Good morning! The weekend is near! We’re almost there!
Some news, Phillies and other:
- It was reported Wednesday that the Phillies have hired Terry Ryan to serve as a special assignment scout. Ryan previously served as general manager of the Minnesota Twins (1994-2007, 2011-16).
Ryan originally proceeded Andy MacPhail as Twins GM. MacPhail was responsible for the greatest Twins teams ever (1987, 1991), and it took Ryan a few years to get Minnesota back to respectability, but he did with four Central Division titles in four years. He recently oversaw a complete rebuild that nearly resulted in a playoff berth in 2015, before a disastrous 103-loss season in 2016 that cost him his job.