Hittin' Season #762: Will the Phillies Counter the Braves' Recent Trade for Chris Sale?

Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

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🗓️ 5 January 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

On Episode 762 of Hittin' Season, hosts Justin Klugh and Liz Roscher talk about how it's still pretty dead out there across MLB, but the Braves took a risk to get better--will the Phillies soon do the same? Also, how would you gauge the intensity of the Phillies' general investment in Johan Rojas?

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0:00.0	From W.HYYYY and Billy Penn, this is Hittin Season of Philadelphia Phillies podcast.
0:26.9	My name is Justin Clue.
0:28.3	I write for baseball prospectus and Billy Penn.
0:31.0	With me is Liz Rocher of Yahoo Sports.
0:33.7	Hello, Liz.
0:34.8	Hello, Justin.
0:36.0	Would you say the energy level? I'm coming into this episode with matches the energy level of the various trade and free agent
0:42.8	markets across baseball during the off season.
0:45.3	Absolutely not.
0:46.3	Ah, yeah, I've got to be doing a lot of heavy lifting energy-wise.
0:51.3	It's pretty dead out there until seconds before I clicked that record button.
0:56.1	There had been very little to discuss across baseball. But as Liz just informed me, a trade
1:01.6	has just gone down between the San Francisco Giants and the Seattle Mariners.
1:06.1	Robbie Ray is on the move to San Francisco, as you put it, in their efforts to remain aggressively
1:12.3	mediocre.
1:13.9	Liz, first thoughts on this deal.
1:16.9	Uh, ho-hum.
1:20.3	Robbie Ray, a pitcher always, always in various conversations regarding trades, regarding
1:25.7	free agent signings.
1:27.5	He always seems to be a pitcher teams think they can use.
1:30.9	He always seems to be suffering or coming back from like a bad year.
1:34.8	2022, he had a pretty good year as far as Robbie Ray goes.
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