What if the Phillies Traded for Tarik Skubal?

Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

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

4.4 • 730 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

With the trade deadline on the distant horizon, let's talk about big, crazy ideas that aren't even close to reality yet: Like how according to some national baseball media members, the Phillies could be a potential landing spot if the Tigers decided to trade their ace, Tarik Skubal. Justin Klugh and Liz Roscher also discuss the Phillies' weekend opponent, the Chicago White Sox.

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0:00.0	Stairs, Rips 1 into the night, deep into right, way out of here.
0:05.0	Swam on, bit cross, and the Phillies are going to lead it.
0:09.0	Hardborough, the swing of his life.
0:12.0	The O2 pit, swing and a miss, struck him out.
0:16.0	From W.HYY, welcome to your Friday edition of Hidden Season, a Philadelphia Phillies podcast.
0:23.5	I'm Justin Clue. I write for baseball prospectus, and I'm the author of Summer of the Cheap Weeners,
0:28.1	what the 1941 Phillies were doing while Joe DiMaggio was making history. Available now.
0:33.9	Bide for your dad for Father's Day. With me is Liz Rocher, the editor of Sabres Baseball Research Journal.
0:38.5	Hello, Liz.
0:39.6	Hello, Justin.
0:41.3	Happy Beautiful Friday.
0:42.7	At least we are.
0:43.2	Beautiful Friday.
0:45.7	The Phillies just completed a season sweep of the San Diego Padres, just as we finished
0:50.7	talking about how not afraid of the Padres we are.
0:53.9	Maybe it's because, maybe it's because of this.
0:56.0	Maybe it's because, Liz, the Phillies are now, what, 24 and 7 against the Padres
1:01.8	since the That's What's in video debuted in the 2022 postseason.
1:05.8	Is it fair to say that that video was the downfall of the San Diego Padres franchise, Liz?
1:11.3	I mean, all evidence points to yes.
1:14.4	Yeah, exactly. You can't say that it wasn't.
1:17.5	We're California's second largest city.
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