At the start of the season, the Phillies’ middle infield situation looked promising. After jettisoning Freddy “Should of kept” Galvis, top prospect J.P. Crawford was penciled in as the starting shortstop. His tandem partner would be dependable veteran Cesar Hernandez. Hotshot rookie Scott Kingery would be used as a super utility guy, filling in all around the diamond. And Pedro Florimon would provide adequate defense at both positions.
Crawford’s season never really got going. He got off to an awful start at both the plate (.188 batting average through April) and in the field (Five errors in the first month) before suffering an arm strain that placed him on the disabled list.