WEBVTT - Bryce Harper knows it, too. The Phillies "need some help." 0:00:04.280 --> 0:00:07.240 Hey, this is Bryce Harper and welcome to The Philly Show. 0:00:08.880 --> 0:00:11.360 Ruben Tomorrow, Junior, Jim Salisbury, Todd's lucky. 0:00:11.400 --> 0:00:12.360 It's the Phillies Show. 0:00:12.560 --> 0:00:17.160 It's Wednesday, July twenty ninth, twenty twenty six, and the 0:00:17.160 --> 0:00:19.040 Phillies need help. 0:00:20.120 --> 0:00:20.720 The help. 0:00:20.760 --> 0:00:23.520 Bryce Harper said, the Phillies need help on Tuesday night, 0:00:24.160 --> 0:00:26.200 and I think, guys, we should start right there. 0:00:26.239 --> 0:00:27.840 It's time for first pitch. 0:00:30.920 --> 0:00:36.479 First pitch is brought to us by Monster Energy. So 0:00:37.360 --> 0:00:39.080 Phillies lose on Tuesday Night. 0:00:39.120 --> 0:00:40.040 One nothing. Guys. 0:00:40.120 --> 0:00:43.240 It's the sixth time in eleven games since the All 0:00:43.240 --> 0:00:48.000 Star Break they have lost or have scored only one 0:00:49.360 --> 0:00:54.880 run or less. That's not good. And after the game, 0:00:54.960 --> 0:00:57.280 we're talking to Bryce Harper, Ruben, we're Jim and I 0:00:57.280 --> 0:01:00.400 are in the clubhouse with some others and asked him 0:01:00.440 --> 0:01:02.560 if he's concerned about the way the offense is playing. 0:01:02.600 --> 0:01:03.400 He said, not really. 0:01:03.440 --> 0:01:05.000 We've faced a lot of studs, you. 0:01:04.959 --> 0:01:09.000 Know, Noel McLain, Cam Schlidter, you know, Sandy al Contra, 0:01:09.560 --> 0:01:12.240 and it was Matt Gelp said, well, you know you're 0:01:12.600 --> 0:01:14.039 you're going to face a lot of good pitching in 0:01:14.040 --> 0:01:16.080 the postseason. You know you think you guys can do it, 0:01:16.120 --> 0:01:19.400 and he said, we need some help. I think we 0:01:19.440 --> 0:01:22.280 need some help, you know. I think we've proved pretty 0:01:22.319 --> 0:01:24.120 much all year. We've done a pretty good job. But 0:01:24.200 --> 0:01:27.280 anytime you can get some help in here and reinforcements, 0:01:27.440 --> 0:01:28.679 I think it helps. 0:01:30.959 --> 0:01:31.640 He's not wrong. 0:01:31.720 --> 0:01:35.000 Well that's entered that that makes the front office feel 0:01:35.080 --> 0:01:40.479 very good. Number one, So there's a couple of things. 0:01:40.640 --> 0:01:45.320 I mean, listen, I mean, you can't blame Bryce Harper 0:01:45.400 --> 0:01:49.320 for being himself. I mean, this is we've seen this 0:01:49.360 --> 0:01:53.080 before from him, and he's being honest and being open 0:01:53.120 --> 0:01:57.360 about things. A couple of things about it. One, it 0:01:57.440 --> 0:02:00.600 sort of throws both the front office under the bus 0:02:00.680 --> 0:02:03.400 and his teammates under the bus. I mean, it's a 0:02:03.400 --> 0:02:10.400 combination of things they're basically saying, and he's probably not wrong, 0:02:11.680 --> 0:02:15.440 but you typically don't say those things out of the clubhouse. 0:02:15.480 --> 0:02:17.440 But I mean, Bryce Harper is Bryce Harper. He says 0:02:17.440 --> 0:02:21.560 what he wants to say, and he's been given the 0:02:21.600 --> 0:02:27.720 platform to be able to do that. It's typically it's 0:02:27.760 --> 0:02:31.480 not something you not hear Kyle Schwarber say those words, 0:02:31.520 --> 0:02:36.680 for instance, at a deference to you know, his teammates 0:02:37.360 --> 0:02:40.960 and that's just not how he operates. But that's what 0:02:41.120 --> 0:02:43.120 you know, I guess that's the beauty of Bryce Harper 0:02:43.160 --> 0:02:45.000 in this day and age. It You know, he will, 0:02:45.280 --> 