Phillies general manager Matt Klentak will remail with the Phillies as he begins the first year of a three-year contract extension, according to Matt Breen of the Inquirer.
A source told Breen that Klentak’s return “was never in question” despite owner John Middleton’s nearly half-billion-dollar investment into players last offseason.
Klentak was responsible for bringing in a lot of those new players to provide offense for a team that averaged about 4.18 runs per game last year. Klentak, with the help of Middleton, managed to reel in one of the biggest free agents in Philadelphia sports history last offseason in Bryce Harper.