High Hopes: A Phillies Podcast - Final Out: Phils Win Quickest Game Ever

Episode Date: May 18, 2024

Jack Fritz reacts to Zack Wheeler and the Phillies beating the Nationals on Friday night. Presented by Miller Lite. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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He makes the catch. And that's the ball game. Long fly ball off the bat of Jesse Winker. That's the ball game. Long fly ball off the bat of Jesse Winker. But it's caught by his former Reds teammate, Nick Castellanos. The Phillies take the opening game of a series yet again. That's 13 of the last 14 series. They opened with a win tonight, 4-2 over the Nationals.

Welcome on. It is the final out sponsored by Regency Furniture. Affordable never looks so good. Jack Fritz hanging out with you here on this Friday night reacting to yet another Phil's win. Gotta be honest, kind of thought that ball had a chance off the bat of Jesse Winker, but it did not as Nick Cassianos was there to securely make the catch. Welcome on in. It's the game wrap-up sponsored by Swiss, Lube, and Kravitz,

the metalworking fluid specialists providing professional CNC machine cleaning, coolant maintenance programs, and waste coolant disposal. Kravitz.online. If you're on your way home, we'd love to hear from you. Obviously, it was a packed ballpark tonight. Over 44,000 people down at CBP. There's just nothing that brings a bigger smile to my face, I think, than seeing that ballpark fall for a regular season game in May.

It's still cold, which is incredibly annoying. It's almost June. If we round it up from May 17th, it's essentially June. We're more than halfway through May, and it's still kind of chilly. But regardless, like I thought, crowd's really into it. I was at some games earlier this week, and crowd was really into that. And when this team gets on a roll, people show up. I mean, this is what 09, 10, 11, I guess a majority of 12 kind of was

with the 250-some sellouts. But when this city gets behind a baseball team, it is just magical. 2-1-5, 5-9-2, 94-94 to get in if you're stuck in traffic, you're leaving the ballpark. We'd love to hear from you as we react to yet another Phillies win tonight down at Citizens Bank Park. The biggest takeaway of the game is brought to you by Morgan & Morgan, America's largest injury firm.

My first big takeaway is kind of what I've been mentioning to start the show here is that I have so little stress watching these games. Whether they go down, whether they're up by one, I'm kind of like, yeah, they'll probably find a way to win this game. Even that Mets game last night. I mean, Hoffman was in in the eighth, and I was surprised it didn't go the Phillies way. And Harrison Bader had that hit up the middle where he acted like he won the World Series, which was annoying. But this is what 09, 10, 11 regular seasons felt like where you'd sit down, you'd expect the Phillies to win. If they lost, it wasn't the end of the world. But like, this is not what the last two seasons were

like. The last two seasons had magical playoff runs up until game six and seven last year. But like those, those last two years were excruciating the first half of them. Two years ago, obviously, slow start, seven games under.500. Girardi gets fired, team goes on a run, and ends up in the World Series. Last year, six games under.500. June happens, they put Schwarber back in the leadoff spot, and bang, off they go. This team is just showing up and taking care of business are they playing bad teams sure but i've seen this baseball team play down to such annoying

levels of competition over the last couple years that i don't care like i i just don't care and the simple fact of the matter might be there's's not many great teams in baseball. There's just not. I think there's a lot of pretty okay teams, but it's a lot of 500. It's a lot of just hovering around 500. And sure, some teams are spending money, but man, there's a lot of bad. There's a lot of bad. In the National League East alone, that Nationals team, the fact that Joey Manessis is batting third is egregious. The Mets, they're not really competing this year. They've spent some money on some Major League Cal players, but they're 20-24. The Marlins sold their best player two weeks ago.

It's May. They're trading Luis Arai. It's crazy. Pirates building. Reds should be much better. Cardinals, they spent some money. They just stink. The Dodgers, we know what they've done.

Padres, they shed talent this offseason. Diamondbacks, maybe a little bit of World Series letdown. Giants, they spent some money this offseason, but they're five games under.500. Rockies stink. That's in the National League alone. So there's just more bad. And I know people will do this thing where they act like the second half of this Phillies season is going to be a gauntlet.

