Bryce Harper, Andrew Painter, and Phillies Spring Storylines With Anthony Dabbundo!

The Ringer's Philly Special

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4.8 • 887 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Sheil is joined by Anthony Dabbundo to discuss the biggest Phillies headlines as spring training gets underway. Will Bryce Harper use Dave Dombrowski’s “not elite” comments as fuel entering the 2026 season? What led to Nick Castellanos being released and the Phillies ultimately eating $20 million? Who’s the most important player for the Phillies come April? Bryce Harper dynamics - (7:02) Schwarber signing back to Philly - (22:46) Nick Castellanos’s exit - (27:32) Most interesting on-field spring storyline - (41:59) Justin Crawford - (50:28) Email hot takes: Ringerphilly@gmail.com. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok: @ringersphillyspecial Become a member of our Reddit community: https://www.reddit.com/r/RingersPhillySpecial/. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please check out rg-help.com to find out more, or listen to the end of the episode for additional details. Host: Sheil Kapadia Guest: Anthony Dabbundo Producer: Cliff Augustin Music Composed By: Teddy Grossman and Jackson Greenberg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up? It's Todd McShay, host of the McShay Show at the Ringer and Spotify.
0:04.6	We're building this thing up and I couldn't be more excited to be back, talking college football
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0:15.0	My co-host, Steve Mention, I will be with you three times a week throughout the football season
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0:34.0	scouting content you can't get anywhere else. It's going to be a great season and i hope you'll be with us at the mcshay show every step of the way I The Redis team! It's a kid! It's truly a Philly thing here.
1:09.0	It's truly a Philly thing here.
1:10.0	Welcome! Tadda Ringers, Philly day here.
1:15.2	Welcome to the Ringer's Philly special.
1:19.2	Shield Capadia here with our friend Tony Bunce, Anthony Dubundo.
1:21.3	We are doing some Phillies talk today.
1:23.8	I got this window open on my computer.
1:25.9	Zach Wheeler having a catch.
1:27.3	Palm trees in the background.
1:28.2	My whole Instagram feed is just Phillies players looking happy. Christopher Sanchez, Jesus Lazzardo. Some of them
1:34.6	maybe not looking as happy. We're going to get to that as well, but we're going to do a little
1:39.0	what are the big storylines for Phillies spring training. Bunsey, how you feeling, my friend?
1:46.7	Look, the weather is no longer sub 20 degrees every single day. Philly's are playing baseball,
1:53.6	and I can just look on my computer or my TV or my phone, and I can see the posts from Charlotte Varns, from Matt Gelb, from all the people
2:02.9	down there. They're killing it, by the way. I would just, just prepping for the pod, just going on the
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