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Phillies' Stairs among those helping young sluggers become smash hits | Hayes

CLEARWATER, Fla. - Franco, Galvis, and Crawford are the names that will sell the tickets.

Stairs, Wathan, and Rende are the names trusted with the Phillies' future.

The Phillies hired Matt Stairs to calibrate a major-league team with an underachieving, young lineup.

The Phillies promoted Dusty Wathan from double-A to triple-A manager and paired him with veteran hitting coach Sal Rende to make sure that the mashers at Reading last year don't regress at Lehigh Valley.

Certainly, it's Maikel Franco and Freddy Galvis who will win the games in Philadelphia, and it's J.P. Crawford who will lead the team in Allentown.