0:02:48.720 he will speak his mind. The reality of it is 0:02:49.320 --> 0:02:51.959 the guys in the room that are currently in the room, 0:02:52.200 --> 0:02:54.960 they sort of have to play better. And it's very 0:02:55.000 --> 0:02:58.880 obvious when Kyle Schwarber in particular is not in the lineup, 0:02:58.919 --> 0:03:02.560 he's battling him intense simi issues right now. When he's 0:03:02.600 --> 0:03:07.040 not in the lineup, it's a very very different team. 0:03:07.120 --> 0:03:10.680 It's to be like not having Aaron Judge in your lineup, 0:03:10.680 --> 0:03:13.000 which is what the New York Yankees are dealing with. 0:03:14.440 --> 0:03:18.600 And in fact, offensively they be even like, well worse 0:03:18.639 --> 0:03:22.240 than the Yankees with Aaron Judge out of lineup. They 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:26.760 just have not swung the bats all that well consistently. 0:03:27.680 --> 0:03:34.000 They're runners in scoring position numbers very poor. Their situational 0:03:34.120 --> 0:03:39.680 hitting has not been great. It went through a stretch 0:03:39.760 --> 0:03:45.040 where they were pretty solid, but that stretches over and 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:50.480 over these last couple of weeks and maybe over closer 0:03:50.520 --> 0:03:55.560 to a month. It's the offensive has been has been lacking, 0:03:55.640 --> 0:03:58.560 There's no question about it. Turners picked it up a 0:03:58.600 --> 0:04:04.440 little bit. Marsh's dropped off pretty significantly. You're not getting 0:04:04.480 --> 0:04:07.320 production out of Schwerber right now because he can tends 0:04:07.320 --> 0:04:10.800 to be a little bit streaky. But you know, this 0:04:10.920 --> 0:04:13.920 is a team that probably has to, you know, look 0:04:13.920 --> 0:04:17.800 in the mirror a little bit again and get whatever 0:04:17.920 --> 0:04:21.880 it was that happened when you know, when Wheelers showed 0:04:21.960 --> 0:04:27.240 up and they made the move on on Topper. They're 0:04:27.279 --> 0:04:29.680 gonna have to get that mojo back because right now 0:04:29.680 --> 0:04:32.000 they're not playing a very good brand of baseball overall. 0:04:34.320 --> 0:04:39.280 Yeah, they It's it's interesting that you talk about when 0:04:39.279 --> 0:04:41.680 they made the move on top or how it got 0:04:41.720 --> 0:04:43.719 them going and they need to play like that again. 0:04:44.960 --> 0:04:47.280 I think that's very relevant because this is what it 0:04:47.320 --> 0:04:52.679 feels like. It feels like April again, the way they're playing, 0:04:52.960 --> 0:04:58.359 the funk that they're in, what three and eight since 0:04:58.520 --> 0:05:03.239 since the break, and you know, Todd, you mentioned the runs. 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:05.640 They've scored six of those games twice, they've been shut 0:05:05.720 --> 0:05:09.279 out four times, they've scored one run. I mean, that 0:05:09.440 --> 0:05:15.400 is just staggering lack of production. And then Harper's in 0:05:15.400 --> 0:05:19.120 the spotlight last night. To me, the biggest reason the 0:05:19.160 --> 0:05:23.479 offense has struggled in these past eleven games as they're 0:05:24.000 --> 0:05:25.960 you know, they go from two back in the National 0:05:26.000 --> 0:05:31.880 League East to six pack. Is the three All Stars 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:36.520 have have struggled and it happens. But you know, marsh 0:05:36.560 --> 0:05:41.440 has struggled really since the first of July. It's tough 0:05:41.480 --> 0:05:45.320 to see what he's going through. And Schwarber and Harper 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:48.200 have not done much here coming out of the break, 0:05:49.080 --> 0:05:51.719 and I know they can, you know, both be streaky. 