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The new Phillies analytics system is named "Phil" and Matt Klentak is getting ready to use it

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When the Phillies added new general manager Matt Klentak, the goal was to get a young mind versed in analytics to bring the Phillies into a new age. Klentak formally took the reigns and got right to work. One thing that Klentak had to do was to learn about the Phillies new computer system that is designed to help the team think analytically. It has a name: "Phil".

Matt Breen of the Philadelphia Inquirer reported on the new device that Klentak is using:

General manager Matt Klentak said he is currently working with a beta version of the custom-made sabermetrics system.