I mean, it's probably not going to be. I haven't broken down the schedule. It's not like an Eagles schedule where you look at what happened last year where they faced all those good teams in a row. There's just not enough good teams to where they can't sustain this. It's pretty much as simple as that. And it's a really nice spot to be in when you do have this lack of stress heading into the games because, you know,

there's no longer that Phillies angst where it's like, oh, how are they going to blow it tonight? They went up 4-1 tonight, and it was just like, yeah, this game's over. It's just over. 2-1-5, 5-9-2, 94-94 to get in the player of the game, sponsored by South Jersey Gas. Committed to providing safe, reliable, affordable natural gas. Make the switch at southjerseygas.com slash lovemyhome.

And I'm giving it to Zach Wheeler. Zach Wheeler, 7-1 tonight. Interesting decision with Rob Thompson putting him back out there for the 7th. But I guess he figures, all right, there's a righty here. Get him. And then you have Alvarado for the two lefties at the top of the Nationals lineup. But I was surprised, frankly, seeing that there for the eighth. And but yeah, I mean, Wheeler tonight, 54% of his pitches tonight were four seamers,

which is really, really interesting. Fastball is popping more. You know, early in the game, he's hitting 98. I think he averaged around 97 and a half. So him having that fastball and even when it is decreasing in a little bit of velocity, it's just so heavy. It is just such a heavy fastball. And when he has it going like he had it going tonight,

I didn't think he had great feel for his off-speed tonight. I thought his sweeper was just okay. Splitter had some really good splits. But again, I felt like tonight was just, hey, I got a great fastball. Good luck hitting it. And that's what Wheeler can do. He allowed two runs tonight. I believe, what, one was only earned and only three hits.

So, no, they were both earned. But he only allowed three hits and struck out six and seven and a third. So, I didn't think he had his best, best stuff, but it still shows how great Zach Wheeler is where he doesn't have his best stuff and still battles and gives you a seven and a third of just strong, strong stuff. So good from Zach Wheeler. And I think this is important to point out.

Final thing here before we go to the phones. You know, the bullpen ERA, the first two weeks of the season, I believe, was over six. In their last 21 games, bullpen ERA under two. Now, does it help having Brockton not here, Ricardo Pinto? You know, does it help not having those guys? And does it help when your starters are going deeper than any team in baseball? It sure does. But still, like there's too much talent in that bull still, there's too much talent in that bullpen.

There's too much stuff in that bullpen for them to be held down for a long time. Though it was interesting, he went back to Hoffman tonight. He threw 30 pitches last night, but he was able to come back tonight and do a job. And it's been a lot of Alvarado Hoffman, Strom's in there. They could use a laugher tomorrow. These guys have pitched a lot. And obviously, with Tywon Walker only making it 3-1 yesterday before the toe injury, they'd use a lot of bullpen pieces yesterday.

So, you know, Rob Thompson feels like the bullpen's in a pretty good spot, but could use a nice little offensive outburst tomorrow. Won't be the easiest against McKenzie Orr, but we'll get to that as we move along here. James is in Phoenixville. He kicks us off tonight. What tonight what's happening james hey how's it going jack um i was at the game today i just wanted to uh say that the like you were saying the environment is absolutely fantastic um i was sitting in left field one of my favorite things that they are doing all day uh obviously you know when Marsh threw the ball

into the outfield when there's only two outs the entire time. They're just trolling him saying how many outs there are. I just love how he can feed into it and everybody's still cheering him on. It's absolutely funny. Yeah, I mean this team I think gets it

in a way that a lot of teams here haven't gotten it. There's a lot of big personalities on this team, and it seems like they just really understand the city. And I think that's why you've seen such a good connection between them and the city for the last two years. Yeah, speaking of connection with the city, you're hands down one of my favorite broadcasters on WIP, man. I love the energy you bring to baseball.

I listen to you guys all the time. I don't call in too much, but I really love how excited you are about baseball. You bring so much to this radio station about baseball. I'm not trying to toot your horn, but I wish more people

got hype about baseball. I love football, but I really appreciate you, man. I appreciate it, man. And listen, we can get to football season. It's May. It's May and Phil's the best team in baseball. We'll get to the little football team here in town. No, I'm just kidding. But I appreciate the

kind word, James, and safe travels on your way home, all right? I appreciate it, man. Have a good one. All right. There he goes. Thanks, James. 215-592-9494 to get in on the other side of the pitch count, player of the game, All right, there he goes. Thanks, James. 2-1-5-5-9-2, 94-94. To get in on the other side of the pitch count, player of the game, plus some other thoughts on the lineup, including some signs of life from one Philly. That's coming up next here on the Final Out on Sports Radio 94 WIP.

