#926: Fangraphs' Dan Szymborski Talks Phillies & NL East

Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

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🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

On Episode 926 of Hittin' Season, host John Stolnis of The Good Phight and BillyPenn.com is joined by Fangraphs Senior Writer Dan Szymborski to get his thoughts on the Phillies and how they compare to the rest of the contenders in the National League. Also, John ranks the 10 most important Phillies of the 2025 season, the need for Trea Turner to step up his game, and why the Day Care moniker needs to be retired for Stott, Bohm and Marsh.

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0:00.0	Breaking ball and a call.
0:02.7	Strike three.
0:03.4	Third strikeout for Zach.
0:04.8	He's going to just watch it go.
0:07.0	A grand slam for Bryson Stott.
0:10.0	And there's a high fly ball.
0:12.6	Deep right field.
0:14.3	Huffer watches it fly.
0:20.0	From W.HYY and Billy Penn, it is hitting season.
0:25.3	Hey there, podcast, pals.
0:26.7	I'm John Stolness from The Good Fight and Billy Penn.
0:29.7	You can follow me on X and Blue Sky at John Stolness.
0:33.4	Coming up, spring training latest.
0:35.2	Full squads there.
0:36.6	We're talking to a lot of the different players who are there.
0:38.8	I'm not talking to different players.
0:40.1	The beat writers are down there talking to the players.
0:42.6	And it seemed like the guy at the tip of everyone's tongue here on Wednesday was Trey Turner.
0:48.0	And I'm going to talk about why I think he is the most important player on the team,
0:53.4	not including Bryce Harper and Zach Wheeler,
0:56.1	who are the obvious selections there,
0:57.5	but we'll tell you why and some of the stuff
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