Phillies Trade for Harrison Bader! Did They Do Enough?

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🗓️ 1 August 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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The Phillies have acquired outfielder Harrison Bader from the Minnesota Twins for two prospects in the Phillies system. Sheil and Anthony Dabbundo discuss what the trade means for the Phillies outfield and talk about the prospects possibly coming up from the minor leagues as we enter August. Who had a better trade deadline, the Phillies or the Mets? Email hot takes: [email protected]. Become a member of our Reddit community: https://www.reddit.com/r/RingersPhillySpecial/. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please check out rg-help.com to find out more, or listen to the end of the episode for additional details. Hosts: Sheil Kapadia and Anthony Dabbundo Producer: Cliff Augustin Music Composed By: Teddy Grossman and Jackson Greenberg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Craig Horlebeck here to tell you that the NFL is back, whether you like it or not,
0:04.6	and we are covering all the latest news, trades, rankings, and more on the ringer fantasy
0:09.3	football show with my two co-hosts who are both named Danny.
0:12.8	Check the ringer fantasy football show out on Spotify or on our new YouTube channel.
0:20.4	You know, unless you're wearing Philly red or you're a Philly, they don't like you.
0:24.8	You know, and I love that.
0:27.6	Yeah. It's funny up in your friend. I want to let it away.
0:41.4	It's Philly, man.
0:42.4	They hate you.
0:46.4	Welcome to the Ringers Philly special.
0:48.7	Shield Capadia here.
0:50.0	Back to back.
0:50.7	Buntz, have I, no, we have done back to back for Philly's playoff games. That's, of course, Anthony Dubundo, who's here with me, along with Cliff Augustine, ace producer, Cliffy, too. But yeah, Buns, I was first thinking, have we done back-to-back pods? But during the playoffs, we would have done that. But never during a trade deadline, or never certainly in July before.
1:17.1	Last time we did back-to-back pods, it was a much more somber time. It was not good.
1:22.2	I don't want to relive those moments. Well, I think, listen, that's the conversation happening on Phillies fans group chats across the Delaware Valley, across America, across the world, wherever they
1:29.1	are, is that are we doomed for a repeat of last year? And so Phillies make another move today.
1:36.7	If you missed the last pod, we talked about the exciting move. Joanne Duran, the closer. Can't
1:42.8	wait to watch him pitch in a Phillies uniform.
1:45.0	Hopefully that's going to be a lot of fun.
1:47.6	And we thought at the end of that, hey, could they make one more move, you know,
1:51.6	that would really get our juices flowing that know it's going to be different this year.
1:56.4	They do make a move.
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