WEBVTT - Your Phillies Spring Training Questions 0:00:04.080 --> 0:00:07.280 Hi, this is jt ol Mute. Welcome to the Philly Show. 0:00:08.440 --> 0:00:12.920 Hey, it's Ruben Tomorrow Junior, Jim Salisbury, Todd's lucky. It's 0:00:12.920 --> 0:00:17.000 the Philly Show. We asked everybody for their Phillies Spring 0:00:17.079 --> 0:00:21.639 training questions, and so let's jump right to it because 0:00:21.680 --> 0:00:24.280 there are a lot of questions. And if you're watching 0:00:24.360 --> 0:00:26.560 us on YouTube, we got a new little system going, 0:00:26.600 --> 0:00:28.600 a little feature here going so I can actually show 0:00:28.600 --> 0:00:32.520 some of these tweets you've gots from our awesome, awesome audience. 0:00:32.800 --> 0:00:36.640 Let's throw our first tweet up. It's from Philly w 0:00:37.080 --> 0:00:38.800 X guy. I don't know if that's Philly Weather guy, 0:00:38.840 --> 0:00:42.560 but because we have a decent rotation, do you think 0:00:42.600 --> 0:00:46.320 there is less pressure on Andrew Painter? If there is 0:00:46.400 --> 0:00:50.040 less pressure, do you think he will turn and show 0:00:50.120 --> 0:00:55.920 his full potential? What do you guys think? I mean, 0:00:56.000 --> 0:01:00.160 JT real Muto talked about that after Sunday start saying 0:01:01.720 --> 0:01:03.600 it was your question, Jim right. 0:01:03.720 --> 0:01:08.160 I mean, I definitely think if you know, if you 0:01:08.200 --> 0:01:11.920 were a club counting on soon to be twenty three 0:01:12.040 --> 0:01:14.160 year old Andrew Painter who's never pitched in a Big 0:01:14.240 --> 0:01:17.200 League game, to be your number one or your number two. 0:01:17.560 --> 0:01:20.040 That comes with pressure if you're asking them to pitch 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:22.880 at the back of the rotation, a rotation headed by 0:01:22.959 --> 0:01:26.040 Chris Sanchez number two in the cy Young last year, 0:01:26.080 --> 0:01:31.160 and jesus Lozardo, and Aaron Nola who's a veteran, and eventually, 0:01:31.200 --> 0:01:34.360 after a few weeks, Zach Wheeler, who's one of the 0:01:34.360 --> 0:01:37.800 best pitchers in baseball. I do think that eases some 0:01:37.880 --> 0:01:40.399 pressure on a guy. And I do think whatever you 0:01:40.480 --> 0:01:43.120 do in life, you do it better without pressure, because 0:01:43.480 --> 0:01:45.480 I think pressure can be an enemy. I think there's 0:01:45.480 --> 0:01:50.120 a difference between intensity and approaching something with intensity and 0:01:50.240 --> 0:01:54.240 seriousness and urgency and importance. I think those are all 0:01:54.240 --> 0:01:56.800 a little different than pressure, and people don't often folk 0:01:57.640 --> 0:02:01.480 function well with pressure. So I do think there is 0:02:01.560 --> 0:02:03.560 less pressure on him because of the staff, and I 0:02:03.560 --> 0:02:04.440 do think that can help. 0:02:06.960 --> 0:02:10.120 My feeling is that this kid, just having seen him 0:02:10.120 --> 0:02:13.960 and having watched him work, I don't know that he 0:02:14.000 --> 0:02:16.880 will really succumb to a whole lot of pressure. Yes, 0:02:17.919 --> 0:02:21.760 there's no question about it, that there's a automatic pressure 0:02:22.080 --> 0:02:24.680 to perform in Philadelphia, There's no question about it. I 0:02:24.680 --> 0:02:27.639 think he will feel that, and he will feel it 0:02:27.720 --> 0:02:31.760 is probably his entire career. I just don't know that 0:02:32.200 --> 0:02:34.440 he's the type of kid that will succumb to it, 0:02:34.560 --> 0:02:38.320 just because from what I've seen of him, he seems 0:02:38.400 --> 0:02:43.960 very mature. He seems very focused. I love his answers 0:02:44.000 --> 0:02:47.359 and how he handles the press. I like the way 0:02:47.400 --> 0:02:50.160 he handles himself on the mound and in his first outing, 0:02:50.240 --> 0:02:54.880 is any indication of dealing or feeling the pressure, I 0:02:54.960 --> 0:02:59.200 