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TAMPA, Fla. — After a flurry of offseason activity, the Phillies have one more move to make: Pick up Joe Girardi’s option. The manager is entering the franchise’s most important season in a decade but the team has put him in a powerless position. Give him power. Don’t risk wasting 2022. Why? Because if they don’t pick up the option, they’re telling a team full of stars that they’re not sure about the leader’s leadership. They’re saying that the voices coaching them might be different voices as soon as next year, and those sorts of voices tend to get ignored. There’s no need for this sort of in…