1 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:03,360 Speaker 1: Is Sadara Nolan. 2 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:04,680 Speaker 2: Welcome to the Philly Show. 3 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 3: Rubin Tomorrow, Junior, Jim Salisbury, Todd z Aleki. It's Sunday, 4 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:16,320 Speaker 3: August seventeenth, twenty twenty five. I hope everybody is doing well. 5 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:19,960 Speaker 3: Jim and Ruben. I hope you're doing good. Jim Stone. 6 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:23,160 Speaker 3: Jim Stone is undisclosed location. He's on assignment. 7 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 4: Yes, he's very secretive. And I just got a nice massage. 8 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:33,239 Speaker 4: You did needed it. I these are a lot of 9 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 4: it very stressful for me down in what in DC. 10 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 4: Didn't win a lot of games one and two. My 11 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:45,479 Speaker 4: record remains horrendous. Well, it's podcasting, but that's you know, 12 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 4: it is what it is. 13 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 3: You tweeted, you tweeted about it on Sunday. You're you know, 14 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 3: maybe I'm not in the brooth today, maybe the win 15 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 3: a game or something. 16 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 4: I don't know what you said, but you all I 17 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 4: needed to do is get my ass out of the booth. 18 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 3: I think that's what it was. That's what it was. Well, 19 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 3: the Phillies did win on Sunday, Ruben, without you and 20 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 3: the booth. It was a little bit of an adventure. 21 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:10,120 Speaker 3: They won eleven to nine. Uh, they finished the road 22 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:16,200 Speaker 3: trip six and four. You know, good, they swept what 23 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 3: they swept the Rangers that started. Then they lost to 24 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 3: in a row to finish out the series in Cincinnati, 25 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 3: and then they you know, they obviously split in DC. 26 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 3: But of course the huge news, of course, really the 27 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 3: only news right now is the future and the health 28 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:33,840 Speaker 3: of Zach Wheeler. So let's start right there with the 29 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:41,119 Speaker 3: Parks Casino first pitch. First pitch is brought to us 30 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:46,119 Speaker 3: exclusively by our partners at Parks Casino, Pennsylvania's number one casino. 31 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 3: So after Saturday's game a loss, uh, the reporters go 32 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 3: into Rob Thompson's office. You know usually how this works, right, 33 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 3: you go, the game ends, you go into Rob Thompson's office, 34 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 3: the interview, but instead at one point they have Dave 35 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 3: Dombrowski in the in the office and Paul Buke, the 36 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:08,920 Speaker 3: head athletic trainer, and they reveal that Zach Wheeler is 37 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 3: going on the injured list, not with a soul sore shoulder, 38 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:15,959 Speaker 3: but with a blood clot near his right shoulder. Very 39 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 3: I mean, a very serious situation. I mean, forget the 40 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 3: baseball side of it, just pure human health standpoint of it. 41 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 3: And you know, they talked about that he's going to 42 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 3: get more testing early this week in Philadelphia. There is 43 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:36,920 Speaker 3: no timeline for his return. There we can speculate as 44 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:39,359 Speaker 3: much as we want about you know, what it means 45 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 3: when he could come back, when he might not come back. 46 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 3: Certainly his health is first and foremost, but very very 47 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:51,520 Speaker 3: serious news for the Phillies and especially for Zach Wheeler. 48 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 2: No question, I think you hit the nail on the head. 49 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 2: It's uh, it's you know, it's a human concern. It's 50 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:02,919 Speaker 2: bigger than baseball when you hear something as medically serious 51 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 2: as you know, a blood clot near his shoulder. So 52 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 2: you know, all thoughts are with Zach as we await 53 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:16,520 Speaker 2: a prognosis, a timeline. But you know, the major concern 54 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 2: here is you know, he's a young man with a family. 55 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 2: You want to see him get well, get well soon, 56 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:28,079 Speaker 2: and hopefully get back and help the Phillies at some point. 57 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 2: But you know, first and foremost, figure out what's going 58 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 2: on and get healthy and uh be the man that 59 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 2: you need to be before you can be the picture 60 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 2: that the Phillies need. 61 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 5: It's all about the person. 62 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 1: Amen. Brothers was very concerned when I saw the news. 63 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 4: I did get a chance to have a quick text 64 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 4: exchange with him. I've known him for a number of 65 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 4: years since since New York and really concerned about him. 66 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 4: I hope he's doing just fine. And he did get 67 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 4: back to me, he said, I think I'll be all right. 68 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 4: But again, there's a lot of stuff that has to 69 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 4: you know, be sorted out there as far as the 70 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 4: medical piece of it, the diagnostics and such. 71 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 1: Thinking of it. He and his family most important. 72 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, portant, Yeah, no doubt. So we'll find out I 73 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 3: assume we'll find out more this week about Zach. But 74 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:24,159 Speaker 3: it was Rob Thompson, you know, you understood the gravity 75 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 3: of the situation. Like I said, you know, when when 76 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 3: Dave Denbrowse CA and Paul Bucheider giving the health update, 77 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 3: usually it's just you know, and Rob Thompson said, He's like, 78 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 3: this is not a hamstring injury or or something like that. 79 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 3: So that that tells you how serious it is. His 80 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 3: blood clot, not a hamstring, not a sore shoulder, not 81 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 3: a sore elbow. So we don't know exactly what's going 82 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 3: to happen with that. But you know, Zach obviously had 83 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:49,280 Speaker 3: been struggling with the sore shoulder. Last six starts he 84 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:51,719 Speaker 3: was one and two four or five four year lost 85 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 3: him his velocity, it'd struggled with some of his command. 