mean he handled it pretty well. So yes, there's always 0:02:59.240 --> 0:03:02.880 going to be pressure Philadelphia. Yes, it's great to have 0:03:02.919 --> 0:03:09.480 a decent rotation to work behind, but I think this 0:03:10.040 --> 0:03:11.119 kid will handle it well. 0:03:12.280 --> 0:03:15.040 You know, Jimmy, you asked him yesterday Sunday, you know, 0:03:15.080 --> 0:03:18.080 do you feel any jitters coming out there? He's like 0:03:18.120 --> 0:03:20.280 I thought I would, but actually I was surprised. I 0:03:20.520 --> 0:03:23.320 didn't really feel much at all. And he kind of 0:03:23.360 --> 0:03:26.880 spoke to his routine, how he keeps his routine. You know, 0:03:26.919 --> 0:03:32.240 he's very regimented and kind of how he prepares for 0:03:32.240 --> 0:03:33.720 a game, and you know, he puts a lot of 0:03:33.720 --> 0:03:36.840 trust in that. He talked about one guy that he 0:03:36.880 --> 0:03:40.240 has learned a lot from watching in camp this year 0:03:40.280 --> 0:03:42.760 and maybe back in twenty twenty three, was Aaron Nola. 0:03:42.880 --> 0:03:47.640 Because he sees how in tune with his daily routine. 0:03:47.720 --> 0:03:50.280 You know how important Nola's daily routine is. It's like 0:03:50.840 --> 0:03:54.000 you're watching the right guy, because I remember, you know, 0:03:54.080 --> 0:03:57.640 some people have back in the day compared Aaron Nola's 0:03:57.720 --> 0:04:02.880 routine and preparation between starts to Roy Halladay in terms 0:04:02.880 --> 0:04:05.200 of like how religious he was in terms of getting 0:04:05.240 --> 0:04:09.440 everything done. Now, Aaron's routine has changed over time, But 0:04:09.560 --> 0:04:12.480 the point being that you know, if you have that 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:14.800 routine and you go into the game as prepared as 0:04:14.800 --> 0:04:17.679 he possibly can be. You know, I've learned in talking 0:04:17.720 --> 0:04:19.640 pitches over the years that does kind of take the 0:04:19.680 --> 0:04:22.320 pressure off you or maybe put you at ease a 0:04:22.360 --> 0:04:25.400 little bit, knowing that you've done everything you can possibly 0:04:25.480 --> 0:04:28.520 do to prepare to throw the first pitch of the game, 0:04:28.520 --> 0:04:30.279 and then the second pitch and then the third pitch, 0:04:30.320 --> 0:04:32.279 and be prepared for anything that might come your way. 0:04:32.440 --> 0:04:36.400 So yeah, I think those routines, those routines in that 0:04:36.440 --> 0:04:40.000 preparation rubs off on guys like you mentioned Doc Halladay. 0:04:40.800 --> 0:04:43.880 It rubbed off on Cole Hammel's and he was a 0:04:43.960 --> 0:04:50.000 different preparation beast after becoming a teammate of Dog Halliday. 0:04:50.040 --> 0:04:54.120 But I do think pressure exists, and I do think 0:04:54.160 --> 0:04:55.919 we see this team put a lot of pressure on 0:04:55.960 --> 0:05:02.120 itself in the month of October, particularly the hitters. But 0:05:02.200 --> 0:05:06.000 I think, you know, I think Payter was this is 0:05:06.000 --> 0:05:08.720 where he belongs. He's going to be here, and hopefully 0:05:08.760 --> 0:05:11.320 he doesn't put any pressure on himself. Hopefully he breathes 0:05:11.400 --> 0:05:13.960 and let's it happen because he's a talented fellow. 0:05:15.000 --> 0:05:17.000 Okay, so let's go to another tweet here. This is 0:05:17.040 --> 0:05:20.320 from Ben Quickly. This is all on X. I think 0:05:20.360 --> 0:05:25.919 they are still looking to add another starting picture. I 0:05:25.960 --> 0:05:26.720 talked to David and bro. 0:05:26.920 --> 0:05:28.120 I would think I would think. 