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High Hopes: A Phillies Podcast

High Hopes Chapter 2: Expectations for Craig Kimbrel

High Hopes: A Phillies Podcast

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🗓️ 6 January 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Don't have time to listen to the entire High Hopes pod? Check out this segment where James Seltzer and Jack Fritz react to the Phillies signing Craig Kimbrel to a one-year contract.

Presented by Miller Lite.

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0:00.0

Let's, let's start with Craig Kimball. They signed Craig Kimberl.

0:03.3

Jack, honestly, in the last, I don't know, I want to say like 10 years of Philly's has

0:10.5

there been a more predictable signing in the history of the last decade of baseball

0:16.0

than Craig Kimberl eventually ending up on Dave de Browski's Philly's. It was, we've

0:20.2

been talking about for years. It finally happened, Jack. He's here.

0:22.6

Oh, lock of the century. I mean, the lock of the entire world was that Craig Kimberl

0:28.5

becomes available. He's a free agent. And, you know, I tweeted this, but I feel like

0:35.5

it's better to explain on this podcast. Again, this is not confirmed. I don't know if it's

0:40.3

true or not. But I just envisioned Dave de Browski like walking to wherever the analytics

0:46.3

people are, like wherever Ani and the superstars are. And he walks in and he's like, please,

0:56.2

come on guys. Let me get one of my guys. Just get, you know, and to their credit, to

1:05.8

their credit, Ani and the group over there, the last couple of years, they gave him two,

1:10.6

you know, so a couple of years ago as Chase Anderson and that more. Last year was Jared

1:14.9

Smylia, Brad Hand. Corey can able, I'll give him a break on like, I don't want to

1:20.5

design. Yeah. Um, but I mean, family in Hanber, just master class. So this year, there

1:26.8

were like, we'll give you one. And then you know, they were sitting there at their desk

1:31.2

and they were like, he's going to say, Craig, he's going to say, Craig, he's going to

1:36.2

say, just, just, just, just get him for less than like six. Okay, Dave, Dave, can you make

1:40.2

it under six? I'm almost 9% fine. I didn't think I'd find. Look at his post. He's in numbers.

1:46.6

Oh, wait, he wasn't on the roster. Do you guys realize it's one of the best closures

1:49.9

in the history of the sport? Okay, he's the modern saves leader. Why don't you want

1:54.6

you nerds? Why don't you nerds? Six away from 400? Okay, six away. You can't get that

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