What should they be? For starters Maikel Franco should come up and play predominately at 1B simply for the experience and not because I think Asche is a better 3B. Asche needs to stay in the line-up and take just about every AB he can between now and the end of the season.
Galvis and Hernandez-No sense in running Rollins and Utley out there every night and not that Freddy and Cesar are the future but getting regular big league time may catch the attention of other clubs thus effectively increasing their trade value.
BP Arms: MAGS, Biddle (if Healthy), Garcia, Horst and Colton Murray. The BP has to be weary at this point and again I see no sense in running up the innings on guys like Giles and Deikman who are the future 8/9 guys. Biddle has racked up over 552 IP over 5 MiLB seasons and in my opinion that it is more than enough for a 1st round pick out of HS. Obviously if the Phillies were in a race you don't do that. I get that performance doesn't merit the call up but its not about that, its about seeing how he handles himself, seeing if being around guys like Hamels and Burnett can get something to click for him.
Dugan-Kelly was the Phillies first pick of the 2009 draft in the second round. Since becoming a Phillie he has been mired with injuries but he has compiled over 1700 PA's and is a career .298/.368/.819 hitter. There is not much else he can do in the minors and with 2 back to back solid performances in AA there is nothing wrong with bringing him up and letting him play everyday.
When you are a team as bad as the Phillies are the fans would rather show up to watch younger players especially if they can come up and have some success and add a little more excitement.
We're 11 days away from Sept 1 so let's see what they do!