0:05:29.720 --> 0:05:31.000 No, I was gonna say, I just I talked with 0:05:31.040 --> 0:05:33.400 Dave about this the other day. He said, yeah, we're 0:05:33.440 --> 0:05:36.280 looking for a starting pitcher, but it's based off of 0:05:36.279 --> 0:05:39.279 the way our rotation is set up more of an 0:05:39.320 --> 0:05:41.560 optionable type of guy, a guy that can go to 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:42.120 Triple A. 0:05:43.400 --> 0:05:43.599 You know. 0:05:43.640 --> 0:05:46.760 I asked him specifically about Max Sure's or I said, well, 0:05:46.839 --> 0:05:48.920 Max sus are just signed for three million dollar deal, 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:50.919 and from what I've read, there's kind of like this, 0:05:51.000 --> 0:05:52.760 how is he going to fit? Who's gonna go to 0:05:52.800 --> 0:05:56.599 make him fit into the rotation? And Dave basically said, Yeah, 0:05:56.680 --> 0:05:59.040 that's that's not the type of guy we're looking for 0:05:59.160 --> 0:06:01.360 right now. And I I wanted to ask that because 0:06:02.000 --> 0:06:04.560 Lucas Giolito is still out there, Zach Lttel is still 0:06:04.600 --> 0:06:07.760 out there, so more of an optional guy. 0:06:10.400 --> 0:06:13.120 Yeah, I think that they're just looking for flexibility right 0:06:13.160 --> 0:06:17.200 now and they're looking for depth. They feel very confident. 0:06:17.320 --> 0:06:20.400 I believe that they're going to get Zach Wheeler within 0:06:20.480 --> 0:06:23.839 the next month or so, beyond the you know, after 0:06:23.920 --> 0:06:28.080 the opening day, and you know, I guess my feeling 0:06:28.200 --> 0:06:31.600 is that if they the one thing that they do 0:06:31.680 --> 0:06:36.960 need is some optionable folks who can or pitchers that 0:06:37.120 --> 0:06:40.240 can help them if they do have a breakdown somewhere. 0:06:40.279 --> 0:06:44.159 So I don't think it's gonna be a big time name. 0:06:44.200 --> 0:06:45.800 I don't think that they're going to be spending a 0:06:45.800 --> 0:06:49.559 ton of money. That's not gonna happen, right, But don't 0:06:49.560 --> 0:06:53.360 be surprised if they have a couple of prospects they 0:06:53.360 --> 0:06:55.960 would consider a prospect for prospect type of a deal. 0:06:57.160 --> 0:06:59.560 And that's kind of depends on And that's why you know, 0:07:00.120 --> 0:07:02.760 scouts out there watching every single game in spring training. 0:07:02.760 --> 0:07:05.600 That's why it's important for you know some of the 0:07:05.640 --> 0:07:09.160 young players that are in camp right now to perform 0:07:09.200 --> 0:07:12.600 well because there might be a scout out there is 0:07:12.600 --> 0:07:14.800 looking for, you know, looking for a different type of 0:07:14.840 --> 0:07:17.840 a position or a different type of a player that 0:07:18.000 --> 0:07:21.760 might be of some interest and a movable object for 0:07:21.800 --> 0:07:24.120 the Phillies to try to add to that depth. 0:07:26.560 --> 0:07:32.000 I think I think the payrolls tight because they're over 0:07:32.040 --> 0:07:36.920 that fourth luxury text that is an impediment. I think 0:07:37.000 --> 0:07:42.080 everybody is looking for optionable starting pitching depth. That's another impediment. 0:07:42.760 --> 0:07:47.400 And Lattel and Gilido, I think are very content to 0:07:47.480 --> 0:07:50.640 sit back and wait for a contender to sustain an 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:55.080 injury in spring training and that increases their leverage to 0:07:55.120 --> 0:07:58.360 make more money. And it also gives an opportunity because 0:07:58.560 --> 0:08:01.680 they're going to want to go somewhere where there's a 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:05.240 real chance to start. So those I think that's where 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:07.320 the Phillies kind of lay at this point. 0:08:08.000 --> 0:08:11.120 Triple A depth right now. Rotation is Alin Roun Hell 0:08:13.080 --> 0:08:16.880 Gene Cabrera, Tucker Davidson, Bryce Wilson. Those are some of 0:08:16.880 --> 0:08:19.240 the names that could be and the rotation triple A 0:08:19.360 --> 0:08:21.920 rotation to start the season. We'll see how it shapes up. 0:08:22.200 --> 0:08:26.560 Of course, this one is from first and foremost on X. 0:08:27.200 --> 0:08:29.440 Does there seem to be any get it done or 0:08:29.520 --> 0:08:32.080 blow it up type mentality amongst the players or even 0:08:32.120 --> 0:08:34.800 the front office, like there was a nineteen eighty or 0:08:34.840 --> 0:08:38.800 are we doomed to quote run it back forever? 