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Follow and listen to Reception Perception on theyssey app or wherever you get your podcasts aces do ace things that is the final out from zach wheeler tonight welcome back to the final out sponsored by regency furniture affordable never looked so good the pitch count is sponsored by the Plumbers Union Local 690, protecting the health of the nation. Visit plumbers690.org. 104 pitches for Zach Wheeler tonight. Easily could have been done after seven. Rob Thompson put him out there

for Victor Robles before Jose Averado faced the two lefties after that, but I mean, I don't know. It is Victor Robles, but whatever. It's fine. He went out there and did a job. The last inning and a half was, or inning and three batters,

was really fast. He settled into a nice groove. And, again, not every start is going to be great. Not every start is going to be locked down, I guess unless your name is Ranger Suarez at this point. And I thought tonight was an ace-like performance from Zach Wheeler. I didn't think he had his best stuff. I didn't think he had his best feel for his off-speed.

But he mixed in a ton of pitches. He threw a lot of fastballs. The fastball is a great, great fastball. It was harder than it's been in starts past. You know, he's been pretty much 94 to 96 for a majority of the season and tonight you saw a lot more 96 to 97ers um and even touched 98 with a couple of them so uh overall a positive performance from zach wheeler tonight needed to get back on track you know because last start in miami was was pretty brutal uh one before that was great and the one before that was

was just eh so you know he's been kind of up and down in his last couple of starts, but even with that, his ERA is 2.5. Like, again, he is on quite the roll, and he's pitching better this year than he did in the regular season last year. I mean, last year he had a 7.48 ERA against the Nationals. So, you know, it's a team that has, I guess, gotten good swings off him. And it's good to see him kind of have a good throwback, Zach Wheeler performance tonight.

Rick is in Easton. What's happening, Rick? Jack, you know, it's great when you come back and forth from Easton and you just got off the Lehigh Valley exit after a two-hour and 15-minute Steve Carlton-like time frame. It's 10 o'clock. I mean, it's 10 o'clock, Rick, and we're already done. It's 10 o'clock, and I just got off the exit for Lehigh Valley to get home.

It's great. I'll tell you what, baseball figured this whole thing out. Start games 25 minutes earlier and get a pitch clock, and bang, let's get home, Rick. A couple things I'd like to just add. This team, since Turner has gone down, I know that we knew we had some interchangeable parts, but we really do. A lot of teams cannot plug in the players at different positions that we have.

Stott can play short and second. Boehm can play first and third. Sosa, I mean, talk about Sosa coming in defensively. And you know what? Offensively, he's not doing too bad either at shortstop. We have a lot of interchangeable parts. Do you know what hitter in the National League after Freddie Freeman and Trey Turner

has had the most hits in baseball since 2017? Well, it was. I mean, it's Whitmerryfield. Whitmerryfield. So far this year hasn't really, you know, bore out. No, no, we know. We know. But the starting pitching and the fact that we have so many interchangeable parts

is really the key for this fast start. But you know what this reminds me of? If you remember after we won it in 2008, we lost to the Yankees in 2009. And two years later, we had the best record in baseball. This team, two years after they lost the World Series, is doing something similar to what the 2011 team did. They're just winning games. They find ways to win.

And I don't know how far you go back, but in 76, 77, and 78, that team at the vet, they won, it seemed like, close to 70% of their home games. It was incredible. That's what this team is doing. They find ways to win. Even when they lose, they fight back. It's just incredible. And I'm hoping that Stott and Boehm both make the all-star team this year, because

you know, Stott's up at 280 now, and this team is just, they just don't know, they just don't know how to put their heads down at all during a game. And that's key. They're very positive, very positive. And the Eagles could have taken a page out of their book right now by having a spine and having a heart. This team shows it, and they're playing for Topper, and right now, this is a very,

very, very positive atmosphere this team is giving to this city. Yeah, I totally agree, Rick, and I appreciate the phone call. Get them safely from the game. And yeah, I just... They've lost four in this study. really quality depth that this team has. You know, like Edmundo Sosa's done a great job filling in at shortstop. Obviously, Stott heating up, and Boehm righting the ship here.

