Breaking ball and a call. Strike three. Third strike out for Zach. He's going to just watch it go. A grand

slam for Bryson Stott. And there's a high fly ball. Deep right field. Huffer watches it fly.

From W. H.Y.Y and Billy Penn, this is your Friday edition of Hittance season of Philadelphia Phillies podcast.

My name is Justin Clue. I write for baseball prospectus.

I'll be handling your midweek episode of the show. But as always, go to Billypen..com slash hit and season for three new episodes of Hitting season every week.

And as we get closer and closer to baseball season, that's going to become more and more

important to your daily routine.

So just keep that in mind, Billypen.com slash hitting season.

Well, the Phillies seem content on just kind of letting it ride newswise.

As they go into training camp, pitchers and catchers will be reporting very soon.

And even the stories promising you the top three storylines of going into camp are like,

will the players all remember their hats?

Which generally means your team is in a fine state when you can ask basic questions like that.

Will this pitcher return to form?

Will this pitcher take the extra step?

I mean, these are things every team is asking themselves about most players, especially younger players,

and that the Phillies are kind of relegated to just

wondering if things will go as well as they have with a lot of their guys.

That typically means you've got a pretty good team that's just coming back and making

another try at the World Series that they are all too capable of reaching.

So, you know, not every team is in that state.

So it's okay to feel lucky this time of year, as though, you know, many people probably do,

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