0:08:41.480 --> 0:08:42.800 Well, you're gonna find out a lot. 0:08:43.240 --> 0:08:45.400 You're gonna find out a lot of stuff that goes on, 0:08:45.520 --> 0:08:49.200 obviously with the season that they have a lot of 0:08:49.200 --> 0:08:52.439 it will depend on how this season goes. I mean, 0:08:52.480 --> 0:08:55.640 if they're in the tank and it's July and they 0:08:55.679 --> 0:08:58.080 got no chance of getting out of it, you're gonna 0:08:58.080 --> 0:09:01.920 see some movement. There's any question about that. There's gonna 0:09:01.920 --> 0:09:06.400 be a shift one way or another. And a lot 0:09:06.400 --> 0:09:08.320 of it depends on how things finish off at the 0:09:08.360 --> 0:09:10.640 end of this year. Right now, they're help ben on 0:09:10.720 --> 0:09:14.280 winning a World Series. That's the goal. They're gonna be 0:09:14.280 --> 0:09:17.079 doing everything they possibly can to do. So. I think 0:09:17.120 --> 0:09:19.600 they have a very good team, a top five team, 0:09:19.679 --> 0:09:23.400 and I think in Major League Baseball, and I think 0:09:23.440 --> 0:09:25.280 they're gonna push as hard as they can to bring 0:09:25.280 --> 0:09:26.040 that trophy back. 0:09:27.880 --> 0:09:29.880 I don't sense there's a mentality in the room. We've 0:09:29.880 --> 0:09:32.800 got to get it done now or we're all out 0:09:32.800 --> 0:09:34.840 of here, because they're not all gonna be out of 0:09:34.840 --> 0:09:37.480 here because there's a lot of long term deals. But 0:09:38.040 --> 0:09:41.560 I think we all know that if it doesn't come 0:09:41.640 --> 0:09:46.160 to fruition this year, then there will be some corners 0:09:46.200 --> 0:09:49.360 of that roster that they can shake up, and I 0:09:49.360 --> 0:09:53.640 do believe they will shake shake more things up than 0:09:53.640 --> 0:09:55.199 they have this year or last. 0:09:56.760 --> 0:09:59.520 Ed Bauers on X what amount of money comes off 0:09:59.520 --> 0:10:02.120 the payroll next year? And how will that extra cash 0:10:02.200 --> 0:10:06.920 be spent on Lizardo, other free agents or extensions. So 0:10:07.000 --> 0:10:10.160 I did the math, Ruben Jim, I need you guys 0:10:10.160 --> 0:10:14.760 to check my math mentally, Okay, So here's who's coming 0:10:14.800 --> 0:10:18.640 off the books next year. You got Nick Castiano's twenty 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:22.760 million dollars, he's coming off the books, Taiwan Walker eighteen 0:10:22.800 --> 0:10:27.480 million dollars, Jesus Lozardo eleven million dollars. He's a free agent, 0:10:27.559 --> 0:10:30.800 as we all know, Alec Bohm ten point two million, 0:10:32.000 --> 0:10:34.760 Jose Alvarado I think he's nine million, eight and a 0:10:34.800 --> 0:10:37.160 half or nine million, and then in Mundo Sos is 0:10:37.200 --> 0:10:39.360 a free agent at four point four million. I add 0:10:39.360 --> 0:10:44.800 that all together in my pardon me seventy five. Eighty 0:10:44.840 --> 0:10:48.439 two point six is what I got, eighty two point six. 0:10:48.600 --> 0:10:51.000 You're in the ballpark, though, I mean, what's you throw 0:10:51.040 --> 0:10:53.280 out seven million dollars? Once you get to that point, 0:10:53.520 --> 0:10:54.160 what's that, Ruben? 0:10:58.600 --> 0:10:59.880 Did you throw Alec Bohm's name? 0:11:00.559 --> 0:11:02.520 I did, Yeah, I got Alec Bohm. Yeah, Alc Bohum 0:11:02.559 --> 0:11:05.600 ten point two million. So you know you have eighty 0:11:05.640 --> 0:11:10.560 two point six million dollars coming off the books here. 0:11:11.440 --> 0:11:17.840 I mean the question included Lozardo's name, and that's quite relevant. 