I think the most unsung hero is what JT has done in the two spot. It's a really important part of that lineup. You need to have that spot in the lineup if you're going to have a well-balanced lineup. And I believe he's still batting 400-ish in the two holes. So it's just really important. But, yeah, up and down, you're getting key contributions from a lot of guys.

And it's been interesting to look at the lineup because they're kind of doing all this you know they they're averaging around five and a half runs per game since our own howard eskin questioned rob thompson as to whether or not this team was going to slug but they're doing this without schwarber really getting going like he's at a i think a pretty good start to the season you know he's right around 220 ish he is not walking as much power hasn't really gotten there but he's hitting more singles and I don't think the strikeouts have really killed them that much but Schwarber hasn't really gotten going and Bryce he's been more spurtzy than sustained run like His overall numbers are really good. Or good.

You would take his overall numbers. But it feels like we haven't had that two-week, oh my god, look at Bryce, kind of stretch. Which we know is coming. I mean, that's Bryce. He's going to heat up. He's going to have one of those stretches. It's been a lot of early season marsh.

I think tonight you're starting to see some signs of life. Had the double that was big. Boom, getting back to driving the baseball, continuing to lead the league in doubles, which is awesome because he should. He's that talented of a hitter. But I was worried about the hip, 100%. He looks pretty healthy.

Stock continues to impress. The bunt was awesome tonight and you know not to make this all about howard but he does this whole thing about how the only way they can score runs is with the home run i don't know i think i've seen them score in in a multitude of ways rather than the home run in the last little stretch here but it feels like there's so many guys in the lineup just stepping up. It makes you almost giddy thinking about what this thing's going to look like when the Schwarber Hot Street comes, when the Harper Hot Street comes. Because I remember early in the season, I was just saying,

man, they feel so top-heavy. Like if Schwarber, Turner, and Harper aren't hitting, where's the other bats? And it's nice seeing Boehm and Stott and Marsh. And, yes yes you're still waiting for Castellanos and JT Natul. It's really good stuff from the lineup right now. We know these guys aren't going to be hot at the same time.

It's just not realistic. But there's enough guys doing their job to where they can wait for everyone to kind of heat up and that's a sign of a good baseball team. Let's go to Pete in Reading. What's happening, Pete?

Oh, oh my God. So I called because of something you alluded to maybe 15 minutes ago. And the whole mindset to me has changed. I used to be resigned to, okay, the Phillies are ahead and they're going to blow the game. And now the Phillies are behind. I can turn the radio off and take a little nap and be secured that they're're gonna be ahead when i

turn it back on hold on pete we can't be taking naps in the middle of the game i mean what are we doing here no i work i work long weird hours and i live by the radio yeah um that's awesome i'm old school man and you know i for me i draw mental pictures of what's going on, and then I watch the highlights afterwards. But, yeah, this was good. That's awesome, Pete. No, it's an interesting way to consume baseball, I guess. I don't know if I've ever heard anyone else consume baseball that kind of way. You know, I could see that being Boz one day.

I don't know if I've ever heard anyone else consume baseball that kind of way. You know, I could see that being Buzz one day. I could see that, you know, Buzz snoozing off around 9, so stress-free about the Phillies coming back and winning this game. And then you wake up. I mean, Buzz, do you think that would be an enjoyable way to follow this team? Or do you think that would be more of a deter a deterrent i mean because on one hand you're not having the stressors of like oh my god they might lose like you can wake up check the score

and be like oh let me check out the highlights would you are you pro that kind of baseball coverage there buzz first of all going to bed around nine who do you think i am i'll talk all right here's what i want you to do i want you to think about 60 some year old buzz you know what i mean this is not current day buzz not current day buzz who stays up to three o'clock in the morning half the time like well yeah i mean you're you're kind of still like a child yeah i am i admit that yeah a bit of a night owl but okay okay to your point could i envision no i gotta watch the game like i need to watch the game that's the enjoyment you ride the ebbs and flows of 162 gamegame season.

