Phillies general manager Matt Klentak had the opportunity to throw his support behind Gabe Kapler Sunday morning on MLB Network Radio’s “Front Office” but he didn’t go all-in on his second-year manager.
Klentak praised Kapler for making adjustments, making sure his team does the little things right, and that his “ability to adjust and learn and grow has been remarkable.”
A big thing Klentak did not say, which host Jim Bowden threw out for Klentak to say in his question, was whether or not Kapler is the Phillies guy going into next year.
“Give us your evaluation of (Kapler) and can we just publically say ‘hey, he’s safe, he’s going to be our manager going forward'”
Klentak went on to say that he knows the results are what’s going to matter, but he believes Kapler is “very very different than he was at the beginning of last season.