86 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 3: So we let's let's talk now about the baseball side 87 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:04,600 Speaker 3: of this. And Aaron Nola returns to the rotation on Sunday, 88 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 3: and before all this happened, it's like, Okay, they're going 89 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:10,159 Speaker 3: to go with the six man rotation. Aaron Nola's coming back. 90 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 3: This is good news. They can see what he's got 91 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:14,160 Speaker 3: as they try to figure out how they're going to 92 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:18,480 Speaker 3: get set up for the postseason. But now Zach Wheeler's out, 93 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 3: Now do you still go with the six man rotation? 94 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 3: I would expect that to happen to Andrew Painter come 95 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 3: back into the picture. He pitched Saturday in Triple A. 96 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 3: He is eligible to make his next start, would be 97 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 3: ready to make his next start on Friday. The Phillies 98 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 3: have not said they're going to go definitely to a 99 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:38,279 Speaker 3: six man this week, but probably at some point still, 100 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 3: So do you guys have any thoughts on just all 101 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 3: these moving pieces and maybe what they might do or 102 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:47,480 Speaker 3: how they might handle this, you know, over the next 103 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:50,040 Speaker 3: several weeks. You know, if Zach can't come back and pitch. 104 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 2: Well since you switched from the human side todd to 105 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 2: you know, the baseball side and the pitching side. I mean, 106 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 2: this is a very big loss one of the best 107 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:01,400 Speaker 2: pitchers in baseball. 108 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 5: You know, he's been subpar. 109 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 2: Recently, but you know, not having Zach Wheeler is a 110 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:12,919 Speaker 2: huge blow and you just don't know when you're going 111 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 2: to get him back. And if you don't have him, 112 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 2: you're a different team. I think it is really great 113 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 2: timing for Aaron Nola to be coming back. He has 114 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 2: spent his career pitching at the top half of the rotation. 115 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 2: When he's good, he is very, very good. He represents 116 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 2: a fresh arm on a rotation that, to me is 117 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 2: getting tired. So there's a lot of pluses there. That said, 118 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 2: he did not look good on Sunday, you know, and 119 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:49,279 Speaker 2: that just exacerbates the concerns you have for this rotation 120 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:51,920 Speaker 2: as they continue to mount. He just did not look good. 121 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 2: He was ninety ninety one. A couple of innings he 122 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:57,359 Speaker 2: was nice and smooth, and then you know that that 123 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 2: old one bad inning kind of rared reared its head 124 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 2: and the you know, the common denominator in those bad 125 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 2: innings in recent years for Aaron Nola is because he 126 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 2: doesn't have that wipeout stuff. When he's over the heart 127 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:14,280 Speaker 2: of the plate, he gets hurt. And that's what happened 128 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 2: in that third inning on Sunday as he failed to 129 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 2: protect a six to nothing lead. I mean, they showed 130 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 2: a great resilience in battling back. Top of the order 131 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 2: was good. They got some big hits, Castianos with a 132 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 2: couple of big hits, Harper, Turner was on base a 133 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 2: lot West and Wilson at A lot of good things 134 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 2: happened in that game as they scrapped back. But for 135 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 2: a team that needs a boost in the starting rotation, 136 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 2: Aaron Nola to me, didn't really you know, erase any 137 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 2: question marks with his outing on Sunday. 138 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 5: Rubin, No, it wasn't sharp. 139 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:49,640 Speaker 4: You know, got through the first couple of innings okay, 140 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 4: and then after that sort of hit the wall. My 141 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 4: concerned is when he gets out of the stretch, he 142 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 4: just doesn't seem to be able to finish innings off. 143 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 4: And let's just you know, for me as a fan, 144 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 4: you sort of hope that it's rust. But it was 145 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 4: very similar to what we had seen in the early 146 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 4: part of the season. So I mean, unless you know, 147 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 4: he improves as he goes in the next couple of starts, 148 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 4: it is some concern that that he's not going to 149 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 4: be as sharp and he's just. 150 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:22,239 Speaker 1: Gonna have to be more perfect. 151 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 4: He literally is gonna have to be more perfect in 152 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 4: the strike zone, much like the adjustments that you see 153 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 4: Taiwan Walker making, which has been fantastic. I mean, there's 154 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 4: a plus if you want to look at the plus 155 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 4: side of things. He has been outstanding and has been 156 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 4: able to manage his inability to have the same stuff, 157 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 4: but the ability to be able to pitch with it 158 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 4: and pitch a little bit differently with his cutter and 159 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:48,440 Speaker 4: his split and that sort of thing. But you know, 160 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:51,280 Speaker 4: you know, I think Aaron OLA's gonna have to learn 161 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:54,960 Speaker 4: that as well, perhaps to pitch differently and to try 162 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 4: to figure out how. 163 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:57,560 Speaker 1: To stay out out of those big innings. 164 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 4: My concern about the them going to the six man 165 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:04,240 Speaker 4: rotation right now is that I'm not sure if they 166 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 4: have enough bullpen arms or depth. If you have several 167 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 4: guys like Nola not being able to go deep in games, 168 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 4: now you're now you're really taxing your bullpen. I will 169 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:21,959 Speaker 4: be fascinated to see what they do when Alvarado comes back. 170 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 1: I would assume they'll stay with the six. 171 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 4: Man, or excuse me, I assume they'll stay with the 172 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 4: uh with the five man. 173 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:37,199 Speaker 1: Have Alvarado come and probably send down Lazarre. 174 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:40,680 Speaker 4: I think it's gonna be the move. But at some 175 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 4: point you're gonna have to make some really difficult decisions. 