WEBVTT - Phillies trade deadline: What do we like? Don't like? 0:00:04.280 --> 0:00:07.240 Hey, this is Bryce Harper and welcome to the Billy Show. 0:00:08.240 --> 0:00:12.680 It's Tuesday, August fourth, twenty twenty six. Let's look back 0:00:12.840 --> 0:00:18.040 at the trade deadline with my friends Ruben Tomorrow, Junior, 0:00:18.280 --> 0:00:21.200 Jim Salisbury, and I'm Todd's Lucky. It's time for first Pitch. 0:00:24.000 --> 0:00:31.320 First Pitch is powered by Monster Energy. Trade Deadline's over, guys. 0:00:31.960 --> 0:00:34.720 We talked about we had a little emergency pod yesterday, 0:00:34.760 --> 0:00:37.639 but now we're we've let it breathe a little bit. 0:00:38.680 --> 0:00:43.240 We've let it breathe. We've talked to Don Maddingley and 0:00:43.680 --> 0:00:48.160 Dave Dombrowski and Bryce Harper and Bryce and Stott and Jim. 0:00:48.159 --> 0:00:52.279 I saw you talked to with Alec Bohm briefly yesterday. 0:00:52.320 --> 0:00:57.360 Correct, he's got to clean little there you go. 0:00:59.200 --> 0:01:01.400 I spoke to Ball and he's fine with it. He's 0:01:01.480 --> 0:01:05.119 like anything to win, and he went out and got 0:01:05.160 --> 0:01:08.039 ready to play. Starts fine with it. Harper's fine with it. 0:01:08.280 --> 0:01:12.920 A lot of unselfishness in the moving part aspect of 0:01:13.000 --> 0:01:18.280 the defense, the defensive alignment to accommodate Arise. I like 0:01:18.319 --> 0:01:19.720 what it's done to the lineup, but what it's going 0:01:19.800 --> 0:01:21.880 to do to the lineup potentially I'm willing to take 0:01:21.920 --> 0:01:26.480 the defensive risk, but I'm very concerned they did not 0:01:26.640 --> 0:01:28.200 add starting pitching depth. 0:01:28.640 --> 0:01:29.440 You're rolling the. 0:01:29.319 --> 0:01:33.360 Dice that these five guys are going to stay healthy 0:01:33.440 --> 0:01:36.440 and effective the rest of the way and then into 0:01:36.560 --> 0:01:38.520 October when you can tighten it up a little bit, 0:01:38.840 --> 0:01:42.600 shorten your bench, as they say in hockey. But worried 0:01:42.640 --> 0:01:46.600 about not having that extra arm. I know they tried. 0:01:46.640 --> 0:01:48.560 In some cases the price, they thought the price was 0:01:48.560 --> 0:01:51.040 too high. In some other cases that the other team 0:01:51.040 --> 0:01:52.840 they just didn't match up on what the give was. 0:01:53.880 --> 0:01:56.360 But you hope that doesn't come back to bite them. 0:01:56.520 --> 0:01:58.520 Showed a lot of faith and Andrew Painter that he's 0:01:58.520 --> 0:02:01.160 made these adjustments and gonna be giving him innings and 0:02:02.000 --> 0:02:06.000 being efficient. So with every team, with every game, with 0:02:06.120 --> 0:02:09.840 every season, with every month, there's always a reel see element. 0:02:09.880 --> 0:02:13.240 There's never a sure thing, never a sure thing, and 0:02:13.520 --> 0:02:16.720 so this is a big wheel see on the pitching side. 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:19.960 But I'm eager to see your eyes play and get 0:02:20.040 --> 0:02:22.400 him here because he's kind of a throwback old school 0:02:23.600 --> 0:02:25.919 baseball player and I'm looking forward to seeing a little 0:02:25.919 --> 0:02:26.240 bit of that. 0:02:27.720 --> 0:02:29.560 Yeah, I mean, I like the move. There's no question 0:02:29.600 --> 0:02:29.920 about it. 0:02:30.000 --> 0:02:33.320 It improves the lineup, I think pretty dramatically actually in 0:02:33.360 --> 0:02:35.160 a number of different ways. I think that there's a 0:02:35.200 --> 0:02:38.400 residual effect, not just the fact that