0:11:17.880 --> 0:11:19.840 They would like to get something done with him and 0:11:20.440 --> 0:11:26.400 extend the relationship. He's thirty years old, he's damn good. 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:29.240 They they would love to get something done there, so 0:11:29.280 --> 0:11:32.600 I could see that happening. As far as what else 0:11:32.679 --> 0:11:35.800 is on their plate, they would like to move these 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:38.439 younger guys in to balance out to pay roll and 0:11:38.480 --> 0:11:40.640 get some young legs, young talent on the roster. But 0:11:40.679 --> 0:11:42.880 I don't know what other ways they're going to go 0:11:42.920 --> 0:11:45.079 after that. But Lozaro was definitely a guy they want 0:11:45.120 --> 0:11:46.800 to extend the relationship. 0:11:46.240 --> 0:11:51.120 With no doubt about it. I mean, you know, Jose Alvarado, 0:11:51.240 --> 0:11:53.520 he's not resigned. He made You know, you have a 0:11:53.520 --> 0:11:56.320 lot of money to to move around add from the 0:11:56.360 --> 0:11:59.200 bullpen and it's a lot. You know, you have some money, 0:11:59.200 --> 0:12:01.280 maybe go out and get an out. Although the market 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:04.040 is not very deep next year in terms of hitters 0:12:04.040 --> 0:12:06.559 from what I recall, which is why one big reason 0:12:06.600 --> 0:12:10.320 why Bobaschett took that deal he did with the Mets 0:12:11.200 --> 0:12:14.480 because he'll be thirty and he'll be forty two million 0:12:14.480 --> 0:12:16.199 dollars richer and he can still go out and get 0:12:16.240 --> 0:12:21.320 another seven year deal. So that's something to remember as well. Okay, 0:12:21.360 --> 0:12:24.120 here we go, let's go to Philly Sports. Do you 0:12:24.120 --> 0:12:25.840 think the Phillies can make a big trade for a 0:12:25.840 --> 0:12:29.400 big time player at the deadline? So we're already thinking 0:12:29.440 --> 0:12:30.200 trade deadline. 0:12:31.440 --> 0:12:32.160 What do you think? 0:12:33.720 --> 0:12:36.559 Well, to me, a lot of it depends on whether 0:12:36.640 --> 0:12:41.480 or not the some of the pitchers that they drafted 0:12:41.600 --> 0:12:44.200 over the last couple of years. They have been very 0:12:44.240 --> 0:12:47.760 aggressive with with pitching talent as far as the draft 0:12:47.880 --> 0:12:53.240 is concerned, whether some of those guys really shine during 0:12:53.280 --> 0:12:55.839 the course of this season this year. If some of 0:12:55.880 --> 0:12:58.760 the guys that they picked, maybe it's gauge would maybe 0:12:58.800 --> 0:13:02.559 it's you know, so other talent that they that they've 0:13:02.559 --> 0:13:06.800 acquired over the last couple of years in in the draft. 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:10.960 If they come forward and they pitch, well, it's possible, 0:13:12.720 --> 0:13:14.800 I do believe. And a lot of it depends on 0:13:14.960 --> 0:13:17.280 their need, and the need can change all the way 0:13:17.360 --> 0:13:20.960 up until the deadline. That need could be an outfielder, 0:13:21.080 --> 0:13:24.480 That need could be a bullpen piece. That need could 0:13:24.600 --> 0:13:29.040 change depending on who's healthy, who's not, and whether they're 0:13:29.080 --> 0:13:30.480 still contending in July. 0:13:33.920 --> 0:13:36.920 Right, it depends on where they stand in July, Like 0:13:37.000 --> 0:13:39.199 Rubin said, the need, how big a need it is, 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:42.520 how close they are to winning. You know where they 0:13:42.520 --> 0:13:46.040 are in contention because they're in go for it mode. 0:13:46.080 --> 0:13:50.160 And if they feel like you know, one piece is 0:13:50.240 --> 0:13:52.200 going to propel them to where they need to go, 0:13:52.360 --> 0:13:55.000 I expect them to do something. So I think it 0:13:55.040 --> 0:13:56.880 could be a busy trade deadline. I think there could 0:13:56.920 --> 0:13:59.400 be a significant move. It's much like it was last 0:13:59.480 --> 0:14:00.440 year when they got round. 