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Let’s dive into this “summer vacation” roster

Quick question: before yesterday, show of hands how many of you forgot that Joe Girardi is the Phillies manager.

<scans crowd>

Me too.

When the negotiations for how big the roster that would make up the spring training roster would be, my default setting went to how much fun Gabe Kapler was going to have now that he would have a full stable of arms that he could switch in and out of the game, the potential for double switches and the possibility that each game could be 4+ hours long.

Then I remembered that a competent manager is now at the helm, that the DH would probably be in effect for the National League.