he's gonna be 0:02:38.440 --> 0:02:40.920 hitting one and two and making contact and putting balls 0:02:40.960 --> 0:02:43.440 in play and getting hits, but I think his overall 0:02:43.480 --> 0:02:45.919 approach may help rub off on some of the guys. 0:02:46.000 --> 0:02:48.560 May they may view things a little bit differently. They 0:02:48.560 --> 0:02:50.600 may approach and it's they're not going to change them. 0:02:50.960 --> 0:02:52.920 But I did talk to John Cruck during the pre 0:02:53.240 --> 0:02:55.280 pre game yesterday and one of the things that we 0:02:55.360 --> 0:02:58.400 talked about was that, you know, I really feel like 0:02:58.720 --> 0:03:01.480 having a guy like this he had a Tony Gwynn. 0:03:01.240 --> 0:03:04.000 With him and watched him. Now was over a longer 0:03:04.040 --> 0:03:04.720 period of time. 0:03:05.040 --> 0:03:08.880 But any little incremental piece that or something that somebody, 0:03:09.200 --> 0:03:12.760 you know, Turner can pick up or even Schober or 0:03:13.400 --> 0:03:15.639 one of the younger guys can pick up from him 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:18.959 as far as the overall approach, and it helps them improve. 0:03:20.000 --> 0:03:23.239 A guy like maybe Brandon Marsh who maybe been struggling 0:03:23.240 --> 0:03:26.000 a little bit lately, that can help get him going again. 0:03:26.080 --> 0:03:27.080 Who knows. 0:03:27.560 --> 0:03:31.360 I think that there's a residual and compounding effect on 0:03:32.760 --> 0:03:34.920 by having this guy in the lineup, and I think 0:03:34.960 --> 0:03:38.160 that's an important element. I do agree with Jim that 0:03:38.400 --> 0:03:41.240 starting pitching depth is something we've been talking about since 0:03:41.520 --> 0:03:45.240 two spring trainings ago, I think, and particularly in this 0:03:45.280 --> 0:03:46.360 spring training where we. 0:03:46.680 --> 0:03:50.520 Just weren't sure who is going to pitch when guys 0:03:50.560 --> 0:03:50.960 go down. 0:03:51.000 --> 0:03:53.760 They had Taiwan Walker, they had Painter locked in all 0:03:53.800 --> 0:03:57.280 those things, but Taiwan Walker did not pitch all that well. 0:03:57.360 --> 0:04:00.640 Obviously in the previous year. You're trying to hope against 0:04:00.720 --> 0:04:03.280 hope that he can hang in there, Painter, You're hoping 0:04:03.320 --> 0:04:05.160 that he can make the adjustment to the big leagues. 0:04:05.160 --> 0:04:07.839 He did not, and now they had to wait till 0:04:07.840 --> 0:04:09.880 like halfway more than halfway through the season to get 0:04:09.920 --> 0:04:12.840 him back too closer to where he was prior to 0:04:12.880 --> 0:04:16.359 that injury. So yeah, I would love to have gotten 0:04:16.400 --> 0:04:20.279 a little bit more starting pitching depth and put certain 0:04:20.320 --> 0:04:25.320 guys in a certain position. I do believe that how 0:04:25.480 --> 0:04:30.080 Painter reacted to his last start coming back to the 0:04:30.120 --> 0:04:32.719 big leagues may have had something to do with them 0:04:32.760 --> 0:04:36.680 not really going that extra mile or giving that extra 0:04:36.839 --> 0:04:43.440 prospect to get that to get that rental arm. But listen, 0:04:43.680 --> 0:04:46.000 all in all, the fact that they got a solid, 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:51.039 a couple of good relievers. I think at least incrementally better. 0:04:51.520 --> 0:04:54.800 I think that that's a positive. Listen, you would love 0:04:54.839 --> 0:04:57.080 to have a lockdown eighth inning guy. You would love 0:04:57.120 --> 0:05:00.520 to have all those a lockdown you know, left, You 0:05:00.520 --> 0:05:03.480 would love to have the starting pitcher and the bat 0:05:03.560 --> 0:05:05.720 But the reality of it is, you just can't do 0:05:05.760 --> 0:05:06.440 all those things. 