176 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:48,959 Speaker 4: Ross has not pitched all that well. Uh you know, uh, 177 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:54,560 Speaker 4: Lazarre has an option Romano. He has been okay and 178 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 4: certain situations did blow up the one time, but has 179 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:00,440 Speaker 4: been a little bit better, a little bit more concer assistant, 180 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:05,440 Speaker 4: but used in low leverage. It's gonna be kind of 181 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:08,560 Speaker 4: crazy in the nineteenth when Alvarado's back. 182 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 1: What they're gonna what they're gonna do. 183 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 4: I would assume right now they'll probably go to a 184 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:18,559 Speaker 4: five man rotation and see how that goes for a 185 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:19,200 Speaker 4: little while. 186 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:23,280 Speaker 1: But you know, painters always a factor. But the painters 187 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:26,320 Speaker 1: hasn't really pitched all that well, so so that's a 188 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 1: little bit of the problem. 189 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:30,719 Speaker 4: So I'm fascinated by his next couple of these next 190 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:32,079 Speaker 4: couple moves are gonna be made. 191 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:34,080 Speaker 3: I am too, because here's the thing. About the six 192 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 3: man they before the Wheeler stuff. Of course they're like, well, 193 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 3: we need to give these guys a little bit of 194 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,360 Speaker 3: a blow going down the stretch because these guys are 195 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 3: kind of wearing down. Now you lose Zach Wheeler. So, uh, 196 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 3: Christopher Sanchez is approaching a career high in innings pitched, 197 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:55,839 Speaker 3: Ranger wrez Ranger Suarez is struggling down the stretch here 198 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 3: and he needs a blow. So now though their importance 199 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:03,320 Speaker 3: becomes even more, they become even more important in terms 200 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 3: of managing the workload, managing their health, keeping them sharp, 201 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 3: keeping them fresh going into the final few weeks of 202 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 3: the season, going into the postseason, because if you're not 203 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 3: gonna have Zach Wheeler, you really need to make sure 204 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 3: you have Christopher Sanchez sharp. You really need to make 205 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:21,320 Speaker 3: sure that you have ranger Surez Sharp and whoever that 206 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:24,079 Speaker 3: third guy might be in the rotation, if they would, 207 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:27,280 Speaker 3: you know, somehow get the first round by in the NLDS, 208 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:30,400 Speaker 3: or get to the NLDS if it's Nola, if it's Lozardo, 209 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:33,640 Speaker 3: whomever it might be. So you're right, right, it's interesting 210 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 3: because you have the you have guys that aren't pitching 211 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 3: deep but they do need the rest. So you go 212 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:42,640 Speaker 3: to a sixth man, you're gonna maybe put more pressure 213 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:45,200 Speaker 3: on those guys. But if you if you go stay 214 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:47,440 Speaker 3: in the five man with this long stretch of games 215 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:49,600 Speaker 3: going up, then you run the risk of maybe wearing 216 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 3: down swore As a little bit more. Maybe you take 217 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 3: your one lockdown guy that's left and Christopher Sanchez, and 218 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:57,960 Speaker 3: maybe he starts to fatigue a little bit down the stretch. 219 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:01,520 Speaker 3: So lots of big decisions that have to be made 220 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:03,680 Speaker 3: over the next week or so. 221 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 4: So conversely with the domino effect that is created by 222 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 4: Joan Duran helping out this bullpen and pushing everybody down, 223 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:15,679 Speaker 4: when you lose a guy like Zach Wheeler, the domino 224 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 4: effect goes backwards. I mean, you basically have the reverse right, 225 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:25,679 Speaker 4: and that's really you know, it's fascinating and obviously it's 226 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:29,760 Speaker 4: all about Zach Wheeler's personal health. But when you break 227 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:33,560 Speaker 4: down the baseball part of this discussion, it becomes very 228 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 4: fascinating and then somewhat daunting for the Phillies, especially if 229 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:40,319 Speaker 4: they don't swing the bats the way they should, because 230 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 4: if they don't, then they're really in trouble because the 231 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:46,440 Speaker 4: reliance really all year long has been on the starting pitching. 232 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 2: I was just going to say that Ruben, with the 233 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:50,839 Speaker 2: question marks in this rotation, you better. 234 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:51,720 Speaker 5: Score a lot of runs. 235 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 4: Yeah. 236 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:55,320 Speaker 2: I mean, it's kind of hard to believe what has 237 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:57,920 Speaker 2: happened in the question marks that have been raised in 238 00:12:57,960 --> 00:12:59,960 Speaker 2: this rotation, because it was the best. 239 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 5: In Bay Ball. 240 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:02,000 Speaker 2: It was the strength of this team. It was the 241 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:05,640 Speaker 2: foundation of this team. And now it's got cracks all 242 00:13:05,679 --> 00:13:08,960 Speaker 2: over the place and we're not sure how they're going 243 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,000 Speaker 2: to patch him. It's a little hard to believe. And 244 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:13,200 Speaker 2: you know, I would even extend the crack to Lehigh 245 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:17,720 Speaker 2: Valley because Painter has not pitched like people thought he would. 246 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 2: Nobody expected him to come here being be a savior, 247 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 2: but he was expected to be here by now and 248 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:28,559 Speaker 2: hopefully well and be a contributor, right, and he hasn't 249 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:31,040 Speaker 2: pitched well enough for that to happen. Now, they might 250 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:33,080 Speaker 2: need him and he'd be a question mark coming here 251 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:37,079 Speaker 2: because he just hasn't delivered in Triple A. I know 252 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:39,439 Speaker 2: he's a young man, he's a developing player. He's got 253 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:42,559 Speaker 2: a bright future, but in the now, I think it 254 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:47,120 Speaker 2: probably a little bit more was expected from him this season. 255 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 3: No, no doubt. I mean, yeah, I mean the way 256 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:52,719 Speaker 3: that I mean, Dave Debrowski did not shy away from 257 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 3: the fact he you know, he said right away, I 258 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 3: think it was that first press conference. We think julish. 