On Friday afternoon, which is always the best time to release important news, the Phillies announced that they had hired two new people into their baseball operations department.
The most notable name on there is Sam Fuld, who was a major league player until just a few hours ago. He officially retired earlier today, though he hadn’t played in the majors since 2015. (Fuld did play on Team Israel in the 2017 World Baseball Classic.) Fuld is joining the Phillies as “major league player information coordinator” after spending parts of eight seasons with four different teams.