Former Phillies general manager Matt Klentak “teed himself up for an untenable situation” when he declared it was time to win and the Phillies followed up with missing the 16-team postseason, according to Phillies President of Baseball Operations Andy MacPhail in a Zoom conference with reporters on Friday. The two men met in Maryland following the final week of the season and agreed that the right move was to reassign Klentak.
Ned Rice, Klentak’s first front office hire as GM back in 2016, assumed his position in the interim.