259 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:58,760 Speaker 3: Maybe it was even earlier than that. He said juliash 260 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:00,960 Speaker 3: for for Andrew Painters. I mean, he put that on there. 261 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 3: I'm not you know, it wasn't. Sometimes when you asked 262 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:07,960 Speaker 3: GMS and in people, player development people about prospects, right, 263 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 3: they go, well, you know, the player is going to 264 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:11,520 Speaker 3: tell us when he's ready to go, and that's kind 265 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:13,880 Speaker 3: of the standard line. And I get that, and it's 266 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:17,320 Speaker 3: one hundred percent true. But Dave was like, julyish, you know, 267 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 3: that could be June, it could be August. Julyish, though, 268 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:22,800 Speaker 3: is the timeline. And he's been very open about comparing 269 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:25,160 Speaker 3: him to Justin Verlander and Josh Beckett some of the 270 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:27,880 Speaker 3: prospects he had with the Marlins and the Tigers obviously, 271 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 3: So yeah, I mean, I think they were certainly expecting 272 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 3: much better him. Yeah. On Saturday, he gave up in 273 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:35,600 Speaker 3: five innings, four hits, three runs to earn, three walks, 274 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 3: five strikeouts. He has a nine to four to five 275 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:40,600 Speaker 3: Earray in his last three starts a five to three 276 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:43,320 Speaker 3: to one Earray in and seventeen starts this season with 277 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 3: the Iron Picks. 278 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:47,080 Speaker 4: So you want to say what, I don't want to 279 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 4: throw anybody under the bus necessarily, but I get a 280 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 4: little concerned about the player development developed pitching development, because 281 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:59,280 Speaker 4: if you have a guy that's talented and he hasn't 282 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 4: really developed, and we haven't seen other pictures other than 283 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:08,160 Speaker 4: maybe Able who made the adjustment mentally to put himself 284 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 4: in a position for the Phillies to be able to 285 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:14,240 Speaker 4: acquire a guy like John Doron, that's huge. 286 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 1: But I'm not sure what's going on down there. 287 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:18,960 Speaker 2: I have. 288 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 4: Maybe a little bit of concern about I mean, because 289 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 4: this guy, when you talk about can't miss prospects, he 290 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 4: was close to one of those, as close to one 291 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 4: I've seen, and for him to sort of work his 292 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:38,000 Speaker 4: way backwards right now, I'm not sure what's happening. Maybe 293 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:42,480 Speaker 4: it's him, maybe it's the way he's being developed, Maybe 294 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:47,200 Speaker 4: it's I don't know. I'm not there, I'm not watching it. 295 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 4: I don't know what the plans have been for him. 296 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 4: I don't know what they're trying to make adjustments to 297 00:15:53,760 --> 00:15:57,080 Speaker 4: and make him help him with but doesn't look like 298 00:15:57,160 --> 00:16:01,520 Speaker 4: he is developing the way he should be developed. And 299 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 4: maybe that's just growing pains. 300 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:06,680 Speaker 1: But it will be interesting to see what happens it 301 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 1: be does in fact come here to Philadelphia. 302 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 3: Right, no doubt. 303 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:14,680 Speaker 2: Hey, that was first pitch brought to you exclusively by 304 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 2: our partners at Parks Casino. It's Pennsylvania. There's number one casino. 305 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:23,800 Speaker 2: Parkscasino dot com is the website. You must be twenty 306 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:25,680 Speaker 2: one And if you have a gambling problem called one 307 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:30,640 Speaker 2: eight hundred gambler FTFAM. 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At the Philly Show, 332 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:51,760 Speaker 3: we talk about the best Phillies, play player, performance, whatever 333 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:56,680 Speaker 3: we want. So the Phillies this past week from Monday 334 00:17:56,720 --> 00:18:00,119 Speaker 3: through Sunday, they were in Cincinnati and Washington. Do you 335 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:02,840 Speaker 3: want to kick us off with your Manco Best Week? 336 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:04,919 Speaker 1: Yeah? You know what, I'm gonna go with Tray Turner. 337 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:08,360 Speaker 1: And I know Trade Turner because number one, he rakes there. 338 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:11,520 Speaker 1: He loves hitting against his team with the Nats. 339 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 4: But you know he's getting on base, He's doing some 340 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 4: things really well. 341 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 1: His defense, we have been harping on this defense forever. 342 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 4: He has vastly, vastly improved his overall defense this season. 343 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:30,119 Speaker 4: And you have to give this guy a ton of credit. 344 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:32,760 Speaker 4: I will be the first one to say that. You know, 345 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:36,520 Speaker 4: I would certainly consider if he did had another, you know, 346 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:40,440 Speaker 4: similar defensive season as he did last year, if he 347 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:42,280 Speaker 4: would have had it this year, I would have said, Hey, 348 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:44,040 Speaker 4: they got to really ask this guy to get to 349 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 4: the outfield. Well, guess what, he is playing a really good, 350 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:51,520 Speaker 4: solid shortstop right now. I'm really impressed by the work 351 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:53,880 Speaker 4: that he's done, the fact that he's sort of had 352 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:56,359 Speaker 4: to break some habits with Bobby Dickerson with all the 353 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:59,600 Speaker 4: work that he's doing with him on the daily, starting 354 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:00,879 Speaker 4: offense spring training. 355 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:02,440 Speaker 1: And it's started up in spring training in twenty twenty 356 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:03,080 Speaker 1: four as well. 357 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:08,240 Speaker 4: He's he's taken you know, he's taking the done the work, 358 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:11,560 Speaker 4: and he's also getting on base and doing things and 359 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:14,400 Speaker 4: scoring runs and doing the things that the Villies really 360 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:15,199 Speaker 4: need him to do. 361 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 1: If they don't have him doing those things and they're 362 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:18,080 Speaker 1: in trouble. 363 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:20,480 Speaker 4: But he's getting it done, I think right now, and 364 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 4: I'm just gonna go with Trade Turner for the best 365 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:23,920 Speaker 4: of the week. 366 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:27,439 Speaker 3: I was just looking up defense. I know defensive metrics 367 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 3: are so hot and hit or miss, but you know, 368 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:32,240 Speaker 3: fourteen outs above average for Trade Turner at shortstop this season, 369 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 3: which is a huge improvement. Just tells you how great 370 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:36,840 Speaker 3: at defense he's been playing. So great great choice. 