In just a few short weeks, we could finally know the answer to the Phillies’ months-long burning questions about their shortstops. Will it be Freddy Galvis who heads out of town? Or will J.P. Crawford open the season at another position, or even at Lehigh Valley? These are important questions, but neither of them are the shortstop I’ll be talking about today. The guy I’m talking about came before Freddy Galvis. And it’s not Jimmy Rollins.
It’s Wilson Valdez. Remember that guy? It might take you a second or two. The momentary struggle to remember that Wilson Valdez existed stands in perfect contrast to his brief time on the Phillies.