0:14:02.120 --> 0:14:04.360 If you're watching us on YouTube, make sure you hit 0:14:04.360 --> 0:14:09.920 the subscribe button. We're trying to get to fifteen thousand subscriptions, 0:14:10.960 --> 0:14:12.640 so we appreciate your support. 0:14:13.559 --> 0:14:14.240 You always go to the. 0:14:14.240 --> 0:14:19.360 Philly Showshop dot com to get some swag. Next question, 0:14:21.040 --> 0:14:24.480 Sir Frederick and Melody, do you think Justin Crawford will 0:14:24.480 --> 0:14:29.320 play center field for the whole season. I mean that's 0:14:29.360 --> 0:14:34.560 the plan. If he doesn't play center field all season, 0:14:34.640 --> 0:14:38.320 then yeah, they're kind of thin. There's this report out 0:14:38.360 --> 0:14:42.200 there about Johann Rojas, of course, and potential suspension. They're 0:14:42.200 --> 0:14:45.240 nothing official yet, we don't know what that's going to 0:14:45.320 --> 0:14:53.200 look like. But you know, if Crawford would struggle, if 0:14:53.320 --> 0:14:56.800 Rojas is gone for a stretch, then you have to 0:14:56.800 --> 0:15:01.680 move marsh over to center field. Now your depth and 0:15:01.800 --> 0:15:05.600 left is getting thinner. You know, the only healthy the 0:15:05.600 --> 0:15:10.440 only healthy outfielder on the forty man roster then is 0:15:10.520 --> 0:15:15.040 Pedro Leone. Not counting Schwarber in there. I mean, Schwarber 0:15:15.120 --> 0:15:17.440 is listed as a as an outfielder, but he's not. 0:15:17.600 --> 0:15:21.040 He's not playing outfield. So then you have some non 0:15:21.120 --> 0:15:25.120 roster guys. You have Brian Da la Cruz. You know, 0:15:25.160 --> 0:15:27.680 Gabriel Rincone is on the forty man roster. He's got 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:30.240 the knee issue going right now, so he's not available. 0:15:30.320 --> 0:15:33.600 So right they really need Justin Crawford to do what 0:15:33.600 --> 0:15:36.320 he's done and and he's played. He's looked good in 0:15:36.320 --> 0:15:39.440 this spring for what it's worth. I know, we all say, 0:15:39.440 --> 0:15:41.400 don't worry about the numbers or whatever. But he's he 0:15:41.480 --> 0:15:43.600 has looked good so far this spring. He's he's looked 0:15:43.640 --> 0:15:44.960 like he's played the part. 0:15:46.480 --> 0:15:50.400 Certainly has it's done a nice job. We've all seen 0:15:50.440 --> 0:15:53.040 guys come up and stay the whole year and and 0:15:53.040 --> 0:15:56.280 and grow and get better a little bit better every month, 0:15:56.320 --> 0:15:59.280 and and and grab holds of the job. And we've 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:02.080 seen other good players come up and have to go 0:16:02.160 --> 0:16:04.760 back and then come back again. So I don't know 0:16:04.760 --> 0:16:06.480 how it's going to shake out, but I agree with you. 0:16:06.560 --> 0:16:07.920 They need him to be there all year. 0:16:09.640 --> 0:16:11.640 Yeah, he's their guy, There's no question about it. And 0:16:11.720 --> 0:16:13.600 one of the thing that I go back to, and 0:16:13.640 --> 0:16:17.080 I think about this a lot, speed usually does not slump, 0:16:17.760 --> 0:16:19.760 and the fact that he has that piece, as long 0:16:19.800 --> 0:16:23.600 as he's making like fairly consistent contact, he can put 0:16:23.640 --> 0:16:27.600 himself in a position to be productive even when he's struggling. 0:16:28.400 --> 0:16:31.560 And so you know, he's got he's got some weapons 0:16:31.600 --> 0:16:36.240 in his body, in his overall makeup and his natural 0:16:36.240 --> 0:16:41.120 ability that might help him stay out of long term slumps. 0:16:41.640 --> 0:16:45.000 Uh didn't get a chance to put all these tweets 0:16:45.040 --> 0:16:48.240 on screen for so this is from on Facebook Karen 0:16:48.440 --> 0:16:52.240 asks says, what players should I watch in spring training? 