the hole, according to The Athletic:
Joe Jordan, the Phillies' director of player development, will not return in 2019, three sources said this week. Those sources described a rift over how the farm system was run within a front office evolving under general manager Matt Klentak, who inherited Jordan from the previous regime.
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Jordan's roots were in amateur scouting before he assumed control of Baltimore's drafts in 2005.