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:08.200 They just didn't have the ability to do it. 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:14.360 Yeah, they Dave did, Dave Dave Dombrowska did say yesterday 0:05:15.160 --> 0:05:19.440 on Monday that yes, they did not have the pieces 0:05:19.480 --> 0:05:22.080 to match up with certain teams to make deals. And 0:05:22.120 --> 0:05:25.240 then some examples some trades that they were talking, they 0:05:25.279 --> 0:05:27.520 just didn't want to meet the asking price. They did 0:05:27.560 --> 0:05:29.200 have the talent, but they didn't want to give it up. 0:05:29.200 --> 0:05:32.120 But yeah, I think the starting pitching thing for me. 0:05:32.120 --> 0:05:32.720 Guys is. 0:05:34.160 --> 0:05:39.080 That's kind of the concern. Now, there were fifteen starting 0:05:39.160 --> 0:05:42.640 pitchers traded right before the deadline. You can make the 0:05:42.720 --> 0:05:44.120 argument a little bit more if you want to throw 0:05:44.160 --> 0:05:46.960 Lance mccollors junior in there and and some of those guys, 0:05:47.000 --> 0:05:50.839 which I don't, but as Robbie Ray, Jose Soriano, CAZy, 0:05:50.880 --> 0:05:53.919 mis Clay Holmes, Foster, Griffin, dust and May, Spencer Aarraghetti 0:05:54.400 --> 0:05:59.919 Braxton Garrett, Chris Bubick, Kevin Gousman, Freddie prawl To Tyler Maylee, 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:06.600 Trek's Scouball, Luis Castillo and Dean Kremer were all traded 0:06:06.680 --> 0:06:10.320 at the deadline, so there was no shortage of starting 0:06:10.320 --> 0:06:10.880 pitchers on. 0:06:10.839 --> 0:06:14.279 The move, no, no doubt. I mean there are out 0:06:14.279 --> 0:06:15.279 there guys out there. 0:06:16.720 --> 0:06:16.880 You know. 0:06:16.920 --> 0:06:18.680 I look at the Dodgers and you talk about the 0:06:18.720 --> 0:06:20.839 Trek scouble and this, that and the other, but the 0:06:20.920 --> 0:06:23.200 other moves that they made, man, I mean, these guys 0:06:23.240 --> 0:06:23.960 are no joke. 0:06:25.000 --> 0:06:28.160 Getting Chris Buberk basically for nothing. 0:06:28.720 --> 0:06:32.120 Yeah, is can can end up being really I mean, 0:06:32.160 --> 0:06:34.480 I know the guy is not pitching right now and 0:06:34.520 --> 0:06:38.560 he's coming back from from from an injury, but at 0:06:38.600 --> 0:06:40.839 some point he's going to be back and he's going 0:06:40.880 --> 0:06:43.360 to be an effective player, whether it's a starter. 0:06:43.880 --> 0:06:47.000 Or a reliever or whatever role he's in. 0:06:47.160 --> 0:06:49.720 I mean, for them to acquire that guy, I mean, 0:06:49.720 --> 0:06:52.640 those are the things that really impressed me about Andrew 0:06:52.680 --> 0:06:54.400 Friedman and the things that they do. I know this 0:06:54.520 --> 0:06:59.880 is not a La Dodgers podcast, but those little things 0:07:00.120 --> 0:07:03.920 outside the lines could end up being huge things. That 0:07:03.960 --> 0:07:06.360 guy's gonna get a huge out against a left tough 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:11.720 left hander in the playoffs at some point, and and 0:07:11.800 --> 0:07:14.760 you know that's that's that's where the rubber hits the 0:07:14.880 --> 0:07:17.680 road as far as them separating themselves from other teams. 