0:16:52.320 --> 0:16:55.880 While so many are away at the WBC? Is there 0:16:55.880 --> 0:16:58.720 anybody that's caught your right? That's a great question, Karen. 0:16:59.560 --> 0:17:03.520 Anybody that you guys would recommend that fans take a 0:17:03.560 --> 0:17:06.480 look at besides the obvious. I guess. 0:17:07.680 --> 0:17:09.159 You know it intrigues me a little bit of this 0:17:09.400 --> 0:17:11.400 is this Dylan Moore, who has a lot of big 0:17:11.480 --> 0:17:15.639 league time with Seattle. I could see him being on 0:17:15.720 --> 0:17:18.640 the opening day roster. He plays a ton of positions. 0:17:19.480 --> 0:17:23.560 There's some value in that. You know, you might see 0:17:23.600 --> 0:17:27.120 a little more of Edmundo Sosa. He's always a I mean, 0:17:27.160 --> 0:17:28.879 I know fans are quite familiar with him, but he's 0:17:28.880 --> 0:17:32.120 always an exciting guy to watch play. If Scott keeps 0:17:32.119 --> 0:17:33.960 swaying at the way he has been, he'll be fun 0:17:34.000 --> 0:17:39.199 to watch this month. I'm sure there's somebody I'm missing 0:17:39.240 --> 0:17:41.920 on the on the pitching side, maybe in the bullpen. 0:17:42.680 --> 0:17:46.920 Uh Bacchus has been a good looking, uh funky lefty. 0:17:48.800 --> 0:17:53.920 Could see him becoming an important part and an important 0:17:53.920 --> 0:17:55.879 part of this bullpen. So those might be some guys 0:17:55.920 --> 0:17:59.080 to take a peek at. And I'm sure at some 0:17:59.119 --> 0:18:01.680 point somebody will come from the minor league complex and 0:18:01.760 --> 0:18:06.359 uh and give you a little cameo as well. 0:18:08.119 --> 0:18:13.040 Yeah, I think the Auto Kemp situation, that'll be interesting 0:18:13.080 --> 0:18:16.840 to watch whether he becomes like the guy that they 0:18:16.880 --> 0:18:18.760 want him to be as far as a hitter what 0:18:18.840 --> 0:18:22.399 they think he can be, but he's got to perform. 0:18:22.520 --> 0:18:26.040 I think that's a big one. At some point, we're 0:18:26.080 --> 0:18:30.840 hopeful to get uh Aiden Miller out there to watch 0:18:30.920 --> 0:18:34.160 him play. I think that's an important one. He's got 0:18:34.160 --> 0:18:37.080 that back issue right now and I think he's starting 0:18:37.080 --> 0:18:40.320 to improve, but he's not alway there. So it's been 0:18:40.320 --> 0:18:42.440 a back issue that's been bothering for a while and 0:18:42.520 --> 0:18:45.879 that'll be intriguing. I like to see Franconis get on 0:18:45.920 --> 0:18:48.080 the field as well. I mean, the guy's got some power. 0:18:48.160 --> 0:18:51.080 He's a beast. I was standing next to him yesterday. Man, 0:18:51.119 --> 0:18:55.360 he's a monster and uh and he's got a lot 0:18:55.400 --> 0:18:58.720 of powers, had a lot of success against right handers. Uh, 0:18:58.760 --> 0:19:02.440 he could factor in it point. Hopefully he gets opportunities 0:19:02.480 --> 0:19:08.879 to play. And the one very intriguing piece of a 0:19:08.920 --> 0:19:11.760 battle that's going to be happening is the Marshawn Garrett 0:19:11.800 --> 0:19:15.520 Stubbs one. I mean you know that that backup catcher situation, 0:19:17.200 --> 0:19:20.840 I think that Marshawan probably has the edge right now, 0:19:21.480 --> 0:19:23.960 but that doesn't necessarily mean that he's going to be 0:19:24.040 --> 0:19:27.240 the guy. So that's uh, either one of those guys 0:19:27.240 --> 0:19:33.200 have have options, and I you know, I'm fearful that, 0:19:33.600 --> 0:19:35.480 uh one of those guys is going to get lost. 0:19:35.480 --> 0:19:37.119 And the question is a Phillies, You're gonna have to 0:19:37.160 --> 0:19:39.720 decide who's best to be on the team and who 0:19:39.880 --> 0:19:43.680 are they more feel fearful of losing on the waiver wire. 0:19:44.480 --> 0:19:47.520 Great point. Dave Dombrowski mentioned that on Saturday as well. 0:19:47.520 --> 0:19:50.080 He talked about the catching depth and you know, with 0:19:50.080 --> 0:19:53.640 with the tough decision coming forward with with Stubbs and Marshaan. 