371 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:39,240 Speaker 2: It is a great choice, and I'm glad you focused 372 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:42,320 Speaker 2: on the defense. He has made some adjustments with his throwing. 373 00:19:42,359 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 2: He's throwing overhand more, coming off that back leg a 374 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:46,879 Speaker 2: little bit more, getting a little more zip on instead 375 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:48,960 Speaker 2: of slinging it from the side where it tails a 376 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:49,320 Speaker 2: little bit. 377 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 5: I think that's just a nice adjustment. 378 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 2: And it just seems like everything has slowed down a 379 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:55,080 Speaker 2: little bit, footwork whatnot. 380 00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:55,920 Speaker 5: At shortstop. 381 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 2: I mean, he had that really tough era that came 382 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:01,680 Speaker 2: to the ninth inning back and was it May and 383 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 2: we're all like, oh boy, and it was like, you know, 384 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:07,879 Speaker 2: for a while, everything was an adventure. But you know, 385 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaker 2: that has gone by the wayside and he's become you know, 386 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:15,000 Speaker 2: the two out shortstop and we're not hearing much about 387 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:19,440 Speaker 2: that outfield talk anymore. It's really kind of quelled that 388 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:22,520 Speaker 2: for my Manco Manco best of the week. We're gonna 389 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:27,480 Speaker 2: go with Johann Durand on Sunday. He got it unsafe. 390 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 2: You shouldn't have been in that game. Five run lead, 391 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:31,439 Speaker 2: you gotta close that baby out. But the fact of 392 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:34,680 Speaker 2: the matter is he got ready quick. You know, you're 393 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:37,080 Speaker 2: watching as that guy gets on second base and he's 394 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:39,439 Speaker 2: not ready yet, and they finally bring him in and 395 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:41,680 Speaker 2: he shuts it down, throwing a lot of splinkers. He's 396 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 2: five for five and save opportunities. To me, he's changed 397 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 2: the entire complexion of the team. I will acknowledge that 398 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 2: Wheeler's health issue changes the complexion of the team in 399 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:56,000 Speaker 2: more of a negative way, right. 400 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 5: But Doran has still made a great impact. 401 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:01,439 Speaker 2: To think said this earlier that I think he'll be 402 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:05,719 Speaker 2: the most impactful guy that changed teams with the trade deadline, 403 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 2: and the Phillies got him and he's five for five, 404 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:08,760 Speaker 2: So a slice of the pizza for him. 405 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:12,359 Speaker 3: Yeah, great, great call. I'm going with Taiwan Walker. So 406 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 3: Taiwan Walker two starts last week. Uh you know, ohen 407 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:18,160 Speaker 3: to one two point but a two point one three 408 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:20,919 Speaker 3: year right, twelve and two thirds innings twelve hits, three runs, 409 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:24,639 Speaker 3: three walks, five strikeouts, inducing a lot of weak contact. 410 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:29,320 Speaker 3: And I mean Taiwan Walker, I mean, what an interesting, 411 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:32,720 Speaker 3: great story he's been, you know, all season long from 412 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:35,320 Speaker 3: people just irate that he pitched I think in the 413 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:38,480 Speaker 3: first home series of the season at Citizens Bank Park. 414 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:41,359 Speaker 3: How can they start Taiwan Walker? How's even on this team? 415 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:43,200 Speaker 5: To now on the team now? 416 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:43,159 Speaker 4: Now? 417 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, why is he even on the team? You know? 418 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:48,520 Speaker 3: To to now it's like, well, thank goodness, they have 419 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:52,640 Speaker 3: Taiwan Walker throwing in competent. Thank goodness they have Taiwan 420 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 3: Walker and stuck with him, and he bounced back in 421 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 3: a major way. Because could you imagine where they would 422 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:01,080 Speaker 3: be right now if they didn't have Taiwan Walker. They 423 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 3: would be you know, you know, they would be really 424 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:06,360 Speaker 3: digging down deep. You'd be talking about maybe moving Joe 425 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:09,520 Speaker 3: Ross back into the rotation or Alan roun Helb into 426 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:12,720 Speaker 3: the rotation, or or whatever they might need to do. 427 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:16,240 Speaker 4: But were pushing Andrew Painter too quickly to the big leagues, 428 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:17,679 Speaker 4: you know, one of those types. 429 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 3: Of things exactly. So, you know, so Taiwan Walker has 430 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:22,600 Speaker 3: been a heck of his stories on a heck of 431 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:25,240 Speaker 3: a run and and he kind of helps. You know, 432 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:26,720 Speaker 3: he's not going to make up for the loss of 433 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,639 Speaker 3: Zach Wheeler, of course, but you need guys that can 434 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:32,160 Speaker 3: go out and give you five six innings every five days. 435 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:34,800 Speaker 3: And and Taiwan Walker has absolutely done that. 436 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:37,240 Speaker 5: So three straight quality starts. 437 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:40,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, he's owing. He's owing too. 438 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 4: And his last seven starts, he's got this much run 439 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:49,160 Speaker 4: support two runs per They've averaged two runs per game 440 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 4: in his seven starts. 441 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:52,359 Speaker 1: That's horrendous. 442 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:55,240 Speaker 3: He's got Cole Hamil's itis right there. Remember Cole had 443 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 3: those runs. 444 00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:59,120 Speaker 1: It's insane. And he's done a really good job. 445 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:01,000 Speaker 4: He had He should have were five wins out of 446 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:02,960 Speaker 4: those games, and and he doesn't have them. 447 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 1: But listen, he's taking some more pressure off that bullpen. 