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Former Philadelphia Phillies Brett Myers and Billy Wagner gives thoughts on how the Phillies can turn their season around. Read that on SportsTalkPhilly.com.

Maikel Franco was once ranked the top prospect in the Phillies organization and 17th in all of baseball, but he has struggled in his 2017 campaign so far. He’s slashing .216/.273/.352, placing him in the bottom ten in batting average of any qualified National League hitter and raising questions regarding a trip back to Lehigh Valley. A basic overview of his stats would be frightening, but delve a little deeper and there’s hope. A negative WAR (-0.4) and negative WPA (-0.71) aren’t pleasing, but keep in mind they’re strictly evaluations of past performance to date and have no prediction value for future performance. There’s no way to say for sure if Franco will return to his productive form, but there’s definitely plenty of evidence to believe his .216 batting average is more so a fluke than any of his previous seasons.

Six Phillies prospects from Advanced ‘A’ Clearwater are headed to the Florida State League All-Star Game in Lakeland, FL.

Phillies prospect Tom Eshelman was named International League Player of the Week on Thursday.

The Phillies Triple-A affiliate in Allentown, PA, had a phenomenal month of May en route to a 36-16 record overall.

With strong organizational second base depth, the Phillies reportedly may try Scott Kingery at other positions. Read that and more Phillies news on SportsTalkPhilly.com.

Philadelphia Phillies general manager Matt Klentak discusses Maikel Franco’s struggles. Read that and more Phillies news and rumors on SportsTalkPhilly.com.

The Phillies have promoted right-hander Ricardo Pinto from Triple-A Lehigh Valley to fill Vince Velasquez’s roster spot.

The Phillies look to salvage the series finale against Miami this afternoon in Florida.