0:05:52.360 --> 0:05:55.000 Harper did hit a seed to the wall last night 0:05:56.200 --> 0:05:58.080 and maybe then had a home run the night before, 0:05:58.160 --> 0:06:00.479 So maybe that's an indication that he's a to get 0:06:00.480 --> 0:06:04.479 going here. They could certainly use him, but they need 0:06:04.520 --> 0:06:06.440 the three All Stars, like we say all the time, 0:06:06.480 --> 0:06:10.839 to be there, the three big boys. So hopefully this 0:06:10.960 --> 0:06:13.640 is Harper warming, because when you make comments like that, 0:06:13.680 --> 0:06:16.520 you really need to back it up. He has a 0:06:16.600 --> 0:06:18.760 history of backing it up. He has a history of 0:06:18.760 --> 0:06:22.080 speak in his mind. I mean, I remember early at 0:06:22.080 --> 0:06:25.360 his time here, he came out and really was very 0:06:25.440 --> 0:06:28.240 very critical of the farm system. If you remember that, Todd, 0:06:28.960 --> 0:06:32.000 And you know last night he comes out and he 0:06:32.080 --> 0:06:36.920 says we need help. I don't disagree with him. Part 0:06:36.920 --> 0:06:40.560 of me thought, okay, well, Dave Dombrowski was public and 0:06:40.640 --> 0:06:44.680 his critique of Bryce Harper in October. Now, Bryce is 0:06:44.720 --> 0:06:48.640 being very public about this and their needs. But but 0:06:48.760 --> 0:06:51.600 like I said, Bryce does have a history of that. 0:06:53.480 --> 0:06:56.680 He's not wrong. But when you speak up, you need 0:06:56.720 --> 0:07:00.160 to back it up. And like I said, he's not wrong. 0:07:00.200 --> 0:07:03.560 The front office needs to deliver as well, because we 0:07:03.600 --> 0:07:05.440 talked about it last week. For a three hundred million 0:07:05.440 --> 0:07:08.440 dollar team, this team is a staggering amount of holes 0:07:08.520 --> 0:07:10.480 and when your big boys go a little bit quiet, 0:07:10.840 --> 0:07:12.200 the holes become more gaping. 0:07:12.960 --> 0:07:19.080 Yeah, Royce said on Monday in Miami that mentioned that 0:07:19.120 --> 0:07:23.119 he brought his outfield glove to Miami just in case 0:07:23.240 --> 0:07:25.040 they would get a first base and in the next 0:07:25.120 --> 0:07:26.840 few days and he needed to run back out the 0:07:26.920 --> 0:07:29.480 right field and play. I don't expect that will happen, 0:07:29.560 --> 0:07:32.520 But that also tells me that this is you know, 0:07:32.560 --> 0:07:37.160 he clearly wants something to happen and expects something to happen, 0:07:37.200 --> 0:07:40.360 and he's prepared for everything. I mean, but Rubin, you 0:07:40.360 --> 0:07:42.400 you mentioned like the front office that you know they're 0:07:42.440 --> 0:07:46.360 not that they don't love hearing that, But does it 0:07:46.400 --> 0:07:49.280 put any more pressure on on Dave? I feel like 0:07:49.320 --> 0:07:52.280 there's already just a ton of pressure on Dave to 0:07:52.440 --> 0:07:55.320 make some moves. You know, they need a bat, they 0:07:55.360 --> 0:07:58.480 need a starter, they need a reliever. They could probably 0:07:58.600 --> 0:08:00.680 use multiples of those things. They're not going to get 0:08:00.760 --> 0:08:03.000 multiples of those things. But does it put any more 0:08:03.040 --> 0:08:06.000 pressure on them? I got to imagine that Dave is 0:08:06.160 --> 0:08:10.160 feeling pressure just to you know, he's got to finish 0:08:10.160 --> 0:08:12.800 this job, and and and there are massive holes, and 0:08:12.880 --> 0:08:15.600 so he already knows, like what Bryce said, It's not 0:08:15.640 --> 0:08:16.840 like he doesn't know that already. 