If Andy MacPhail and Matt Klentak’s year-end news conferences left you worried that the Phillies were not going to be big spenders this off-season, you’re probably feeling a lot better today.
The Phils are going to spend. The man who holds the team’s wallet, owner John Middleton, said so once again, this time to USA Today’s Bob Nightengale. And he didn’t pump the brakes.
“We’re going into this expecting to spend money,’’ Middleton told USA TODAY Sports. “And maybe even be a little bit stupid about it.’’
Middleton laughed, then said without smiling: “We just prefer not to be completely stupid.