Could the Phillies become the first team in Major League Baseball to hire a female general manager? The chances appear good.
Over the last year, the Phillies have transformed themselves from an old, aging team with the same old voices calling the shots, to a team with a lot of youth (if not a ton of talent yet), a farm system bursting with close-to-big league-ready players, and a team president and owner that are adamant on changing the way things have traditionally been done within the organization.
They like sabermetrics now. They went outside the organization to hire their new team president.