Phils in First, But Galvis, Morton Struggle

You may have noticed that the Phillies have been terrific in Spring Training. At 13-5-1, the Phils are in a virtual tie for first place among Grapefruit League teams; while there is plenty of research indicating that there is no correlation between a team’s Spring record and regular season record, including this FanGraphs piece from earlier this month, it is exciting to see a team that Vegas had at 65.5 wins open up the Spring slate with some moxie.

As the Spring winds down, there have been a number of offensive standouts. Maikel Franco leads the Majors in homers this Spring and looks every bit the power threat the Phillies hope he can become in a line-up devoid of such. The Phillies…