2015 Phillies Report Card: Cesar Hernandez

Now that Jimmy Rollins (’96 draftee), Chase Utley (’00 draftee), and Cole Hamels (’02 draftee) have been traded away, most Phillies fans can tell you who the two longest tenured Phillies are: Carlos Ruiz (’98 international FA) and Ryan Howard (’01 draftee). But who is the third longest tenured* Phillie? Until last week the answer was Domonic Brown who signed June 16, 2006 after the Phillies selected him in the 20th round of the 2006 amateur draft. But now Brown is a free agent and the illustrious title of third longest tenured Phillie is a tie between two middle infielders who signed as 16-year-old international free agents out of Venezuela on July 2, 2006: Freddy Galvis and Cesar Hernandez.

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