Philadelphia PA: An era of Phillies baseball has came to close as a shakeup in the front office as the team continues its rebuild, On Thursday, the Phillies announced that they will not to extend the contract of Senior Vice President & General Manager Ruben Amaro Jr & named Assistant General Manager Scott Proefrock as Interim General Manager, effective immediately. During the press conference on Thursday, partner John Middleton would say: “I was aware of Ruben’s comments he made about the fans and I made that clear to Ruben & it was a factor”. Later on in the press conference, as John Middleton would say “Phillies fans feelings toward Ruben Amaro played a role in firing.
Ruben Amaro Jr OUT as Phillies GM
