Andrew Painter delivers in Phillies debut

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Speaker 1: Alright, this is Chase that Lee. This is a Philly Show.

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Speaker 2: Andrew Painter lives up to the hype, making his major league debut on Tuesday Night at Citizens Bank Park. Just a really really fun night at the ballpark. We're gonna get into it every inch, every moment of Tuesday Night's Andrew Painter debut.

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Speaker 1: It's Ruben, tomar Junior, Jim.

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Speaker 2: Salisbury, Todd z Aleki, The Philly Show. It's Wednesday, April first, twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 3: April Fools Day.

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Speaker 2: April fools Man, oh man, But last come up with a couple. We need to come up with a couple, but not at April Fools Andrew Painter. I mean, just a fun debut, Ruben, A lot of fun to watch. We've heard about it, We've anticipated it, no doubt Andrew Painter's.

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Speaker 1: Anticipated it and thought about it.

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Speaker 2: But you you almost couldn't have drawn it up any better than than what we saw last night.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: Really happy and proud of the kid because it's so much hype associated with it. But it shows you the level headedness of what he is about and the poise that he's that I've seen since he was nineteen years old. I saw him running around on the minor league fields, taking ground balls and pfps and doing his business, and he looked serious and athletic, and there always seemed to be a purpose, even at a very young age, about everything that he did.

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Speaker 3: And I know it's been a long road for him.

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Speaker 4: I mean, this is a guy who probably should have been in the big leagues about a year and a half ago, had he progressed without having those, you know, the elbow problems of TJ and such. It was delayed for a while, and then they decided to go ahead and do it. Probably should have done it right away, but I mean, I understand they're trying to not to cut on the guy, but for him to pitch the way he did, really with the Phillies not playing very well, sort of had to be a stopper in some ways.

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Speaker 3: The offense is poor.

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Speaker 4: You know, there's the pressure of one pitching in your very first major league game to the hype that you know, associated with being so famous for so long.

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Speaker 3: And then he delivered. His stuff was really good.

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Speaker 4: Just to get into some of his stuff, he threw strikes, He mixed all of his pitches in through five or six varieties of pitches, had a change up, working good curveball, a little cutter they called it a sliders, a little more of our little cut on a slider, and and you know, through a little split that was pretty good on a split change. It's interesting that he goes in with a split grip in his glove pretty much all the time and then he makes the adjustment. But so many things associated what he did against a team that's super aggressive, team that's putting the ball in play. I was impressed. I mean, he faced a ton of left handers and he's had some struggles against left handers, but he handled him really well.

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Speaker 3: Worked great with JT.

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Speaker 4: And the fact that he ended up you know, five each shouldn't even have given up an earn run, really, but he gave up an earn run. That was you know that he wasn't on the mound for. But you know, very few issues with his command. Eight strikeouts, really good stuff. I was really impressed.

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Speaker 5: Very exciting night to be there. This seemed like a moment. Honestly, he was destined for from the night they drafted him back in what June twenty one, and you know, because you draft a kid thirteenth overall he's got a great pitcher's body, and the profile on him from day one was the guy, a guy who projects to be at the top of a rotation, Dave Dombroski, who's seen an awful lot of baseball and doesn't throw around names lightly compared with to Justin Verlanders. A very young man, and he was projected to be in that rotation three years ago in twenty twenty three. A lot of heartache along the way, an injury, and that can be very, very tough when you're talking about your arm, your money maker, and all of a sudden, now it doesn't work. They fixed him up, he rehabbed, then he went through a really tough time last year, kind of you know, getting his legs back, struggled with his command, made some adjustments this winter, and came out and just dazzled in his big league debut. Like I said, a moment, I felt like he was destined for for a long time. I think about quote Rob Thompson had after his second or third start in spring training said, he looks like a big leaguer, And he looks like a big leaguer. I love the way he carries himself. He's not like you know, mister meteor media darling, and that's fine. His job is to throw strikes and win ball games. He shows up, he's got these blinders on, totally focused, enjoys the moment, has a great sincere smile on his face. I always like it on the head shots on the scoreboard when a guy smiles and he's got a really nice sincere smile on his face in that headshot, nice smile on his face postgame interviews. But when he gets on that mound, he's kind of a demon. And I love that first inning. I mean, that breaking ball on James Woods was something special. It's a left hander for that first strikeout, just an incredibly memorable night. I was sticking back to a lot of the debuts I've seen over the years, going back to Carlton Lower in nineteen ninety eight, he was their first rounder. In nineteen ninety four, he pitched a complete game at the VET. I remember going down and talking to his parents in his stands afterward and how giddy they were and proud they were. And I mean Pat Burle's debut down on Houston was something. Brett Myers in Wrigley Field, Aaron Nola few years ago against Tampa a decade ago. Now at home, and then of course you know Randy Wolf and Cole Hamil's in Cincinnati. It's just this is another one to stack up, and it was special and you feel like you were there when the first brick was laid on what might be a pretty impressive edifice going forward.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I was at that Cole Hamill's debut in two thousand and six in Cincinnati, and I remember after the game. I think Cole pitched like five scoreless innings. He pitched pretty well, struck out Ken Griffy Junior in the first thing. But I remember after the game, specifically talking to Rial Cormier, and Cormier is like, this kid does not look like he is a rookie pitching the big leagues for the first time. He looked so relaxed and his poise was just ridiculous, and that always stuck with me. Real Cormier saying that of the all time good guys.