0:07:18.080 --> 0:07:20.920 But they're so good in scouting and player development that 0:07:21.000 --> 0:07:26.400 they add to the prospect stock inventory. And it's no 0:07:26.560 --> 0:07:30.320 big deal when I boob it comes down the uh 0:07:30.400 --> 0:07:33.040 pike and you say, Okay, we're gonna throw one more in, 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:36.120 We're gonna we're gonna part with another prospect because we 0:07:36.200 --> 0:07:41.600 still get eight top one hundred prospects. And Phillies do 0:07:41.680 --> 0:07:46.240 not have that inventory, not even close. They have not 0:07:46.520 --> 0:07:50.640 injected enough talent through the draft, and then they have 0:07:50.800 --> 0:07:55.440 not developed them to the point where Dobrowski in the 0:07:55.480 --> 0:07:58.120 Phillies they can't even fill their own holes from within 0:07:58.240 --> 0:07:59.280 because of this system. 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:02.560 That's a great point, you know, I mean, it's it's 0:08:02.640 --> 0:08:04.160 at the point it's. 0:08:04.040 --> 0:08:04.560 A good rip. 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:12.000 Yeah, it's true, it's true. Yeah, that's why the Dodgers 0:08:12.000 --> 0:08:14.880 can look so smart, no doubt. But have they have 0:08:14.960 --> 0:08:16.240 that prospect currency? 0:08:18.320 --> 0:08:23.560 Yeah, the the Phillies system, I mean, you know, Dave 0:08:23.680 --> 0:08:25.960 was saying yesterday, well, we're still getting calls on Alan 0:08:26.040 --> 0:08:28.960 Ron Hell, but I don't know what does that even mean? 0:08:29.080 --> 0:08:31.040 You know, the Phillies have guys. 0:08:31.200 --> 0:08:33.560 They have guys, they just don't have enough of them. 0:08:33.920 --> 0:08:36.240 Right, they have Gauge. You know a lot of teams 0:08:36.240 --> 0:08:37.800 would have loved to have Gauge, would But. 0:08:39.480 --> 0:08:41.360 I mean the guy that they moved, Marquez, He's going 0:08:41.400 --> 0:08:42.640 to be a pretty damn good picture. 0:08:42.679 --> 0:08:46.160 But he's the prospect. He's a prospect, and you don't 0:08:46.200 --> 0:08:48.040 know how great continue to develop. 0:08:49.320 --> 0:08:50.040 Thinks about him? 0:08:50.160 --> 0:08:53.760 Yeah, all right, we got more on the trade deadline 0:08:53.800 --> 0:08:55.520 coming up right after these words. 0:08:55.880 --> 0:09:00.640 Today's episode is sponsored by the ASPCA Pet Health Insurance Crats. 0:09:00.679 --> 0:09:02.800 We love our pups, we. 0:09:02.800 --> 0:09:05.400 Do, and I can't put Bella in a bubble, So 0:09:05.600 --> 0:09:06.200 you know what I'll do. 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:09.240 I'll do the next best thing for her, That's right. 0:09:09.320 --> 0:09:13.840 The ASPCA Pet Health Insurance program offers customizable accident and 0:09:13.920 --> 0:09:16.320 illness plans that can fit your budget, your lifestyle, and 0:09:16.360 --> 0:09:20.080 even your pets particular quirks. 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I want to get into the position 0:10:09.440 --> 0:10:12.640 change and the lineup in a little bit, but uh, 0:10:14.360 --> 0:10:16.520 how do you feel about where the bullpen stands right now? 0:10:16.679 --> 0:10:20.240 Do you think I think. 