Heading into this season, there was around a 50 percent chance that Cesar Hernandez and Freddy Galvis would remain the Phillies’ double play combination into October. Most likely, many thought, J.P. Crawford would enter the picture – even for a September call up – and begin shoving one of the two Venezuelan infielders out of the way.
That probably won’t happen now, and Hernandez and Galvis – who have played together and have been friends since they were teenagers – will get to finish this season together in the middle infield.