meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
High Hopes: A Phillies Podcast

High Hopes Chapter 3: Slider Guy and the rest of the bullpen

High Hopes: A Phillies Podcast

Audacy

Sports

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Don't have time to listen to the entire High Hopes podcast? Check out this segment where James and Jack discuss the Phillies trading for a new reliever and how they expect Rob Thomson to manage the bullpen in 2023.

Presented by Miller Lite.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

All right, uh, do your thing slider for 41 minutes into the pod the next 25 minutes are yours on slider guy or whatever

0:06.4

That you don't go to I'm not kidding slider guy guy. I don't know his name. I don't know his name. I know he's a real man. Eric Jolman

0:14.2

Very excited

0:16.2

I'm giving you this time. Go ahead

0:18.3

so

0:21.0

Okay, I

0:24.0

I promise you like I know in the past I've gone over the top sometimes I've been been knowing to do that in in the past and I'm trying

0:34.0

I'm trying my best not to do that anymore. So

0:36.6

Trying to temper expectations and that's probably fair because this kid's like, you know, whatever. He's a rookie last year that is a poor

0:45.0

But here's what I love is he had a 50%

0:50.0

Go but he's the next Ryan Matt

0:55.0

Not a slider guy, you know what I mean? Like just coming with like, but I think he's the next Trevor Hoffman and he's gonna be the greatest really for we ever could be could be Naryana

1:05.5

No, but so

1:07.5

He had like a 50% with right on the slider last year and he threw it about 20% of the time meanwhile his fastballs are

1:15.9

Got kind of lit up a little bit. So the the fillies being the team they are like I'm sure they saw

1:21.7

You know 50% with rate on a frequent slider and they're like, okay, we'll increase that usage to 40 some percent

1:28.1

We'll mix in our patented fillies cutter at this point, which is what they do now is they just have guys throw cutters

1:34.3

But we didn't and he throws he throws 95 to 97

1:38.8

He struck out in a castle. I was a sheeran slide. So you're heading towards new mo that you are the Mario and everything

1:44.2

That really is the end game of this. No, I think I think I think he can I think he has the ability to work his way into high leverage and it's like cool

1:52.6

I didn't I wasn't a bloody guy, you know, and the fact that he was taking out big things for the team

1:57.7

I thought was massive. So like I think we need to start putting him like I think starting the season like I think people are gonna

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Audacy, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Audacy and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.