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Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

Hittin' Season #811: Phillies Sweep the Giants & Addressing "Good" Problems

Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

WHYY

News, Baseball, Sports News, Philadelphia, Sports, Phillies

4.4730 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

On Episode 811 of Hittin' Season, hosts John Stolnis, Liz Roscher and Justin Klugh recap the red-hot Phillies' 4-game sweep over the San Francisco Giants. Bryce Harper is getting hot, Zack Wheeler remains on fire, and the team is tearing through their early season easy schedule. Also, the gang discusses how the Phils will deal with Trea Turner's extended absence and their plan for the starting rotation, a notable "good" problem to have.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Breaking ball and a call. Strike three. Third strikeout for Zach. He's going to just watch it go. A grand slam for Bryson Stott.

0:10.0

And there's a high fly ball. Deep right field. Hopper watches it fly.

0:19.7

From W.HYY and Billy Penn, it is Hittin season.

0:24.5

Hey there, podcast, pals.

0:25.8

I'm John Stolness from The Good Fight and Billy Penn.

0:28.6

You can follow me on Twitter at John Stolness.

0:30.7

Coming up, man, oh man, has there been a hotter Phillies team in franchise history?

0:36.7

There may have been a couple, but very few and far between what this Phillies team is doing right now.

0:42.0

Fresh off a four-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants at Citizens Bank Park,

0:46.9

the fourth time in their last six series the Phillies have swept the team,

0:50.8

and they own a Major League Base baseball best record of 25 and 11.

0:55.1

We're going to break down this series.

0:56.4

We're going to talk about some of the more interesting decisions that have to be made by

1:00.2

manager Rob Thompson with the starting rotation.

1:03.4

Trey Turner's injury will get into the after effects of that a little bit as well.

1:07.4

Joining me, Justin Clue, Liz Rocher, Justin Clue, of course, from baseball prospectus,

1:11.6

the dirty inning absolutely hammered over at our hit in season Patreon.

1:15.2

Follow him on Twitter X at Justin underscore Clue.

1:18.7

Justin, man, oh man, this Phil's team on a roll, buddy.

1:22.2

John, seeing you in that crisp new City Connect jersey is really making me think how far we've come.

1:28.1

I mean, that had to be, what, six, eight weeks ago we were talking about the City Connect

1:32.1

as the dominating story of this franchise.

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