I think people have interesting ways of consuming it. I think baseball, more than any other sport, people find different ways to consume it. Some people just sit outside, listen to the radio, and I love that. Obviously, we're on the radio. There's people like Buzz who, when they go to the games, they keep the book for it, which is fascinating to me. There is a guy like Pete who falls asleep and then wakes up and decides to check it or not.

There's Bob and Laura Pottsgrove who will only go back and watch the games when the Phillies win, which is, again, interesting. It's just baseball, man. Everyone consumes it in different ways. I think it's the best radio sport. Well, man. Everyone consumes it in different ways. I think it's the best radio sport. Well, obviously. It's the best radio sport, and it's the sport that goes through warm weather. So people are doing more things outside.

So it lends itself to more unique avenues to try and do this. Not me, pal. Not me. Yeah, I know. You're locked inside all summer long. I'm sitting right here. Sitting right here. In the AC.

Watching 162. Watching 162. Watching 162. 2 and 5, 5, 9, 2, 94, 94. On the other side, we'll run through all of your phone calls. Plus, a look ahead to tomorrow before handing things off to Rob Cherry? That's correct. Never a doubt. We'll get to all that coming up next on the Final Out on Sports Radio 94 WIP.

Some signs of life from Brandon Marsh. Welcome back. It is the final out, sponsored by Regency Furniture. Affordable never looks so good. Yeah, Brandon Marsh, great start to the season. Kind of carried the fills for the first two weeks-ish. And he's been pretty cold ever since. And, you know, heading into tonight, I think he was down to 244.

OBP was under 300. And at one point tonight, he was up to 250. OBP over 300. I think Brandon Marsh down to.244. OBP was under.300. At one point, he was up to.250. OBP over.300. I think Brandon Marsh is a good player. I think he hits the ball pretty hard. Plays a dynamite left field. The lefties thing is definitely becoming more and more of a thing. Bryson Stott should never sit.

Really, ever, frankly. I mean, he's batting.294 against lefties. He's fine. We don't need to do this whole nonsense of getting him in and out. It's ridiculous. Marsh, I guess I see it more, but I still think there's a good player there. And, you know, hopefully he's kind of coming out of whatever little slump he is in. But that is our play of the game, sponsored by Mike's Amazing,

the official mayo and mustard of the Phillies. A couple minutes here before we hand things off to Rob. Jerry Cashmere is in the Poconos. What's happening, Cashmere? Jack, it's been a long time, man. I know. I know. How are you doing, man?

I'm doing great. I'm doing great. I mean, the Phillies are 32-14. They're the best team in baseball. I mean, how could I do anything else but great? I know. I've been thinking about you because, like, you know, we're both pretty intense in this thing.

And this has been stress-free, Cashmere. That we are. That we are. I mean, it's probably the best. Like I said, I mean, I've missed the last couple shows. I've been working a lot. I don't have the schedule. But, you know, I remember I used to call in a lot.

And I, you know, I remember I used to complain and cry. And I used to be like, and I used to you you and Joe Giglio as my baseball as my Philly therapist because I didn't know who to talk to about the Phillies and how they were and I go back and I wish I could rewind it's like a couple years a couple years later it's like they're the best team in baseball and piece 412 wins I mean are my eyes deceiving me I really hope I'm I really hope I'm not dreaming right now Jack because I really don't want to wake up from how good the Phillies have been playing. But I actually do have just three questions, and I'll hang up real quick.

Number one is, obviously our top three, Wheeler, Nola, and Ranger, all of them are pitching like lights out. I mean, the whole staff has been incredible. But where I'm going with this is, do you think this might be the season where all three of them get Cy Young votes? Well, I think definitely Wheeler, and I would be shocked at this point, Ranger. I guess Nola, it's probably more Cy Young 8-10. But listen, I think we're about to see Nola really round into farm here. You know, his last start, obviously brilliant.