0:08:18.200 --> 0:08:22.600 Yeah, there's a definite pressure on the entire organization because 0:08:22.960 --> 0:08:26.840 as we've talked about, I mean, there's the window is 0:08:28.000 --> 0:08:30.440 is starting to you see it starting to close a 0:08:30.480 --> 0:08:33.240 little bit just because of the overall production of some 0:08:33.360 --> 0:08:35.720 of the big boys. The reality of it is, the 0:08:35.720 --> 0:08:37.840 big boys are going to have to produce, and it 0:08:37.880 --> 0:08:40.959 doesn't matter who they get. If they don't produce, then 0:08:40.960 --> 0:08:43.680 they're sort of not going to get where they need 0:08:43.720 --> 0:08:49.000 to go. So that has to happen first. Yes, there's 0:08:49.000 --> 0:08:53.199 no question, and additions would help, But Dave Dombrowski is 0:08:53.240 --> 0:08:58.400 in a really tough position. This is a tough spot 0:08:58.400 --> 0:09:01.240 to be in because they are limited with the amount. 0:09:01.320 --> 0:09:03.640 As much as they talk about having a lot of 0:09:03.679 --> 0:09:06.720 talent or having talent in the system, they don't have 0:09:06.760 --> 0:09:09.439 a lot of talent in the system as far as 0:09:09.520 --> 0:09:12.640 depth is concerned. They have some players, there's no question 0:09:12.720 --> 0:09:17.440 they have prospects there. But you know, the question is 0:09:17.480 --> 0:09:19.440 do you move all those prospects? And I you know, 0:09:19.480 --> 0:09:23.120 I talked about this in an earlier podcast about being bold. 0:09:23.160 --> 0:09:24.679 I mean, if they're going to go all in, then 0:09:24.679 --> 0:09:28.240 they better go all in. If they sort of can't 0:09:28.320 --> 0:09:30.600 go halfway and dip their toe in or put a 0:09:30.679 --> 0:09:34.720 foot in, because that's not really good to get it 0:09:34.760 --> 0:09:37.000 done because they have so many needs. So if they're 0:09:37.000 --> 0:09:40.000 going to make a big splash, then they're a I mean, 0:09:40.000 --> 0:09:44.600 if they want to really do something special or give 0:09:44.640 --> 0:09:49.520 themselves a better chance to win the World Series, they're 0:09:49.559 --> 0:09:50.920 not going to be able to do it with the 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:53.560 players that they have right now. It does not seem 0:09:53.679 --> 0:09:59.000 particularly with the way they're playing. And so if they 0:09:59.040 --> 0:10:01.720 want to win the World Series, then then the splash 0:10:01.840 --> 0:10:05.359 is going to have to be pretty significant and multiples 0:10:05.400 --> 0:10:08.120 of them because as Jim said pointed out and we've 0:10:08.120 --> 0:10:10.959 talked about, there's multiple holes. 0:10:11.320 --> 0:10:14.280 Yeah, there is Ruben, What would be if you were 0:10:14.280 --> 0:10:18.960 in the front office and a player was, yeah, made 0:10:18.960 --> 0:10:24.480 that comment. What would it do to you? Piss you off? 0:10:24.520 --> 0:10:26.760 Would it motivate you? Would you speak to the player? 0:10:26.840 --> 0:10:28.720 How would you How would you react? 0:10:30.240 --> 0:10:33.200 Uh, it would piss me off? Yes, And then I 0:10:33.240 --> 0:10:37.920 would probably have a chat with he and or his uh, 0:10:38.000 --> 0:10:41.120 his representative or the two of them. I'd probably have 0:10:41.160 --> 0:10:46.120 a chat with Boris and and and and Harp maybe 0:10:46.160 --> 0:10:52.960 one on one, you know, and just let him know, Yeah, 0:10:53.040 --> 0:10:55.480 obviously we're trying to we're working hard to do and 0:10:55.520 --> 0:10:58.640 what we're doing, but you know, nothing is a guarantee. 