man carlos santana has been pushing cars in the off season spring training he will be pushing michael franco who had a lot of work to do this year. jeff skversky has his store friday clearwater. >> reporter: two years ago phillies hall of famer mike schmidt made a bold statement saying miguel franco was better then he was at his age. well, franco has not lived up to the hype, he has been working hard down here in clearwater but fellow teammate s, carlos san tan a this could be a make it or break it season for miguel franco who may have led phillies in home runs and rbi's last year but he has lowest batting average among third base mans in the league, and he lost his every day job down the stretch. >> just getting better in everything, you know what i mean, try to control my emotion, try to be more aggressive, and like i said, just, to do everything i need to do to get better. >> reporter: he played winter ball in the dominican republic where he trained with carlos santana in camp taking franco under his wing at santana's

. >> reporter: carlos asked the phillys to put his locker next to michael franco so he can mentor him and it is working. they are inseparable. talking at the batting cage, in the dugout. carlos is constantly giving michael a lot of tips. >> i'm committed to helping him. we're hitting as many balls as possible. he told me he wants to follow me wherever i go. if i go to the cage, he's going to go with me. he's committed, i'm committed too. >> another day, i'm coming in to be close to him, try to get in early and work together and find information together and that's what i want to do. >> reporter: maybe michael will eventually take up carlos ar offseason workout, pushing cars. how big were the cars? >> translator: looks like a mercedes-benz. >> looking forward to pushing a car like he did, joining him for that workout? >> i just think about it, let's see what's going to happen. >> he said he was pushing mercedes. tell him you'll push a small car. >> maybe i'll push tip too. >> reporter: carlos santana's biggest attribute is plate discipline and that is really the number one thing michae

nola making his spring training debut with the against the yankees very first inning, um-hmm, michael francos it. that sun, right. clearwater sun, nola, um-hmm, gives up three run double to danny, he is tagged in three runs in two innings and he strikes out three. big year for franco, good start for him, here at the plate. makes up for that error in the field, how about the fourth inning, three run home run, not enough, phillies lose, eight-three. >>> the flyers, are on fire, 11 straight game without a loss in regulation, their best stretch in 12 years. trade deadline set for tomorrow. flyers could add a piece or two for the playoff run. flyers on the ice in montreal getting ready to face canadian tomorrow. only one point out of first place after being dead last, early in december. flyers players say that they love the chemistry on this team right now. >> obviously, you know, we don't want to leave them, it is always tough, but i think this year is a little bit different in the past. so we're glad, it is like this >> it is different because flyers are, buyers not sellers and it has been a lo