Reliever Dan Otero will never see the light of day in a Phillies uniform. Not if Matt Klentak has any say on the matter. Which he did on Friday when he sent Otero to the Indians for cash considerations.
Even as we speak, Matt Klentak is in a full sprint on a treadmill in his office, calmly ordering his next phase of fringe pitcher acquisitions into a speaker phone. The Philllies' plan to cultivate their young pitching has become clearer over the last few months, giving the new front office's mission statement a level of transparency that would have Ruben Amaro aggressively grimacing.