0:10:58.640 --> 0:11:01.240 I mean, making trades it's a very difficult thing to do, 0:11:01.920 --> 0:11:04.400 especially when you have so many teams that are in 0:11:04.440 --> 0:11:08.560 the hunt. It is, and you know, you're battling other 0:11:08.840 --> 0:11:12.240 clubs as far as overall talent that they are willing 0:11:12.280 --> 0:11:16.400 to part with or the assets that they may have. 0:11:16.559 --> 0:11:20.400 So mean, it's a difficult it's a difficult time of 0:11:20.440 --> 0:11:23.720 the year. There's already a ton of pressure that you 0:11:23.840 --> 0:11:27.160 apply on upon yourself, especially when you're a buyer, to 0:11:27.280 --> 0:11:34.480 go get quality players and fits and honestly don't really 0:11:34.559 --> 0:11:38.120 need any of that, you know, any more of that, 0:11:38.520 --> 0:11:41.240 particularly in this day and age when everything's so public. 0:11:41.360 --> 0:11:45.480 So yeah, I probably would have a little chat with him, 0:11:45.520 --> 0:11:50.160 but but also realize that this is who he is, 0:11:50.280 --> 0:11:52.840 I mean, and have the expectation that these are sorts 0:11:52.880 --> 0:11:55.319 of the sort of things that you know that's that 0:11:56.080 --> 0:11:57.600 that are going to happen and things that he's going 0:11:57.679 --> 0:12:01.200 to say because he's this is nothing new, He's done 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:01.720 it before. 0:12:03.040 --> 0:12:06.880 So Dave Dombrowski has been unavailable to reporters this week, 0:12:06.920 --> 0:12:09.600 but he did talk to Greg Murphy on Tuesday night 0:12:09.640 --> 0:12:13.160 on the Phillies Radio pregame show, and I want to 0:12:13.200 --> 0:12:18.160 read you something he said to Murph right after these words. 0:12:18.840 --> 0:12:21.000 Big second half of the season coming up, there might 0:12:21.000 --> 0:12:24.760 be a hot ticket, a rivalry series, a sold out 0:12:24.880 --> 0:12:27.840 experience they need to get your hands on, and sea 0:12:27.840 --> 0:12:30.800 Geek is the spot for that. 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So 0:13:44.440 --> 0:13:47.079 he said he spoke to one al or one one 0:13:47.160 --> 0:13:51.720 executive maybe on the AL side, and the Ale guy's like, well, 0:13:51.800 --> 0:13:52.560 right now, we're in it. 0:13:52.640 --> 0:13:54.199 So I don't know what we're gonna do. Give me 0:13:54.240 --> 0:13:55.480 a few days and I'll get back to you. 0:13:55.920 --> 0:13:59.199 But we've talked a lot about how this farm system 0:13:59.760 --> 0:14:03.800 is not very highly regarded. Baseball America I think has 0:14:03.840 --> 0:14:09.160 them like twenty ninth MLB pipeline has them like bottom ten. Now, 0:14:09.240 --> 0:14:13.440 Dave of course, defends his prospects and he says, I've 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:15.640 never been in a position where i haven't had players 0:14:15.640 --> 0:14:18.960 to make a trade. Never when I've had the strongest 0:14:18.960 --> 0:14:21.240 minor league system, which was in Montreal, or I've had 0:14:21.240 --> 0:14:24.200 systems that haven't been as regarded as being as strong. 0:14:24.480 --> 0:14:27.800 Never had that issue. It's sometimes just a matter of 0:14:27.800 --> 0:14:29.080 who you will be willing to give. 0:14:29.000 --> 0:14:30.400 Up for what quality player. 