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Phillies fans briefly elated by talk of J.P. Crawford promotion

Join us for what was several minutes of excitement, followed by other, far less exciting minutes, courtesy of ESPN.

Freddy Galvis and Cesar Hernandez are not the Phillies shortstops of the future. Perhaps one of them will be here, but it's long been known that J.P. Crawford is going to show up in town eventually and make everything better.

Word came down from Pete Mackanin himself just the other day as the Phillies manager vented some frustration over the performance of Hernandez. The 26-year-old already has a lowlight reel of base running mistakes in the young season, and has seen his success against lefties, as well as his line drive rate, crumble to the point of ineffectiveness.