High Hopes: A Phillies Podcast - High Hopes Chapter 2: One Final Trade Deadline Talk

Episode Date: July 31, 2023

James and Jack go through what they want to see from the Phillies just one day before the MLB Trade Deadline. 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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Yeah, about 20, 31 hours away. It's 6 o'clock tomorrow. So, yeah, 31 hours away from the trade deadline right now. Teams have been making moves. Some of the names we talked about, Randall Gritchick and Joy LA, buddy. By the way, Randall Gritchick drafted one pick in front of who? Mike Trout. By the same team.

I know. Hilarious. Where are you at right now? Obviously, I think you're hearing or we're hearing Adam Duvall's name be mentioned as we've talked about. Again, are the Red Sox selling? Red Sox have been one of the best teams in baseball in June. I know. Since middle of June or whatever.

People really doubted Haim, man. It's a mistake. We told you not to. Yeah. He has been enemy number one up there. Where are you at right now with the deadline, with potential moves, with what you expect? Sell? Shoot. Sell. No? Okay. I want to see what the reaction was. I want to see what the reaction was. now at the deadline with potential moves with what you expect uh uh sell shoot so no okay

i want to see what the reaction was i want to see what the reaction was i mean think but hold on think about what could we get what would nova get well cambrough i'm just kidding um but yes when they were blowing the game yesterday, I was like, what could I get for him? Get some comp picks? Anyway, so here's, so let me just say this. They're going to get Tommy Pham. No, I'm just kidding. They might get Tommy Pham. I don't think there's anything that feels more.

So the one thing I was thinking about that I think is interesting is what I started to look at was in the last two deadlines, Dombrowski's gotten multiple players from the same team. Yeah, well, he did the separate trades. The Martian-Syndergaard one for the Angels. Right, so he did the Angels. And, yeah, the year before it was the Kyle Gibson. Yeah, the Rangers.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ian Kennedy, one of the goats of the Phillies bullpen. Oh, yeah, I almost forgot. So I started looking at, like, what makes sense. Oh, yeah. I almost forgot. So I started looking at what makes sense. What I care about the most at tomorrow is, obviously, I want a right-handed power bat or just a right-handed bat in general

that can at least maybe hit the ball in the ballpark. I love Johan Rojas so far. It's been really fun watching him play defense, but clearly just the single-sitter. It is what it is, yes. Christian Pache, we'll see when he comes back, but he's more of a... Yeah, he had a screw coming out of his arm.

It's hard to count on that. Exactly um so i would i think it's imperative i'm still in the camp of i want to oscar there is there are things that are frustrating about him he leads the aeolian strikeouts he doesn't walk sounds like a phil um on brand people are like people are like how could the phillies target that guy i don't know because that's what they only target at this point. But my thing is, I was looking at it today, because he reminds me

so much of what Solaire was, and what he could be for the Phillies in Solaire in 21. Solaire was... He was a World Series MVP.

Dude, he had nine homers and was batting 186 at the trade deadline. Wow. So yes, the Oscar's been tough, but he's also got a good track record.

And again, look at the numbers that I care about. Like, running scoring position, he's batting over 300. He has 16 homers. That could be 25, hopefully. And, like, I think he's, like, against lefties, one of the best hitters in the sport. That's huge. I will take Teoscar Hernandez.

I wonder if they try to do Teoscar Hernandez and Seawald. I love Paul Seawald. That dude's good. He's been really good. Yeah, he's been really good for them. He's been closing for them. He's been their closer this year. Tommy Pham and Brooks Riley. Sure. He has another year after this year.

Riley's got some stuff. So does Seawald. Seawall has another year after this year. Yeah, sure. So multiple years out of them. And then, like, Jack Flaherty and Ryan Helsley, or one of the Cardinals outfielders. Ryan Helsley would be funny. Ryan Helsley.

Just for my humor. I agree. I agree. So my first priority is right-handed power bat. Like Tyler O'Neal. I would love Tyler O'Neal, but I would be shocked. I don't think they're going to trade him. I would be shocked. Yeah. But, yeah're going to trade him. I would be shocked.

But yeah, so then, and then after that, like, again, we talked about it earlier, but bullpen. Whether they want to get a lefty, to bank on Strom, I think down the stretches would be a mistake. He's been good, but we know what the, he's been, it seems like every time they try to use him a lot, they need to give him a week off.

Alvarado I can't totally bank on right now. Andrew Vasquez has been a revelation, but let up a freaking bomb yesterday. That was a tough one. So like an Aaron bummer from the White Sox, I think would make sense. That's why I like Raleigh, whatever from the Mets. So getting

your boy Brent Suter, I guess. Suter! I guess we'd have to take him. Get lefties out! Yeah, so I think getting a lefty would be good. Obviously a right-handed power arm would also be fun regardless. So I feel, you know,

I don't think it's going to be a star-studded trade deadline. Oh, I don't think it is either. If I had to bank on it, I think Duval's a Philly.

