High Hopes Chapter 2: Trea Turner Is a Phillie
High Hopes: A Phillies Podcast
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🗓️ 6 December 2022
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Don't have time to listen to the entire High Hopes pod? Check out this clip where James and Jack discuss just how excited they are to watch Trea Turner play for the Phillies over the next decade.
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| 0:00.0 | Wow, I did real quick. It's just one of those like it keeps like trade turner. Like we're going to watch trade turner play baseball |
| 0:05.9 | every night. Like anyway, sorry. I'm sorry. Yeah. Well, he plays a hundred and sixty games a year, which is like |
| 0:11.1 | even more exciting. Um, and the Phillies don't have a player like him, which is he's going to be someone we haven't watched. |
| 0:17.0 | We've not watched anyone like trade turner play baseball last few years. That's going to be really exciting. Yeah. I mean, the closest is like, oh, seven, like J roll. I mean, I'm talking about this |
| 0:25.3 | screw it like I'm talking like within the last decade, we have not had a player like this. Like we have not had someone who can |
| 0:30.8 | be this type of, you know, spark plug offensive players. I'm just going to put the bat on the ball like a legit three hundred hitter. Like, I mean, this dude's just going to be so much fun to watch. |
| 0:41.5 | Yep. Um, 162 and 18 122 and 19, and then 148 and 160. Uh, that's making us play the last couple of years. Also, uh, like if you ever just want to like, you know, kind of pinch yourself and start thinking about how fun |
| 0:57.5 | this is going to be. Like if you just look at his last like four total seasons is like, uh, his average stats or whatever of 311, like 311. That's what I'm saying. Like 311, dude. Like dude hits, man. |
| 1:10.5 | Yep. Uh, so I mean, 311, uh, 500 slog, uh, 870 isho PS. Oh my god, 98 under under 100 strikeouts, which like, like, I think it's so important for one, two this year. Like I just, I could, like this, you can't have. |
| 1:26.1 | Holy good. It was hard to win last year with those guys batting one record in the freaking world series as a team for sure. But I think it's good that you're bringing this up, because I think it's a really interesting point. And I said, Joshi and talking about this. |
| 1:38.4 | And it like, I think there's been a lot of like, blanching at the end, look, 11 years, 11 years, it's going to be 40, you know, I don't think that anyone's expecting trade turner to be a great baseball player 40. Like you're, you're factoring in some of this, you know, at the back end, there will be some, some issues and whatnot. But look who knows, maybe they retire. I'd have to turn a place to 40. He might retire before then and lose some of them. I like, there's all kinds of ways this can play out. |
| 2:01.9 | But ultimately, the whole like, I wouldn't bet on a speed player to age well is a faulty logic thing. Like, yes, if the only asset you have is speed or if it's your by far best asset. Yeah, maybe don't bet on that player. |
| 2:18.4 | Trade turners an awesome hitter. Like, he's a awesome baseball player. He just also happens to be super fast too. Like the Joshi was talking about like, speed guys doing an angel, speed plus guys age really well. And I think that's something that that kind of gets lost in the discussion a little bit, you know, I mean, |
| 2:35.7 | Well, and I know that there were some people that were worried about like the shift and whatnot. Like, he's got a lot of had a lot of shift hits or like in field hits and and stuff like that. |
| 2:44.9 | But also like, he's just going to adjust, you know, like, he's like, I can't hit her. Why can't we just why can't we just be like, hey, you know, baseball players can change, you know, like, it's not like he's going to go from, like, he, he'll probably go like 300. I think he bats somewhere between 290 and 300 this year. Like, I think it'd be asking a lot to be like, okay, here's a 320 season from trade turner or whatever. I'm putting the expectation to 90 to 300. |
| 3:15.3 | By the way, we'll take that in a heartbeat. And the other thing I was thinking about James was, um, |
| 3:23.4 | Bigger bass is next year. Like, yeah, |
| 3:26.0 | other deals, more speed getting to first more. I mean, look, it will matter. It's a game of inches. I mean, how many times you see those replays at the runner first. It's like, his foot is a, you know, at this far for those are like a half inch away from hitting the bag. And it's like, the ball's there. Like, that's going to change. I know it sounds silly. |
| 3:41.8 | But we're talking about, you know, even if it's what 510 more hits a year or what I mean, like, it could be something that over the long run does make a difference, especially with the seals too. I think that will matter. |
| 3:52.1 | Well, I mean, he should have, like, he had 27 last year, 33 the year before that, 32 the year before that. Like, you know, I think 35 is the top of the whole run, you know, as a team, they're willing to run too. So |
| 4:07.3 | I tell you what, it's going to be nice having another adult bass runner. |
| 4:11.1 | Like, I know, and look, he's also really, really fast too. Like, even if trade, like if he's like speed. Yeah, he might like, you know, not be as fast at 35 as he is now, but the 35 year old trade turners still faster than like 80 95% of players in the league. You know, I mean, that's the point. Like, he's like really, really fast. |
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