Hittin' Season #765: Alec Bohm, the Phillies, and the Fun of Arbitration

Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

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🗓️ 12 January 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

A lot of very important things to discuss this week: The Phillies came to terms with all but one of their arbitration-eligible players: Alec Bohm. Is this bad news, or terrible news? Justin Klugh and Liz Roscher discuss. Also, can you BELIEVE the Phillies weren't scheduled to play on Sunday Night Baseball? This is also a big deal. Hear it all on Episode 765 of Hittin' Season.

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0:00.0	From W.HYYY-Y-Y and Billy Penn, this is your Friday edition of Hittin Season of Philadelphia Phillies podcast.
0:27.7	My name is Justin Clue.
0:29.0	I write for baseball prospectus and Billy Penn.
0:31.8	And with me is Liz Rocher of Yahoo Sports.
0:34.2	Hello, Liz.
0:35.4	Hello, Justin.
0:37.1	Another devastating weekend of horrible winter weather is on the way, and we can warm ourselves
0:43.3	only with the bounty of news coming out of not only Phillies, but baseball in general.
0:50.3	Just a fun, fun time to be a baseball fan.
0:53.3	No, it's, you know, we don't have to talk about it because it's kind of the only thing anybody's talking about.
0:57.4	But it has been a categorically dead offseason.
1:02.3	I'm sure that will be countered by a flurry of moves, not maybe a couple weeks in the future,
1:08.4	a particular date as, you know, deadlines approach and teams
1:11.4	work through arbitration with players and everything, there will be more, more deals made,
1:16.9	more hand-shaken, free agents will find homes and deals will be struck after long negotiations.
1:23.0	But until then, we have some time to fill, and we will hopefully get to fill all of it.
1:32.5	Well, we will have to fill all of it.
1:34.8	What we'll fill it with is a different story.
1:36.8	Right.
1:37.3	And, you know, it's not like there's other sports events happening in the city right now, you know.
1:43.3	Not that anyone wants...
1:44.4	Nothing anyone wants to talk about.
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