Philadelphia Phillies general manager Matt Klentak was in the Baltimore Orioles front-office in 2010 when the Orioles selected Manny Machado with the No. 3 overall pick. The head of baseball operations for the Orioles at that time was current Phillies president Andy MacPhail.
In a front-office littered with former Orioles employees, Klentak led the Phillies failed pursuit to acquire Machado last summer. The Phillies really liked Machado, who was in the midst of his finest offensive season to date, but ultimately weren’t willing to part with No. 1 overall prospect Sixto Sanchez, who they traded this offseason for All-Star catcher J.