After an hour of Matt Klentak, Andy MacPhail, and John Middleton (mostly Middleton) answering questions from the Phillies media, we somewhat have an answer for the direction of the team and their thought process over the last couple of months.
MacPhail, who is rarely in the public spotlight, started the press conference saying the Phillies are turning the page and starting a new chapter in the organization. He and Middleton covered the organization’s thinking over the last couple of months when Middleton starting having questions regarding the direction of the team in the middle of the season and voiced those concerns in the summer.