0:10:22.120 --> 0:10:25.960 The key person in the bullpen well, obviously is Duran, 0:10:26.160 --> 0:10:30.240 but and right with him as Jose Alvarado, even with 0:10:30.360 --> 0:10:33.360 the acquisitions you've made, they need him to really get 0:10:33.360 --> 0:10:36.560 going here. But Raley's got experience. The other guy's pitched 0:10:36.600 --> 0:10:38.240 at the back of the games a little bit some 0:10:38.240 --> 0:10:42.800 something by necessity in San Francisco, but with relief. I mean, 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:49.640 I'm unless it's you know, Eckersley or Mariano Rivera, I 0:10:49.679 --> 0:10:52.640 think there is some merit to bring it in inventory 0:10:52.760 --> 0:10:56.120 because it can be so mercurial up one month, down 0:10:56.160 --> 0:10:59.319 one month. And I think both these guys are worth 0:11:01.800 --> 0:11:04.040 a look and a chance, and I think they're both 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:06.760 going to have the opportunity to help make a difference. 0:11:06.800 --> 0:11:09.040 So I'm fine with those additions. 0:11:10.400 --> 0:11:13.079 Yeah, solid editions, There's no question about it. Not nobody's 0:11:13.080 --> 0:11:16.760 a lockdown eighth inning guy that I wanted. That's that's 0:11:16.800 --> 0:11:19.800 what I wanted. I wanted somebody to uh, whether it's 0:11:19.880 --> 0:11:22.560 Mora Hone or someone like that who's been just phenomenal. 0:11:22.600 --> 0:11:24.760 He didn't get moved by the Padres ended up getting 0:11:24.760 --> 0:11:28.840 a couple of starters instead. But the reality of it is, uh, 0:11:28.960 --> 0:11:30.720 you Jim, you hit hit the nail on the head. 0:11:30.800 --> 0:11:33.680 You just don't know. From from outing to outing, these 0:11:33.720 --> 0:11:38.360 guys can can change. Unless you have a guy that's, 0:11:38.480 --> 0:11:42.160 you know, a Hall of Fame guy, It's it's hard 0:11:42.200 --> 0:11:45.640 to get real consistent players in that bullpen, and even 0:11:45.640 --> 0:11:47.400 from year to year, you never. 0:11:47.320 --> 0:11:48.120 Know what they're gonna do. 0:11:48.240 --> 0:11:51.720 But Brooks Railey was solid. Killian's got a really good arm. 0:11:51.840 --> 0:11:56.280 I like the strikeout to to two innings pitch ratio 0:11:56.440 --> 0:12:00.360 on Killian. I've looked at some of his stuff's. These 0:12:00.400 --> 0:12:03.040 guys can pitch, and they've got good stuff. Can they 0:12:03.040 --> 0:12:05.760 pitch in the tight? Can they pitch in situations where 0:12:05.920 --> 0:12:09.520 they have to get an out against you know it? 0:12:09.679 --> 0:12:12.960 Just Brooks rarely get Freddie Freeman out on a huge 0:12:13.000 --> 0:12:16.559 pitch in the playoffs At some point, I Kenny do that. 0:12:16.960 --> 0:12:19.839 Those are the questions, and hopefully he can. He's got 0:12:19.840 --> 0:12:20.679 the stuff to do it. 0:12:21.480 --> 0:12:26.319 But again, anytime you can improve your team incrementally, marginally, 0:12:27.160 --> 0:12:29.280 whatever the case may be, I think that's a good thing. 0:12:29.320 --> 0:12:32.320 And Brooks, Raley and Killian are definitely going. 0:12:32.240 --> 0:12:38.480 To be adding to to a somewhat weak bullpen and 0:12:38.679 --> 0:12:42.360 a bullpen that has concerned us, and hopefully they can 0:12:42.800 --> 0:12:43.720 they can do the job. 0:12:44.000 --> 0:12:47.240 Yeah, those two guys bump out Seth Johnson, who got 0:12:47.240 --> 0:12:50.000 traded to the A's for a minor leaguer minor league 0:12:50.000 --> 0:12:53.480 outfielder Colby Thomas, and then I'm just speculating here, but 0:12:53.480 --> 0:12:57.240 I would think Kyle Bachis gets optioned back. So you 0:12:58.320 --> 0:13:01.480 add those out guys, you bump out Seth Johnson, you 0:13:01.520 --> 0:13:04.880 bump out Kyle Backets. It's better, but yeah, you know, 0:13:05.240 --> 0:13:11.120 Dave Dave Dobrowski compared Killian to Jonathan Bolan, which is great. 0:13:11.760 --> 0:13:14.680 I like the the idea of that, because Bowlan's really emerged. 