Zooming in on the Phillies’ front office

Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images John Middleton makes sure to keep his finger on the pulse of the organizationThe Phillies’ power brokers recently held a Zoom meeting to discuss how the offseason was progressing. Once again, thanks to my super-secret source within the Phillies organization, I was able to get a transcript of the meeting.

Present on the call are John Middleton, Dave Dombrowski, Sam Fuld, Ned Rice, Andy MacPhail, and Joe Girardi.

Middleton: Thanks for joining us, everyone. I’d like to start out by saying I’m much happier with the way things are going than the last time we spoke.

Dombrowski: I told you we’d be in good shape. After all, that’s what happens when you hire…