Google analyst Galdi joins Phillies' front office

PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies are looking more analytical these days.

The Phillies announced Thursday they had hired Andy Galdi as director of baseball research and development. Galdi, 30, spent the past three years at Google in Mountain View, Calif., where he served as a quantitative analyst for YouTube. He will oversee baseball analytics, including data visualization and reporting, statistical research and data infrastructure.

Galdi is the latest person Phillies general manager Matt Klentak has added to the analytics department since his hiring in October. Under the direction of Middleton and Klentak, the Phillies are working to make the transition from being one of baseball's least…