Hopefully they trade him for like, you know, Falter's in the mix. So I think Falter probably gets traded tomorrow. I think Muziati probably gets traded tomorrow.

Carlos de la Cruz maybe. And then they probably hold on to how you lead because I don't think the value is there for someone else out there, for a guy who's pretty good. But like those are the kind of names that jump out as possible. Not a thrilling trade deadline. It's fine. It's something they need. They need a right-handed bat. And look, the market just shook that way. I mean, you know,

I think there aren't going to be many big stars traded at all this whole deadline. You know, it looks that way. It looks like basically the teams that were thinking about trading their stars, they all had like real hot streaks. I mean, like the Padres started winning games. Padres, Cubs. Angels won games. Cubs won games. Mariners. Red Sox won games.

You know, it's just like it's been a bad deadline for the buyers. Yeah, and everyone's just calling the White Sox. I know. You want to trade anymore? Anyone left? No one wants to call the Royals. I know. Other than the Braves.

We ain't got Nicky Lopez. I know. I know. The Braves trade for a guy. Like nobody. Pick him off of the scrap. He didn't trade him for Nicky Lopez. The Braves would just make moves.

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So, I think it's going to be, I don't think it's going to be like a super firework-y one, but I think it's going to be... Fill some holes and make the team a little bit better. Exactly. Yeah. Exactly. Deval will be dope. Deval will be dope.

I really hope they can get out. Yeah, me too. Me too. And look, again, if it's Teoscar, I'm fine with that too, but they need a right-handed bat. What about Tommy Pham? You in on Tommy Pham? Like, less so than the other two, but I would take Tommy Pham.

He's having a great year, Tommy Pham. Like, there have been moments where I've liked Tommy Pham. Other moments, less so. Yeah. But I'd take Tommy Pham. As long as there's no fantasy football league. Don't go around slapping people. Just no fantasy football.

We got some good vibes here. Let's not mess with the vibes. No fantasy football. Yeah. All right. What do you got in the take back? What do I have in the take back? What do you think about trading for Rich Hill to be our Jamie Moyer?

Come on, dude. Takes down a ton of innings. We bring back Pavetta for the Falls role. Would me saying his nickname be cursing on the high up spot or no? DP. I would take DP. Right. Although, I think you should want to trade for him because he's older than you.

Dude, trust me. Rich Hill's one of my favorite players in sports right now. He's one of the only few that are left. So, yes. Yes. I love Rich Hill. I would take him in a second. He's like 43.

He's like significantly older. Oh, he's very. Relatively speaking, significantly older. Yeah. He's almost near, you know, AARP status. I know. It's funny. Watching Chris Sanchez is a lot like what watching Ranger was.

Dude, the exact same thought. Like, almost everything about him feels like Ranger-y. And the thing that I didn't realize with him, he has the most horizontal move on his changeup in baseball. Really? Yeah. Oh. Cool. So his top changeup in baseball. Really? Yeah. Cool.

So his top changeup in baseball? He's the best whip in baseball since he came up. Yeah, I just, I can't. It's unbelievable. It's like literally, the dude hit three guys yesterday. It's like, what? It was some bull crap. I was thinking, it was like,

oh, you'll let Nola pitch five innings too far. Oh, I know. But then the stomach bug thing happened. Whatever. So I don't know. I hope he's fine. I hope he's fine.

Strantham's a question mark at this point. It is pretty funny in hindsight thinking about everyone getting mad that Christopher Sanchez got pulled from a game. Like that was not on the bingo card. That's how baseball works though. Yes, it is. That's how baseball works. I thought it, it is. That's how baseball works. I thought it was good, again, good Schwarber weekend.

Interesting, the only interesting thing from Trey this weekend was it looks like he got rid of that leg kick, so he's doing more of a toe tap. The results, of course, were not great on Sunday, but i felt like he was looking a little more hitterish so maybe this gets him going i have no idea i'm tired of saying maybe this i know i don't i i i forgot my bit of calling him the shortstop yeah the shortstop yeah the shortstop so do you like all honesty do you expect to turn around of any kind this year like do you expect him to be better at any point? Or is this the guy we're seeing now what we get the rest of the year?

Because I feel pretty strongly that this is the guy we're seeing the rest of the year. Like, I'm not out on the contract for the rest of it and all that. Look, don't get me wrong. I would not give him the contract if going back to offseason. I would not probably sign that contract. But, like, for this year, I just don't see it changing. I don't see it changing at all. But today's another day.

Just make a big play in the playoffs. It's all good. Let me just tell you what is just truly a sick thing right now. That we said all year, well, this is Cassiano's year. I know. And now we got both of them. I know. We got both of them.

It's great fun times it's good fun times good emergency trade deadline podcast tomorrow good use of

good use of resources spending 40 million dollars on those two guys or more it's great it's gonna be alright I'm pretty sure

it's like 50 something it's definitely more yeah yeah I know