0:19:55.080 --> 0:19:57.639 Kyle Beckets has been kind of an interesting guy. You know. 0:19:57.720 --> 0:20:01.280 They they they liked him from Arizona because his side 0:20:01.359 --> 0:20:03.960 arm delivery. They haven't had a guy like that in 0:20:04.040 --> 0:20:06.479 several years. He's working on a change up and he 0:20:06.560 --> 0:20:09.159 also added about ten to fifteen pounds of muscle in 0:20:09.200 --> 0:20:12.520 the offseason because he only his fastball is like ninety 0:20:12.600 --> 0:20:16.879 ninety one and I think he flashed like a ninety 0:20:16.920 --> 0:20:20.920 four the other day, just one and he says, listen, 0:20:20.920 --> 0:20:23.959 I'm not really looking to like hit ninety four. What 0:20:24.040 --> 0:20:27.960 I'm trying to do is to just maintain ninety one 0:20:28.160 --> 0:20:31.040 ninety two throughout the entire season, because he felt like 0:20:31.119 --> 0:20:33.600 last year, in years past, he would lose so much weight, 0:20:33.920 --> 0:20:38.879 he would lose some velo. And so he throws the 0:20:38.920 --> 0:20:42.160 side arm. He throws ninety ninety one. But he also 0:20:42.240 --> 0:20:44.720 has like this insane extension to the plate, so the 0:20:44.720 --> 0:20:46.880 ball looks a little bit faster coming out of the hand. 0:20:46.880 --> 0:20:48.280 So he's just kind of a cool. 0:20:49.000 --> 0:20:53.600 Different type of guy to watch going forward. So this 0:20:53.680 --> 0:20:56.359 is an unusual and I didn't see I'm going to 0:20:56.400 --> 0:20:58.399 see what you guys have to say here. This is 0:20:58.400 --> 0:21:02.200 from Jim Slade on X What players amazing Spring Training? 0:21:02.240 --> 0:21:04.840 Comes to mind? That added up to nothing? What player's 0:21:04.920 --> 0:21:07.479 horrendous spring training? Do you recall that was followed by 0:21:07.480 --> 0:21:10.280 a hot start to the regular season, And he says, 0:21:10.320 --> 0:21:14.400 I think of Scott monning Hoff for the first category. 0:21:14.640 --> 0:21:16.199 Could you he was. 0:21:17.800 --> 0:21:20.399 That's when my dad was way back in those days 0:21:20.440 --> 0:21:24.760 when Dallas and Paul Owens and Ruben Tomorrow Senior were 0:21:25.760 --> 0:21:28.760 part of the front office there, And uh yes, Scott 0:21:28.800 --> 0:21:32.920 Munninghoff he was a big time prospect too. It's really 0:21:32.920 --> 0:21:36.680 great and didn't I I think that of the latter one, 0:21:36.720 --> 0:21:39.639 I would say Aaron Rowan's a big one. Aaron Rowan 0:21:39.720 --> 0:21:42.520 was horrendous when we talked about that a lot. He 0:21:42.640 --> 0:21:44.840 was horrendous. That won Spring and then he ended up 0:21:45.000 --> 0:21:47.080 having a great year thirty home runs and you know 0:21:47.160 --> 0:21:49.880 eighty RBIs or ninety RB eyes or whatever he did 0:21:51.160 --> 0:21:53.560 Philly's in two thousand and six. 0:21:54.720 --> 0:21:58.240 I'll give you two that had great springs and it 0:21:58.320 --> 0:22:03.320 didn't translate with Scott Kingery. I mean he had right, 0:22:03.640 --> 0:22:04.280 he had two of. 0:22:04.240 --> 0:22:05.720 Them, two of them back. 0:22:05.800 --> 0:22:08.000 He earned a lot, a lot of a lot of money. 0:22:09.280 --> 0:22:13.399 And my first year covering the Phillies was nineteen ninety four, 0:22:14.000 --> 0:22:15.960 and Rubin, I think you know this guy because he 0:22:16.000 --> 0:22:21.280 went into scouting. But my first I'll never forget it. 0:22:21.320 --> 0:22:23.960 There was a kid in camp and I think he 0:22:24.000 --> 0:22:26.440 was a six year free ation, but he absolutely had 0:22:26.440 --> 0:22:32.879 it off the chart spring and Jim Fragosi pronounced him 0:22:33.160 --> 0:22:36.359 as close the quote was as close to camp miss 0:22:36.359 --> 0:22:38.840 as you can get. And he was an outfielder named 0:22:38.840 --> 0:22:39.800 Phil Geisler. 0:22:41.680 --> 0:22:43.119