This is The High Hope's Podcast.

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It's a bunch of baseball nerds talking about the Phillies on radio.com in Sports Radio 94,

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Jack, thank god they won today because I mean, come on.

Since the last time we spoke a two and four home stand against the moms and the red socks

and some feeble efforts along the way, I don't sell me right now. I don't need you to sell me.

I'm very disappointed in this team right now, Jack.

All I'm saying is this is that I'm hot, the Phillies are hot, everyone's hot.

If it weren't for Zach Wheeler, who would have thung that at this point in the season,

it would be like not even close to it, not even just not a controversial statement,

but an inarguable statement that Zach Wheeler has been far and away the Phillies best player

of this season. And like, that's it. Yeah, yeah, I mean, he is. He's been, I mean, again,

today, it's like, I don't know, I just expect, you know, seven innings, eight K. I mean,

Zach Wheeler leads the National League and strikeouts. And that is crazy, given like,

what we talked about last year with him was like, yeah, this is cool. Like, great.

Nice ground ball, double plays and all that stuff. But can you strike?

If efficiency, Jack, efficiency. Oh, he's trading case sprouts, bibit. Oh, that's so

exhilarating. I love the old. You smart. Yeah. Yeah. And then this one is when he goes eight

and still strikes out like 10 or 11 guys, that's super fun.

Yes. So it's, it's, it's, it's, Zach Wheeler being as good as he is,

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