0:14:31.320 --> 0:14:33.200 So that's what you always have to weigh in your mind. 0:14:33.240 --> 0:14:36.040 And we have plenty of good players. Now, if you 0:14:36.080 --> 0:14:39.800 start stacking up some versus some other organizations, Let's say 0:14:39.840 --> 0:14:41.960 you're talking about the best player on the mark, on 0:14:42.000 --> 0:14:44.400 the out on the market, and you're offering three players, 0:14:44.400 --> 0:14:47.320 and they're offering three players. Maybe they have three better 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:48.400 players to offer. 0:14:48.480 --> 0:14:49.000 Than you do. 0:14:49.360 --> 0:14:51.720 But it is but it isn't that you don't have 0:14:51.760 --> 0:14:52.640 players to offer. 0:14:53.760 --> 0:14:57.000 But he Yeah, hit the nail on the head. The 0:14:57.120 --> 0:14:59.800 quality of the give equals the quality. 0:14:59.480 --> 0:15:01.960 Of the retur right, right? 0:15:02.080 --> 0:15:04.840 Do they have enough quality on the gift side to 0:15:04.920 --> 0:15:11.560 get the the type of impact player and players that 0:15:11.600 --> 0:15:19.120 they need without dipping into you know, Painter Wood, Crawford, 0:15:19.560 --> 0:15:21.840 and I think they're gonna listen on all three of them, 0:15:21.880 --> 0:15:24.280 depending on what their return is. I think they'd be 0:15:24.280 --> 0:15:28.360 willing to power with any one of those three. And 0:15:28.400 --> 0:15:31.040 you can say, painters values down, you're selling the lowe. 0:15:31.080 --> 0:15:33.080 What has he done? I'll tell you what. There are 0:15:33.080 --> 0:15:34.480 a lot of teams out there and a lot of 0:15:34.480 --> 0:15:37.600 pitching coaches, a lot of pitching labs that think there's 0:15:37.600 --> 0:15:40.359 a lot of talent there and they can fix them. 0:15:40.760 --> 0:15:43.480 Yeah, and then there's guys like McFarlane who throws hard. 0:15:43.640 --> 0:15:46.760 There's the guys. There's there's Miller who is still on 0:15:46.800 --> 0:15:51.640 the mend. Does he become an actual part of this piece? 0:15:51.840 --> 0:15:56.120 So there's players there. How does this affect the long 0:15:56.200 --> 0:16:01.240 term situation for the Phillies, and that's what you typically, 0:16:01.280 --> 0:16:04.200 that's what you have to weigh. I mean, that's why 0:16:04.320 --> 0:16:07.800 I just don't know that they have the depth necessary 0:16:08.240 --> 0:16:12.520 for them to continue the window unless if they move, 0:16:13.000 --> 0:16:15.720 and they are bold and move some of the biggest 0:16:15.960 --> 0:16:19.560 pieces that they have, whether that's going to be sustainable 0:16:19.640 --> 0:16:22.920 and they bring back players that they can hold on 0:16:22.960 --> 0:16:26.720 to for multiple years. If they're going to move some 0:16:26.840 --> 0:16:28.720 of the quality that they're going to have to move 0:16:28.760 --> 0:16:30.960 to get what they need, then the players that they 0:16:31.040 --> 0:16:34.200 get back are going to have to be, in my mind, 0:16:34.480 --> 0:16:38.320 can't be rental players. Otherwise you're really putting your organization 0:16:38.400 --> 0:16:39.680 in a terrible spot. 0:16:40.080 --> 0:16:40.280 Yeah. 0:16:40.280 --> 0:16:42.880 I don't think anybody's ever said to about the Phillies. 0:16:42.880 --> 0:16:46.440 They have nobody to trade. But kind of going back 0:16:46.480 --> 0:16:50.160 to Dave's quote there, it's more of as you guys 0:16:50.200 --> 0:16:54.160 just said, can they put together a package of talent 0:16:55.120 --> 0:16:57.960 that can match or beat another team that has that 0:16:58.040 --> 0:17:00.560 same need? Can they beat that other pas keep town 0:17:00.560 --> 0:17:03.160 from another organization. I think that's the question. We'll find out, 0:17:03.680 --> 0:17:06.399 uh in the you know, in the next in the 0:17:06.400 --> 0:17:14.320 next few days. So that was first pitch by Monster Energy. 