You may have heard the Phillies are hiring.
Yes, even though there is a global pandemic going on in which no one is going to want to uproot their lives, the Phils have spun around 180 degrees in the last week and are suddenly hot to replace Andy MacPhail as the team’s president of baseball operations.
Instead of taking a gap year, owner John Middleton will reportedly investigate the possibility of adding the newly single Theo Epstein following his resignation from the Chicago Cubs to head the team’s baseball operations. Epstein appears reluctant to hop into bed with another franchise at the moment, but it’s certainly worth the conversation.