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Speaker 1: And heard a.

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Speaker 2: Lot of the same things last night talking to his teammates. Kyle Schwarber said, you know, I saw no pacing around in the clubhouse before the game. He seemed very relaxed.

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Speaker 1: JT.

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Speaker 2: Real Muto said just the last few games, couple of games. Any conversation I had with him, he was great. He's like, I was so impressed with how much he knew about the Nationals hitters, you know, Monday Tuesday, going into that start, he knew a lot about the Nationals hitters. He'd done a lot of watch some video, done a lot of studying. He said in the pregame planning meeting with you know, Caleb Covam and the pitching staff, very relaxed, no nerves. You know, Brandon Marsh said the same things, like guy looked like he had been here before. The guy had looked like he had been here before. So showed a lot of a lot of poise.

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Speaker 5: And you know, have you mentioned you mentioned j I think he's very fortunate to have JT. I mean people made a big deal of he didn't shake off JT. Well, he nobody shakes off JT. The guy knows how to lead a pitching staff, but a young kid eleven days before his twenty third birthday big league debut hotly anticipated. I mean, having JT at the helm is a gift. And I know he hasn't hit. I know people are like they signed JT's three years. This guy contributes in a lot more ways than just the batter's box, and what he hasn't brought in the batter's box yet.

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Speaker 3: Right.

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Speaker 4: So the thing that, yeah, the thing that you said that comes out that that stands out to me about JT is that he's developed this He's gotten better and better over the years. I mean, it just didn't happen, you know, immediately. I mean he was always a very dedicated defender, but I think he became better and better as his careers moved forward, and he's become sort of that yachty Air Molina type guy that you can sit back. He's like a comfortable shoe, you know. You know he's back there. You know he's prepared. You know, he knows what he's doing back there and how he wants to attack hitters, and he knows he knows that he understands his pitching staff.

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Speaker 3: So that's a great point that you make.

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Speaker 4: The other point I wanted to make about his preparation in Andrew Paynter's preparation is I think we talked about this before, but one of the cool things I may have talked about it in a different platform, The one thing that I noticed in the games prior as I was watching some of the games on TV. He was standing right behind Caleb Cotham and with the other pitchers, the other starting pitchers, all game long, studying, talking, watching, listening as the game went on, when they were on the defensive side of the ball, as the Phillies' pitchers were out there firing against against this team, the Washington Nationals young hitters, and just that level of maturity and that level of preparation, that's the kind of stuff that separates the good pictures and the quality pictures from the great ones.

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Speaker 3: And uh and.

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Speaker 4: I think the Phillies fans are are going to be pretty happy with the fact that this guy is as dedicated a player as he is, and he's not just going to rest on his law Laurels. He's not gonna He's gonna get knocked around a little bit. There's no question about it. It's gonna happen. This is the major leagues. They're major league hitters. There's a reason why he's not gonna go out there and throw one zero E r A up there but from it. But this kid's gonna learn from it, and they'll get better from it and that's that's the beauty of what I think he's going to bring to the table too.