0:17:14.400 --> 0:17:18.960 Monster Energy Unleash the Beast Bold Flavors legendary kick. Stop 0:17:19.000 --> 0:17:23.159 by your local retailer and grab one before first pitch 0:17:23.640 --> 0:17:27.720 this afternoon because the Phillies play their series finale in 0:17:27.760 --> 0:17:31.240 Miami at twelve ten PM. 0:17:32.640 --> 0:17:37.160 So let's they could very well get swept. I know, Lozardo, 0:17:37.240 --> 0:17:40.480 I mean, they're in a situation while with Lizardo pitching Todd, 0:17:42.320 --> 0:17:44.159 there's a lot of pressure on him pitching in his 0:17:44.240 --> 0:17:45.119 hometown today. 0:17:45.480 --> 0:17:47.720 Yeah, they they need ad. 0:17:48.920 --> 0:17:51.760 Let's let's not forget. And I kind of had to 0:17:51.760 --> 0:17:54.120 remind myself of this a couple of times last night 0:17:54.600 --> 0:17:58.479 as I'm watching this. The Miami Marlins came into this 0:17:58.560 --> 0:18:03.439 series as losers of twelve in a row. Twelve in 0:18:03.440 --> 0:18:05.960 a row. The Phillies just were their medicine. 0:18:06.760 --> 0:18:08.720 And then you think back to what happened on Monday. 0:18:09.280 --> 0:18:11.520 They get on Zach Wheeler and that Jim we were 0:18:11.560 --> 0:18:14.040 in the press box and I think you, I think 0:18:14.080 --> 0:18:15.920 you might have said this during the game. He said 0:18:15.920 --> 0:18:19.080 they're going to come back and win this game because. 0:18:18.800 --> 0:18:20.760 The Marlins they had that look and had did a 0:18:20.840 --> 0:18:21.600 really good job. 0:18:22.080 --> 0:18:28.200 Yeah, and then and then Juan Duran got got hit nude. 0:18:28.320 --> 0:18:29.960 Who would have bet on that nobody. 0:18:30.359 --> 0:18:33.120 But regardless of what Dave does, they need to fix 0:18:33.200 --> 0:18:36.399 this themselves because they're not going to have wholesale changes. 0:18:36.440 --> 0:18:37.639 They're not going to do a makeover. 0:18:38.880 --> 0:18:42.920 And Dave also did say that to Greg Murphy. He said, 0:18:42.960 --> 0:18:47.439 you know, we're in a position right now where almost 0:18:47.520 --> 0:18:49.520 everything we have is kind of locked into place. 0:18:49.640 --> 0:18:52.199 It's he said, this is not a. 0:18:51.760 --> 0:18:54.240 Shake up type of trade deadline. This is more of 0:18:54.280 --> 0:18:57.240 a ad around the edges or you know, fill in 0:18:57.280 --> 0:18:59.879 your weaknesses trade deadline. So I don't know what that means. 0:19:00.080 --> 0:19:02.199 You know, he's not going to do anything. It's super crazy. 0:19:02.240 --> 0:19:03.120 It sounds like but. 0:19:04.400 --> 0:19:06.520 Sounds like he's gonna add a bullpen. It sounds like 0:19:06.520 --> 0:19:07.879 he's gonna add a bullpen piece. 0:19:08.680 --> 0:19:09.760 Yeah. 0:19:10.040 --> 0:19:12.000 I think they're gonna add a fifth starter who can 0:19:12.040 --> 0:19:16.000 do a little swinging, you know, fifth started talking about I. 0:19:15.920 --> 0:19:18.080 Mean, we talked about that, We talked about the pitching, 0:19:18.119 --> 0:19:22.320 but it becomes more and more obvious that not only 0:19:22.320 --> 0:19:24.359 do they need pitching, but they need somebody who can 0:19:24.400 --> 0:19:31.199 swing the bat. They're they're very vulnerable, especially against quality pitching. 0:19:31.200 --> 0:19:34.639 They're super vulnerable in that in that lineup, they have 0:19:34.720 --> 0:19:36.800 too many guys who do the same thing. Lots of 0:19:36.800 --> 0:19:40.360 swing and miss, some power, some danger, but as we've 0:19:40.400 --> 0:19:44.200 talked about before, they've got a lot of dangerous hitters, 0:19:44.240 --> 0:19:46.880 but not great hitters. They don't have any three hundred 0:19:46.960 --> 0:19:51.840 hitters right now, and that's a problem. 