448 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:09,880 Speaker 4: Which is helpful. It's a domino effect to that. And 449 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:12,920 Speaker 4: that's a great call, Todd. And I also want to 450 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 4: say this on the Juan Duran thing, that's the reason 451 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:20,040 Speaker 4: why he pitched that day. That's the reason why he 452 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:23,359 Speaker 4: pitched on the day that he got the line drive 453 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 4: office foot. 454 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:26,280 Speaker 1: The fact that he bounced back from that so quickly, 455 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:29,080 Speaker 1: that was awesome. He should get the award just for that. 456 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 4: But the fact that you know that people were going 457 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:37,239 Speaker 4: crazy about him not pitching is the biggest joke in 458 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:40,199 Speaker 4: the history of mankind. And I will say it today 459 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:42,439 Speaker 4: and I'll say it to my grave. He had to 460 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:45,879 Speaker 4: pitch that day for a reason, and people need to 461 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,960 Speaker 4: understand that. And the folks that don't understand that don't 462 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:49,400 Speaker 4: know shit. 463 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:52,800 Speaker 1: I'm glad you brought this up. 464 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:56,160 Speaker 7: I'm so glad you brought this up because I had 465 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:57,760 Speaker 7: this written down same. 466 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:00,840 Speaker 3: I had the same reaction on First of all, he hits, 467 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 3: gets the ball off the ankle, He's getting car off 468 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 3: Fielm Like, holy crap, this is like the worst case scenario. 469 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 3: But then I start seeing how dare rob Why is 470 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:10,880 Speaker 3: even in this game? It's a four run lead. I'm 471 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:16,280 Speaker 3: going has anybody watched a baseball game like twenty years 472 00:24:16,359 --> 00:24:19,480 Speaker 3: in the last twenty Let's look at it. They had 473 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:21,879 Speaker 3: a four run lead. That's not that big of a 474 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:24,119 Speaker 3: it's not a save situation. But it's a four rein lead. 475 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:24,320 Speaker 1: There. 476 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:27,399 Speaker 3: They have a three game losing streak, Rubin, they're trying 477 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:28,600 Speaker 3: to snap the losing streak. 478 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:29,760 Speaker 5: Oh he had not hit. 479 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:32,359 Speaker 3: He hadn't pitched Ruben since Sunday. 480 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:34,600 Speaker 1: Oh you got it at some point. 481 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:36,359 Speaker 5: You gotta keep sharp. 482 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:39,400 Speaker 1: You gotta keep sharp, and foolish. 483 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:42,720 Speaker 7: People don't know. So I I look this a whole 484 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 7: lot real quick. I looked this up because I was 485 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:46,880 Speaker 7: just curious. I'm like, you know, like, you can't pitch 486 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:48,399 Speaker 7: him in it with a four run lead. It's not 487 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:52,439 Speaker 7: a safe situation. Mariano Rivera in his career seven hundred 488 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 7: and thirty two save opportunities, pitching seven hundred three to 489 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:57,560 Speaker 7: two games with save opportunities. He pitched all over eleven 490 00:24:57,640 --> 00:24:58,520 Speaker 7: hundred games overall. 491 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:00,399 Speaker 3: That means he pitched more than a third of his 492 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 3: games when there wasn't a save situation. Trevor Hoffman almost 493 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:06,800 Speaker 3: the exact same percentage, more than the third of his 494 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:10,640 Speaker 3: games thirty four point five when there wasn't a save situation. 495 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:12,520 Speaker 3: Brad Lidge in two thousand and eight when he was 496 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:14,920 Speaker 3: forty one for forty one, you know how many appearances 497 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:18,440 Speaker 3: he made seventy two, So that means he pitched almost 498 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:21,480 Speaker 3: over forty three percent of his appearances in two thousand 499 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:24,800 Speaker 3: and eight were not in save situations. You can't just 500 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:27,399 Speaker 3: pitch the guy in save situations, or you know, you 501 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:27,840 Speaker 3: know what I mean. 502 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:28,720 Speaker 1: You have to pitch whatever. 503 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 5: Right you have to keep him sure, I won't be 504 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:32,959 Speaker 5: able to do what he did today. 505 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:37,360 Speaker 4: Just for himxactly, just just just for him getting on 506 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:40,480 Speaker 4: the mound that day and taking that line drive, that 507 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:43,760 Speaker 4: means something for the next time he pitches, which was 508 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:48,880 Speaker 4: today meeting Sunday, and the guy ended up getting the same. 509 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:50,440 Speaker 1: Mount. 510 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:55,440 Speaker 4: Because you don't just sit around as a pitcher and 511 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:59,199 Speaker 4: just pitch. You have to get on the mound and 512 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:05,280 Speaker 4: pitch that. This is professional athleticism. It's professional athletes. They 513 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:07,520 Speaker 4: need to get out there and perform against the best, 514 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:10,360 Speaker 4: and they need to do it on the regular basis 515 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:13,040 Speaker 4: or there's going to be very difficult for them to perform. 516 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:13,440 Speaker 5: Right. 517 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 2: This is everyday sport. I mean, hitters need to constantly 518 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:19,520 Speaker 2: be sharp. Relievers need to be constantly sharp, even on 519 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:20,680 Speaker 2: days they're not in the game. 520 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:22,119 Speaker 5: You know they throw in the outfield. 521 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:24,280 Speaker 2: But you know the fact that he got up the 522 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:27,840 Speaker 2: other night, warmed up in the bullpen, got in that 523 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:30,840 Speaker 2: game was probably a big reason he was sharp on 524 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 2: Sunday and got the final two outs and thank you, 525 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:37,920 Speaker 2: went to five for five in save chances. 526 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 5: So you need work. 527 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:43,159 Speaker 2: You cannot sit around and let cobwebs grow on your 528 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 2: biggest bullpen weapon. He belonged in that game the other night. 529 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:48,720 Speaker 3: Oh my god, it's so great, Rubhen you brought that 530 00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 3: up because that really and I have a question, Yeah. 531 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:55,080 Speaker 5: Are you allowed to say shit on the Top pod? 532 00:26:56,560 --> 00:27:00,320 Speaker 4: Well today I am because I'm passionate about that one, 533 00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:04,280 Speaker 4: because people are out there saying stuff on social media 534 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:08,680 Speaker 4: and all types of stuff and I'm sorry they're wrong. 535 00:27:09,359 --> 00:27:11,400 Speaker 7: All is he allowed to say it on the top 536 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:13,680 Speaker 7: We see now we have to put a disclaimer on 537 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:15,520 Speaker 7: the podcast that there's an expletive. 