0:13:14.720 --> 0:13:18.720 But also Bolan has not pitched in really, as Ruben 0:13:18.800 --> 0:13:23.200 you said, the tight, tight situations yet consistently. And he's 0:13:23.240 --> 0:13:27.080 pitched in high leverage situations, but he hasn't pitched in 0:13:27.559 --> 0:13:33.080 late September October situations where really find out. So what 0:13:33.120 --> 0:13:35.600 does that mean? You like, he's he's kind of you know, 0:13:35.720 --> 0:13:37.800 like I said, Dobrowski said, it kind of reminds him 0:13:37.840 --> 0:13:38.320 of Bowlin. 0:13:39.640 --> 0:13:43.000 Great, but we don't know what the Scots can do yet. 0:13:43.559 --> 0:13:46.719 When it's as Charlie likes to say, nut cut in 0:13:46.840 --> 0:13:48.960 time might allowed. 0:13:48.600 --> 0:13:52.120 To say that it is exactly what it is. 0:13:52.160 --> 0:13:54.360 Man when when when the ball starts to get heavy, 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:56.319 I mean we saw it from Jeff Hoffman. 0:13:55.960 --> 0:13:56.960 A couple of years back. 0:13:57.000 --> 0:13:57.920 I mean this, this is. 0:13:57.880 --> 0:14:01.400 A guy that had an unbelievable back back, gets a 0:14:01.480 --> 0:14:05.840 chance to throw BP, impresses pitches his ass off, gets 0:14:05.840 --> 0:14:09.720 a huge contract. But prior to that, the man, you know, 0:14:10.200 --> 0:14:12.760 really pitched well in the like the eighth inning and 0:14:12.800 --> 0:14:16.080 sometimes the ninth of the Phillies, and then the playoffs 0:14:16.160 --> 0:14:19.360 hit and he couldn't. He really struggled to hit the 0:14:19.360 --> 0:14:21.720 broadside of a barn with that slider. 0:14:21.840 --> 0:14:23.160 It got really heavy on him. 0:14:23.960 --> 0:14:26.880 When I say heavy, that means you start squeezing that 0:14:27.040 --> 0:14:30.880 baseball and it gets really heavy instead of you know, 0:14:30.960 --> 0:14:34.880 being able to handle the moment. I love the guy, 0:14:35.000 --> 0:14:38.000 but you know, he did have some problems pitching in 0:14:38.120 --> 0:14:38.720 the tight. 0:14:38.920 --> 0:14:41.000 That's the tight. The tight took us. 0:14:41.800 --> 0:14:46.160 Where did he go? People went to the Twins? 0:14:46.600 --> 0:14:49.880 Yeah, he went to the Twins. 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Stop 0:15:04.200 --> 0:15:09.360 by your local retailer and grab one before first pitch tonight. 0:15:10.920 --> 0:15:12.840 I had one on the way to the ballpark yesterday 0:15:12.880 --> 0:15:15.080 because it was trade deadline day. 0:15:15.840 --> 0:15:18.240 Is that why you were you were floating. 0:15:17.840 --> 0:15:20.240 In he's a little he was a little fired up. 0:15:20.720 --> 0:15:21.080 Looked like. 0:15:25.440 --> 0:15:25.800 Sweat. 0:15:27.360 --> 0:15:28.720 Well that was on that I was in the It 0:15:28.800 --> 0:15:30.840 was hot yesterday on that reason. 0:15:30.880 --> 0:15:33.240 There's another It was stifling. 0:15:33.360 --> 0:15:35.520 It was only like eighty eight degrees, but where the 0:15:35.560 --> 0:15:37.480 airs you could chew it. 0:15:37.480 --> 0:15:37.720 It was. 0:15:37.800 --> 0:15:40.960 It reminded me of Wrigley Field many years ago, Jim, 0:15:41.000 --> 0:15:44.000 when Cole Hamils threw that no hitter and and you 0:15:44.040 --> 0:15:48.920 were standing in the visitors dugout with tons of back sweat. 0:15:49.400 --> 0:15:50.480 It was Jeff Frank Coore. 0:15:50.440 --> 0:15:51.359 On that team. 0:15:51.720 --> 0:15:53.360 I don't know, but I was. They had a big fan, 0:15:53.480 --> 0:15:55.960 they had a big before the game, and. 0:15:55.920 --> 0:15:59.600 Down your back sweat. That was what it was like yesterday. 