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Phillies add Sam Fuld to ever-changing front office

The Phillies on Friday announced two new hires in the front office.

Sam Fuld, who retired from playing baseball Friday after a nine-year major league career with the Cubs, Rays, Athletics and Twins, was named the Phils’ new major league information coordinator. And Ben Werthan, who worked as advance scouting coordinator with the Orioles for the past six years, is the new minor league information coordinator.

Both Fuld and Werthan will essentially gather information (data, research) and make recommendations to the Phillies’ coaching staff, players and front office.

It’s yet another signal that the Phillies are moving quickly toward the front of baseball’s new age of information. Fuld, 35, is well liked across baseball and has an economics degree from Stanford University. Werthan, 31, broke in with the Reds and Rays before becoming a key piece of the Orioles’ scouting department, reporting to Buck Showalter while helping to prepare the O’s for future matchups.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.