538 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:19,720 Speaker 3: But you know, we get a little saucy. 539 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:22,920 Speaker 1: The folks in foul Territory might be a little upset 540 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:25,119 Speaker 1: at me. But guess what, tough Italy. 541 00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:29,080 Speaker 3: No, we'll put the disclaimer on there. It's all good, 542 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:30,320 Speaker 3: you know what I mean. Sometimes you got to get 543 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:33,000 Speaker 3: a little saucy, little uh, you know, mix it up 544 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:39,440 Speaker 3: a little bit. But anyway, so the Phillies for other 545 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:42,000 Speaker 3: things we want to get into. But the Phillies come 546 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:44,640 Speaker 3: back home on Monday. They open up a three game 547 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 3: series against the Mariners. 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He 575 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:29,959 Speaker 3: makes his presence, felt goes two for four with a 576 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:33,040 Speaker 3: three run home run, and who knows what Alec Bohm 577 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:34,520 Speaker 3: is going to bring to the end of the season. 578 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:36,720 Speaker 3: But you're not going to get that every day, of course. 579 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:40,000 Speaker 3: But if they can get the production that he gave 580 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:43,360 Speaker 3: him the last two seasons going down the stretch in 581 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:45,520 Speaker 3: light of what's going on with the rotation, what a 582 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:47,160 Speaker 3: huge boost it would be. And I was kind of 583 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:50,120 Speaker 3: surprised to look this up today. Phillies cleanup hitters this 584 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:52,440 Speaker 3: season and he's been hitting clean up a lot this 585 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:55,880 Speaker 3: season before he got hurt. Phillies cleanup hitters this season 586 00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:58,040 Speaker 3: had our twenty first in baseball with a seven to 587 00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:02,320 Speaker 3: seventeen OPS. That's the lowest market Phillies group since twenty fourteen. 588 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:05,080 Speaker 3: It's the second lowest group by Phillies team since nineteen 589 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:07,920 Speaker 3: fifty nine. So their production in the cleanup spot. This 590 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:10,040 Speaker 3: year has been pretty pretty dreadful. So if you can 591 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:14,640 Speaker 3: get more games like this from Alec Boum, it would 592 00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:16,800 Speaker 3: go a long way again, especially like I said, with 593 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:19,200 Speaker 3: the with the issues surrounding the rotation right now. 594 00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:23,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a great opportunity for somebody to step up 595 00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:26,200 Speaker 2: and put their thumbprint on this team. Maybe it's Aaron Nola, 596 00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:28,600 Speaker 2: I don't know, you know, he had a difficult start 597 00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:32,320 Speaker 2: on Sunday. Maybe he you know, reels off five or 598 00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:35,960 Speaker 2: six good weeks here. Maybe it's a guy like Alec 599 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,520 Speaker 2: Bohm who's kind of you know, he's had a quietly 600 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:42,000 Speaker 2: you know, okay season. But I think we all believe 601 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:45,120 Speaker 2: there's a lot more there and they could really use 602 00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:47,960 Speaker 2: that right handed stick behind their two big left handed guys. 603 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:52,200 Speaker 2: So I mean, it's a really good thing that the 604 00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:54,440 Speaker 2: Mets have struggled. The Phillies have maintained that you know, 605 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:58,320 Speaker 2: five ish game lead because the Mets just you know, 606 00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:01,960 Speaker 2: have struggled pretty much an all phases of the game. 607 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:05,080 Speaker 2: So even though with their cracks, the Phillies have a 608 00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:09,720 Speaker 2: chance to surge, continue their surge and put this thing away. 609 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:13,640 Speaker 2: But they're gonna need some different type of contributors. Maybe 610 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:18,240 Speaker 2: Castianos comes alive after a really good day on Sunday 611 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:21,480 Speaker 2: in Washington's got They got to get some more from 612 00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:24,280 Speaker 2: the balance of their roster, not just Kyle Schwarber all 613 00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:24,640 Speaker 2: the time. 614 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:29,040 Speaker 4: So I think about the I think about the offense, 615 00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:32,600 Speaker 4: and I had a talk with Bobby Dickerson about this. 616 00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:36,080 Speaker 4: I believe as he does. I believe in run production. 617 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:39,320 Speaker 4: Either score runs or you drive in runs. 618 00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:40,720 Speaker 1: That's what it's about. 619 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:44,680 Speaker 4: And over the last several years, Alec Boma's driven in 620 00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:48,640 Speaker 4: a lot of runs. Sure, he started off very, very poorly. 621 00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:52,200 Speaker 4: This season, he bounced back nicely, kind of leveled off. 622 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:54,400 Speaker 1: Then he got hurt. He's been out. 623 00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:57,960 Speaker 4: But he's really important to this team because he can 624 00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:03,000 Speaker 4: drive in runs and they don't drive in runs. 625 00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:07,360 Speaker 1: They're runners in scoring position. Situation right now can. 626 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:10,440 Speaker 4: Be dreadful at times, but the man over the last 627 00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:13,480 Speaker 4: two years have been their best hitter with runners in 628 00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:15,520 Speaker 4: scoring position with two outs. 629 00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:17,880 Speaker 1: And one of the better ones in baseball. They need 630 00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:19,360 Speaker 1: somebody to do that. 631 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:22,360 Speaker 4: That's why he's important to this team, if nothing else, 632 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:23,680 Speaker 4: to produce runs. 633 00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:26,400 Speaker 1: And he can do it. He hasn't done it. That's 634 00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:27,440 Speaker 1: consistently this year. 635 00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:29,800 Speaker 4: But he's a guy that's if you look on the 636 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:32,280 Speaker 4: back of that baseball card, if you believe in that, Yeah, 637 00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:35,760 Speaker 4: and then he's a guy that can be super important 638 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:39,920 Speaker 4: as well to protect the two left handers in Harper 639 00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:41,000 Speaker 4: and sworebur in the lineup. 640 00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:43,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, ninety seven RBIs each of the last two seasons, 641 00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:46,600 Speaker 2: and last year I think he only had like three 642 00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:49,200 Speaker 2: in the month of July, had a very quiet month. 