0:15:59.600 --> 0:16:00.800 It's in the Bank Park. 0:16:01.200 --> 0:16:04.440 It reminded me of Saint Louis in the middle of August, baby, 0:16:04.480 --> 0:16:09.600 and and coming off that freakin coming off that back 0:16:09.880 --> 0:16:13.359 when they had turf coming off that turf coming. 0:16:13.120 --> 0:16:17.840 In hot, you know, one hundred and thirty degrees. 0:16:19.280 --> 0:16:24.120 I remember being in when that place was like a 0:16:24.160 --> 0:16:28.760 pizza oven because the brick was so hot radiating heat 0:16:28.800 --> 0:16:29.640 in that ballpark. 0:16:30.120 --> 0:16:32.560 Dude, we we we clinched the playoffs. 0:16:32.640 --> 0:16:34.520 I think in Pittsburgh, I think when we went from 0:16:34.520 --> 0:16:37.720 Pittsburgh to Saint Louis, I think and that, And obviously 0:16:38.360 --> 0:16:41.280 I had to play that day because Dykester wasn't playing 0:16:42.120 --> 0:16:44.960 and Jim Fragosie, God bless him. 0:16:45.000 --> 0:16:46.960 Man, he got me out of that game because I 0:16:47.240 --> 0:16:52.680 was dying, dying in the center fields. I partied hard too. 0:16:52.760 --> 0:16:53.200 Now, bro. 0:16:56.560 --> 0:17:00.480 Those though, if you go in the dug out after 0:17:00.520 --> 0:17:05.800 the game, you see banana peels and empty uh insure 0:17:05.880 --> 0:17:08.520 you know that stuff. Ensure that you drink the electrolytes. 0:17:08.680 --> 0:17:13.879 Oh yeah, media like pedia lite. Yeah, he's media. You 0:17:13.920 --> 0:17:14.920 see those all over the place. 0:17:15.000 --> 0:17:20.760 Not sure, that's great. Hey, I want to mention this. 0:17:21.040 --> 0:17:24.520 If you're watching this on YouTube, please hit the subscribe button. 0:17:24.560 --> 0:17:27.800 We appreciate everybody's support for the show, and as always, 0:17:27.840 --> 0:17:30.560 go to the phillieshow shop dot com. 0:17:31.240 --> 0:17:33.720 Are we not at fifteen thousand subscribers. 0:17:33.720 --> 0:17:34.040 We're not. 0:17:34.240 --> 0:17:37.800 We're not. We're not going on blow and Steady wins 0:17:37.800 --> 0:17:38.560 the race, reuven. 0:17:39.520 --> 0:17:41.359 We have to have Jim, Yeah, we have to have 0:17:41.440 --> 0:17:44.439 Jim do some more, uh, you know, gardening tips or something. 0:17:44.440 --> 0:17:45.320 We got to do something. 0:17:45.400 --> 0:17:47.800 But yeah, Jim keeps Jim keeps telling us that the 0:17:47.840 --> 0:17:49.040 tomatoes are coming in. 0:17:49.000 --> 0:17:52.960 But I gotta he's a he's a tea. 0:17:53.200 --> 0:17:54.080 We don't see any photo. 0:17:54.080 --> 0:17:56.160 We don't see I haven't brought into the buffer yet. 0:17:56.320 --> 0:17:58.800 We've been We've been telling you about this forever. People 0:17:58.800 --> 0:18:00.439 are waiting with baited breath. 0:18:01.160 --> 0:18:03.520 He most up the garden right after we finished the show, 0:18:03.560 --> 0:18:05.960 and I'm gonna do a little weeding and a little 0:18:06.000 --> 0:18:07.800 you know, tying up things like that. 0:18:10.640 --> 0:18:11.920 Why'd you film yourself? 0:18:12.680 --> 0:18:16.080 Let's go get one of your kids to film it, 0:18:16.160 --> 0:18:18.000 or you know, get to end the film it so 0:18:18.040 --> 0:18:20.200 that we can, you know, get this on on film. 0:18:20.600 --> 0:18:23.920 It's important, Jim. We're trying to get to fifteen grand. 0:18:24.480 --> 0:18:25.719 Be doing the Lord's work. 0:18:26.520 --> 0:18:30.520 I don't think I don't think my Joe Carcioni Greengrocer 0:18:30.600 --> 0:18:33.280 invitation is gonna get us any fans. 0:18:33.520 --> 0:18:37.639 I have a feeling it will. 0:18:38.320 --> 0:18:38.680 All right. 