maikel franco phillies

The Philadelphia Phillies begin their Grapefruit League schedule this week and that means thousands of Phillies fans will make the journey to Clearwater to watch the youth movement taking place.

The Phillies finally made the move and called up Maikel Franco. It's been a time coming for the 56th rated prospect in baseball, Franco figures to play 3B everyday and bat behind Ryan Howard to start things off. Franco is also part of the Phillies "youth movement" that will include Aaron Nola and JP Crawford somewhere down the line...