By Tim Kelly, Sports Talk Philly editor 
Freddy Galvis has hit .239 in 2016 while posting a league-low .271 on-base percentage. Despite those two statistics not working in his favor, Galvis seems to have cemented himself as someone that will play a fairly important role for the club moving forward during his 2016 campaign.
The 26-year-old shortstop, who is under team control through 2018, has hit 19 home runs in 2016 and been one of the league's best fielders at his position, per Fangraphs. General manager Matt Klentak, though reminded of some of Galvis' faults, seemed high on Galvis when talking to the media, including MLB.com's Todd Zolecki:
"He's one of the most reliable, dependable shortstops in the league, and we see it every night," Klentak said. "We like to have players who can control the strike zone and get on base. Now realistically, we know every player's not going to be able to do that. We know that. There are playoff teams that hit a lot of homers but don't work counts especially well and there are teams that grind out at-bats and don't hit a lot of homers. There's a lot of ways to win in this game. But in the aggregate, we have to look at Freddy Galvis' season as a very, very positive one this year."
Klentak is reportedly among many in the organization that believes Galvis has had a tremendous season in the field. Jon Heyman of Today's Knuckleball reported last week that many in the organization believe that Galvis has played "Gold Glove caliber shortstop" in 2016, something our Brandon Apter discussed at length this week.
What Galvis' long-term role is remains to be seen. Klentak also told Zolecki that he believed that top prospect J.P. Crawford improved at shortstop during the 2016 season. While Crawford seems likely to open the 2017 season at Triple-A, he's eventually going to be the team's starting shortstop. At that point, Galvis would seem to be an ideal fit to be a super utility player — he plays multiple positions and seems to be a timely hitter — though given how high the Phillies appear to be on him, it wouldn't be shocking if he actually ended up pushing Cesar Hernandez into a role like that.