0:18:38.720 --> 0:18:43.400 So wait, let's let's talk about uh. A big part 0:18:43.440 --> 0:18:46.600 of this trade, and that was Bryce Harper getting this 0:18:46.720 --> 0:18:49.640 Louise getting Louise a rise here, you know, Don Mattingly, 0:18:50.160 --> 0:18:54.280 So flashback last week early last week in Miami, Bryce 0:18:54.320 --> 0:18:57.840 says that hey talked about a lot of things. Of course, 0:18:58.000 --> 0:18:59.360 one of the things he said is Hey, I got 0:18:59.359 --> 0:19:01.879 my upfielders love here in the back of my locker, 0:19:01.960 --> 0:19:05.320 just in case the Phillies made a trade. And a 0:19:05.320 --> 0:19:07.200 lot of people had a lot of different thoughts about 0:19:07.359 --> 0:19:09.800 Bryce talking about the trade deadline. But guess who read 0:19:09.840 --> 0:19:13.240 those comments. Dave Dombrowski said, he read those comments, and 0:19:13.280 --> 0:19:15.760 then he went up to Don Mattingley. He said, hey, uh, 0:19:16.240 --> 0:19:18.840 wyant you check with Bryce, just make sure he was 0:19:18.880 --> 0:19:22.200 actually being on the level there and actually would move 0:19:22.200 --> 0:19:26.200 out to right field. So Don Manningley approached Bryce last 0:19:26.200 --> 0:19:28.880 week sometime on the road trip and said, are you serious. 0:19:28.560 --> 0:19:30.000 About this moving to right field stuff? 0:19:30.000 --> 0:19:32.840 He said, yes, I am serious about moving to right field. 0:19:33.240 --> 0:19:37.000 Bryce then sent a text to Dave Dombrowski on Sunday night, 0:19:37.240 --> 0:19:39.320 a couple nights after they were having a nice little 0:19:39.359 --> 0:19:45.800 honest chat postgame post came on Friday night in Baltimore. 0:19:45.800 --> 0:19:48.480 Have a little odds chat inside joke. 0:19:48.680 --> 0:19:50.399 Inside joke. Yeah, and. 0:19:52.400 --> 0:19:55.360 Then they make the trade for Luisa Rise and Dave 0:19:55.400 --> 0:19:59.159 Dombrowski said, Yeah, the fact that Bryce said he was 0:19:59.200 --> 0:20:02.919 willing to move out there open up some eyes and 0:20:03.000 --> 0:20:05.560 open up the ideas of maybe trying something a little 0:20:05.560 --> 0:20:11.240 bit different, open up their capabilities, I guess, or willingness 0:20:11.240 --> 0:20:12.360 to go out and get an infielder. 0:20:12.480 --> 0:20:13.879 So I thought that was. 0:20:13.920 --> 0:20:19.200 Interesting, and it widened deep into the pool of candidates 0:20:19.240 --> 0:20:22.840 because now you weren't just talking about outfielders, but he's 0:20:22.880 --> 0:20:27.600 been saying that for a couple of years. 0:20:27.600 --> 0:20:32.480 Credit jew his credit. He you know, he put his 0:20:32.520 --> 0:20:36.199 money where his mouth was. I mean it allowed David 0:20:36.240 --> 0:20:39.399 to have a little bit of ingenuity. 0:20:42.040 --> 0:20:44.679 You know, he put himself in a position to, you know, 0:20:44.760 --> 0:20:48.280 then think about doing some different things. And that's exactly 0:20:48.359 --> 0:20:50.320 what they did. They added an infielder to a team 0:20:50.359 --> 0:20:51.960 that had four infielders. 0:20:52.440 --> 0:20:54.960 Yeah, when you play, when you're moving around this many 0:20:55.000 --> 0:20:59.159 pieces on defense, there is a feeling of desperation to 0:20:59.280 --> 0:21:02.400 it all. But this team is desperate to win one. 0:21:03.280 --> 0:21:07.479 You're right, And I think they're good enough base Stot's 0:21:07.480 --> 0:21:10.600 a good enough baseball player to play third base. I 0:21:10.640 --> 0:21:12.720 think Bryce is a good enough and you know what 0:21:12.880 --> 0:21:15.320