0:19:52.040 --> 0:19:55.320 Yeah, starting pitcher and an outfielder, and that starting pitcher 0:19:55.359 --> 0:19:57.800 could be like a mid rotation guy, something that would 0:19:57.840 --> 0:20:02.280 slot Nola a five, but something to help that rotation. 0:20:03.119 --> 0:20:05.399 And you know the need for a bat is just 0:20:05.840 --> 0:20:09.240 glaring as well. It's like, you know, it's a double 0:20:09.359 --> 0:20:10.840 edged sport here. What they need. 0:20:11.160 --> 0:20:15.200 Well, well, yesterday Don Manningly started Brian day la Cruz 0:20:15.280 --> 0:20:18.640 in the right field over Gabriela Rinconas Junior, which you know, 0:20:18.840 --> 0:20:21.520 Don had been going with pretty much a straight platoon 0:20:21.560 --> 0:20:24.960 type of situation with all three outfielders start your left 0:20:25.000 --> 0:20:28.320 handed hitting outfielders against the righty. But last night, Tuesday night, 0:20:28.320 --> 0:20:30.720 he started Brian day la Cruz or Gabriel Rinconas because 0:20:31.080 --> 0:20:34.280 Rinconas has got like he's hitting like one fifty against 0:20:34.359 --> 0:20:39.000 righties with like twenty eight strikeouts and seventy two at 0:20:39.000 --> 0:20:41.960 bats seventy seven at bats against against righty's, and and 0:20:42.000 --> 0:20:47.120 Don Manningley basically said, you know, we gave Gabriela Rinconas 0:20:47.600 --> 0:20:51.399 some a pretty good runway to prove himself. He hasn't 0:20:51.400 --> 0:20:55.199 done it. We've got to try something else. And dal 0:20:55.280 --> 0:20:59.280 La Cruz is can't be any worse than what than 0:20:59.280 --> 0:21:00.560 what they've been put in out there. 0:21:00.760 --> 0:21:03.760 So yeah, Dela Cruise has had some good at bats, 0:21:03.880 --> 0:21:06.160 s hit some balls hard, a big double yesterday, try 0:21:06.200 --> 0:21:07.760 to get this team back into the thing. And they 0:21:07.760 --> 0:21:11.399 couldn't do it because they just can't hit with runners 0:21:11.400 --> 0:21:16.160 in score position right now. And yeah, I mean listen, 0:21:16.240 --> 0:21:18.600 right now, you're at the point where it's you're not 0:21:18.640 --> 0:21:22.240 trying to develop, you're trying to win games, like Don 0:21:22.320 --> 0:21:24.399 manningly said, I mean he said it from the beginning, 0:21:24.440 --> 0:21:26.359 and they haven't reacted well to it. But it's like 0:21:26.400 --> 0:21:31.040 a sprint now, and the sprint has been a slow start. 0:21:31.640 --> 0:21:35.199 So they're gonna have to figure out, you know, in 0:21:35.280 --> 0:21:38.160 those last one hundred meters, they're gonna have to get 0:21:38.440 --> 0:21:41.359 get it going in those last twenty five or thirty 0:21:41.400 --> 0:21:44.159 meters here, and I'm gonna have to kick it in 0:21:44.200 --> 0:21:51.080 the gear otherwise they might find themselves, you know, outside 0:21:51.200 --> 0:21:53.760 the uh, outside the party, looking. 0:21:53.520 --> 0:21:57.760 In yeah, and I mean that that last outfield spot 0:21:57.800 --> 0:22:01.120 has become this revolving door. You know, Auto Camp had 0:22:01.119 --> 0:22:06.119 his chance, Philip Reis had his chance, Gabriel and Konos 0:22:06.160 --> 0:22:09.120 had his chance, and he'll likely be the odd man 0:22:09.160 --> 0:22:11.640 out when they acquire the outfielder that I think they're 0:22:11.640 --> 0:22:16.560 going to acquire right, you know it Laine Thomas, who 0:22:16.560 --> 0:22:19.159