643 00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:51,080 Speaker 2: So I mean, you're driving it close to one hundred 644 00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:52,960 Speaker 2: runs two years that are. He puts the beat on 645 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:55,560 Speaker 2: the ball and he doesn't speed up his heart rate 646 00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:57,239 Speaker 2: with runners on base. I know he's not a guy 647 00:32:57,280 --> 00:32:59,840 Speaker 2: who launches, and people get frustrated by that. But I'll 648 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:02,200 Speaker 2: take a double or even an inside out swinging. I'll 649 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:04,959 Speaker 2: take the double to the take a base with maymlosfield 650 00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:07,520 Speaker 2: gat any day, any day with runners on base, and 651 00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:10,640 Speaker 2: you know he comes back, hits a bomb on Sunday 652 00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:13,120 Speaker 2: and they were what seven for fourteen with runners the 653 00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:15,280 Speaker 2: scoring position. So good to have him back. 654 00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:15,920 Speaker 5: He's important. 655 00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:19,320 Speaker 3: Nick Castianos, guys, you know we talked about him on Friday. 656 00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:21,320 Speaker 3: You know, maybe he's not gonna be platoon, but maybe 657 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:23,080 Speaker 3: rest a little bit more, and he did not play 658 00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:25,920 Speaker 3: on Saturday. Rob called it a scheduled day off. He 659 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:29,520 Speaker 3: comes back on Sunday, goes two for five, a double, 660 00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:32,120 Speaker 3: in a home run. That's his first multi hit game 661 00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:36,520 Speaker 3: since August first. That's his first multi game, multi extra 662 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:39,719 Speaker 3: base hit game since June twenty second, only the fifth 663 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:42,240 Speaker 3: game this season where he's had two or more extra 664 00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:45,920 Speaker 3: base hits. And you know, gosh, Alec Bohm super important. 665 00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:48,840 Speaker 3: But if you could get Nick Castianis, if he's hitting 666 00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:51,920 Speaker 3: sixth or fifth, sixth, seventh in that lineup and just 667 00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:55,000 Speaker 3: be something close to what he has been over the 668 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,280 Speaker 3: past couple of years, that would go a long way 669 00:33:57,320 --> 00:33:59,400 Speaker 3: as well. You got to get Nick Castianos going. 670 00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:02,360 Speaker 1: And you wonder a little bit. 671 00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:04,520 Speaker 4: I know he's been around a long time, but the 672 00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:06,240 Speaker 4: fact that he's been out of the lineup a couple 673 00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:08,160 Speaker 4: of times, does that spark him a little bit? 674 00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:09,920 Speaker 1: Does that motivate him a little bit? 675 00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:13,280 Speaker 4: Does does he say I better pick it up a notch? 676 00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:15,800 Speaker 4: I mean, I don't know if that's really in his DNA, 677 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:17,960 Speaker 4: but I think in the back of your mind as 678 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,920 Speaker 4: an athlete, you got to be thinking, wow, if I 679 00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:23,160 Speaker 4: don't start producing her come up with some stuff. 680 00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:27,280 Speaker 1: Man, I maybe I may be not playing. 681 00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:29,400 Speaker 4: Quite as much and uh, and I think maybe that 682 00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:31,600 Speaker 4: has something to do with And that's okay. 683 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:35,600 Speaker 2: Here's a good motivator, better it, better has. He's a 684 00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:37,800 Speaker 2: guy wants to play every day. He played one sixty 685 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:41,960 Speaker 2: two last year. So to miss just one game, when 686 00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:43,960 Speaker 2: when one sixty two is your goal, to miss one 687 00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:46,520 Speaker 2: just one game and be taking on a lineup one game. 688 00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:47,439 Speaker 5: It should piss you off. 689 00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:50,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, should take it out on somebody, which he did 690 00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:53,479 Speaker 2: on Sunday that at that hit head against the left 691 00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:56,040 Speaker 2: when he hit the home run. Uh, he spoiled a 692 00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:59,080 Speaker 2: couple of breaking balls. He looked extremely confident in the 693 00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:02,200 Speaker 2: batter's box like Nick Castiano's when he's going good. 694 00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:03,160 Speaker 5: So that was good to see. 695 00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:03,560 Speaker 1: Good. 696 00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:05,919 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean he is a guy that I think 697 00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:07,880 Speaker 3: when he's not in the lineup, when he's dropped in 698 00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:11,520 Speaker 3: the lineup, I think he takes that personally. So not 699 00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:14,080 Speaker 3: to steal that Michael Jordan line. That wasn't my intention there, 700 00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:15,879 Speaker 3: but then I took that personally. 701 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:18,239 Speaker 5: Nothing wrong with it. I'll show you attitude. 702 00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:19,239 Speaker 1: I love it. 703 00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:21,919 Speaker 3: Go do it, go go hit three hundred. The rest 704 00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:26,120 Speaker 3: of this season hit hitting, you know, fifteen double six weeks, 705 00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:29,120 Speaker 3: go go ahead and do it. So all right, well, 706 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:31,960 Speaker 3: the we'll we'll we'll be back later this week with 707 00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:36,600 Speaker 3: news expected news. I guess on Zach Wheeler and kind 708 00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:39,960 Speaker 3: of what's going on with him again, best wis wishes 709 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:42,799 Speaker 3: to him. It's certainly more of a you know, you know, 710 00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:45,560 Speaker 3: we're thinking more about the person and the family man. 711 00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:47,680 Speaker 3: I mean, it was such a great He's a great guy. 712 00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:50,960 Speaker 3: I love talking to him. He's you know, you know, 713 00:35:51,239 --> 00:35:53,680 Speaker 3: the best wishes to him, and we will be we'll 714 00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:56,920 Speaker 3: talk about the Seattle series which starts Monday night. Big 715 00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:59,960 Speaker 3: Dumpers in town, So the Phillies have to contempt to 716 00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:02,920 Speaker 3: Big Dumper, great nickname. 717 00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:05,480 Speaker 1: Jumper in the shore Ba and the short Burian. 718 00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:07,759 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a fun that's a fun little week right 719 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:11,000 Speaker 3: there sits the Bank Park. Yeah, it would be fun. 720 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:12,520 Speaker 3: I'll talk to We'll talk to you guys later. 721 00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:15,400 Speaker 5: Smell Smelling Jim. 722 00:36:15,719 --> 00:36:17,879 Speaker 3: The Philly Show is brought to you by the Foul 723 00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:21,279 Speaker 3: Territory Network. 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