But I think we've seen more really good than kind of questionable from Nola this year. So, yeah, I think we're going to get all three. I wonder if all three make the all-star game. I'd probably say no. But I think Nola's about to have a nice little surge here. Awesome, Awesome. And the second question, and this is the one I really wanted to ask is, and I've been really contemplating this and I've been I've actually and I think you actually talked about this on the Foul Territory podcast with AJ Pierzynski and the rest of them, which did a fine job, by the way, man, you did a great job representing the police band by the way thank you thank you um real quick so and i think you talked about saying i know i know dave dombrowski historically dave everywhere he's been he's always kind of gone the extra mile to make sure his team goes above and beyond over the top to make sure his

team wins either gets the world series or wins the championship like they did with Boston, like he did with Detroit, like he did with Miami. Now, the question is, and he hasn't really done that here. And I'm kind of shocked by it. I mean, last year it was Michael Lorenzen, and the year before that it was David Robertson and Noah Syndergaard. It's like, do you see this year, if the Phillies are where we believe they're going to be, which is like 25, 30 games over 500, first place in the National League East,

one of the best top, maybe one of the top records in all of baseball, one or two best records in baseball, you know, playing great at the trade deadline. Do you think this will be the year that Dave Dombrowski finally puts the foot to the pedal and says, you know what, it's time to go for this thing and actually goes out and gets a big-time star? Or what do you think? Yeah, and I appreciate the phone call, Kashmir.

I do. I really do. I've kind of thought this for a couple weeks now when they've really started establishing this thing. The last couple deadlines, even back to 21, that's when they got Kyle Gibson and Ian Kennedy. They've only been hovering around 500, and it hasn't been enough to where it's like, okay, let's believe in this team.

This is really going to be the first time that I think David Dombrowski is going to be heading into the deadline believing that he has a true World Series slash division winning contender. So I think it's the year. The question is, what do you want them to go for? I've been in the camp of I want another righty reliever. Whether you want to go super high and say Mason Miller,

I'd settle for Ryan Helsley of the Cardinals. The other thing is going to be, would they go out and would they get, if they can't get a center field bat, would they go get a corner outfield bat and then move Brandon Marsh to center field or have a Marsh-Pache-Rojas, however they want to do the Rojas-Pache thing? I don't know. But do they go get another bat here and really solidify that portion of the lineup?

I don't know. But either way, I think we're getting the real Dave Dombrowski kind of push your chips in, kind of move this trade deadline because they have the pieces in the farm system now that I think are intriguing enough to other teams and aren't totally necessary for the Phillies to hold on to. And I think their top 10 is kind of littered with some interesting prospects. The one that I'm not trading under any circumstances, even if Mike Trout became available, is Aiden Miller, which is not doing it.

And I know that for WIP listeners, they're going to be like, who the hell is Aiden Miller? The kid is 19 years old, 20 years old. He is currently batting.340 with a.997 OPS down in Clearwater. Not moving that. I'm not moving that. He's already in the top 50 prospects in Major League Baseball. I wouldn't be surprised if by the

end of the year he finishes in the top 30 of prospects in Major League Baseball. I'm not moving him. But there's enough there to where if they want to go make a move, they can. Tomorrow, we got Christopher Sanchez on the mound versus Mackenzie Gore. Mackenzie Gore has been good this year. You know, he was the best pitching prospect in baseball maybe three years ago

and hasn't totally panned out, but looks like he's starting to figure some things out for this Nationals team. Heavy, heavy fastball. The Phillies traditionally have not done very well against Mackenzie Gore, so we'll see what they have in store for them tomorrow as they go for their 14th straight series where they won't lose it, which is nice. And Chris Sanchez looking to build off his last start.

I mean, his last start was looking shaky there for a second. And then he settled into a groove. It seems like his outings this year, he has that one kind of blow-up inning and then he's really good after that. So I would like to see a little bit more consistency, but he's pitching to, what, like a 340 ERA right now is Chris Sanchez, which from your 4-5 starter, you take that every single day of the week.

So Chris Sanchez is doing a job and the Phils are back tomorrow. It's nice waking up every day looking forward to first pitch because that is the kind of role that this team is on. But either way, thanks for hanging out on this Friday night. Rob Cherry will take you through the rest of the night. I'll be back Monday. Yeah, I think they play Monday, Tuesday, whatever.

I'll be doing every final out next week, so I'll be back next week reacting to every single game, which is always a fun time. Enjoy your weekend. Rob Cherry will take you through the rest of the night here on Sports Radio 94 WIP.