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Speaker 2: So uh, the other day I wrote this kind of big, big oral history, Ruben, to your point on Andrew Painter's career, talking to people from high school all the way up through Triple A last year.

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Speaker 3: And.

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Speaker 2: Talking to the Triple A pitching coaches Phil Candari matt Elmeyer last season, they said the same thing, and I think it was Phil said, one of the coolest things for me to see about Andrew Painter is I'll notice it out of the corner of my he says. I wish I could have a camera kind of capture it. When he's not pitching, he'll start the game at one end of the dugout, and then he'll have conversations with these guys, and then he'll have conversations with these guys, and then we'll have conversations with these guys, and then all of a sudden, around the seventh inning, I will feel him standing behind me in the dugout and he's just kind of staying there and he's kind of waiting, he said, He's kind of waiting for me to engage him, and he will ask it then he will engage and he will start asking a lot of questions like why is the infield in here? Why do you think this guy does that? Is this what you're talking about? What's going on here? So he's constantly kind of learning from guys. He really loves to to pick things up and they say, you know, down the road, this is going to really help them. This is why the infield's in, this is what to expect in this situation, and they he said that that was just a really cool part of what of working with him in Triple A last year. So having him work with that, seeing him stand next to Wheeler and Lozardo and Nola, that's going to be a thing that you kind of see going forward. And those guys are obviously great examples. Nobody, none, None of those guys are sitting in the clubhouse during a game when they're not pitching, eating ice cream.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, the rooms. I love that. Yeah, I love that about that.

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Speaker 4: I love that about the staff. It's a difference maker, man, when they're out there caring about their teammate number one and also learning from the game by watching the game with their eyes, not with a video camera, not with a iPad, but watching the baseball game.

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Speaker 3: I think that's a really important element. I was wondering, and.

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Speaker 4: I want to ask you guys this so as I as you guys are talking, as I'm thinking about this young man and I don't know him all that well. I've only had like, you know, small conversation with him, but I observed him a lot.

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Speaker 3: I wonder does he remind you.

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Speaker 4: At all of Chase Utley with the way he handles things as far as just his overall demeanors, not like he's you said it, Jim, He's not going to be a media darling.

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Speaker 3: He's not. I mean, he's going to be a very He's guarded. He's guarded with his with his uh.

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Speaker 4: And calculated with his comments. He'll I think he'll post up and he'll be there for you for the media, but and does his job. But I think he's so focused on excellence. It just seems like he's that kind of a guy. He's so focused on excellence and winning and performing that I sort of see a young, you know, Chase Utley sort of demeanor about him.

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Speaker 5: Definitely, I know, I definitely hear what you're saying, and I think it's definitely appropriate comparison. I think Chase it might have been organic. I think this kid was schooled a little bit that there's gonna be a lot of eyeballs on you, a lot of spotlight on you. Your job is to pitch. Here's how you go about it, here's how you focus. I think there's a lot. I think he's a very bright guy. I think he's a very very smart kid. As you guys articulate the way he pays attention to a game. I think he's a student of pitching. And I think that even goes beyond, you know, the bullpen, the pitcher's mode. I think goes into how he just handles himself in the public eye. He's remarkably mature. And but it was very impressed and Todd you mentioned that story. I can't recommend folks reading that enough. It is a great look at this kid's journey through the people who know him best, covering a long period of time in his development. It is so well worth your time. I've read it twice and I'll probably read it again because now that you know we've seen this debut, it even takes on a different context for me. So I know how hard you worked on that story for literally multiple years, and it was really.

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Speaker 6: Great aside As an aside from that, well, I thought was really interesting having watched the game on TV and watching some of the some of the stuff that was going on.

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Speaker 4: I noticed how excited this is kind of funny. I noticed when they flashed to the family, how excited the mom was, like every time something positive happens. She was really, you know, genuinely excited for him and his fiance. Shelby was just sitting back, going this is what I expect, this is what I think.

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Speaker 3: It was weird, like it was strange, like she wasn't jumping up like a crazy you know, significant other or anything like that. She was just sort of taking it in. It's it sort of seem like she took on I don't know what a person.

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Speaker 4: I've never really never really talked to her or met her, but it just seemed like, you know, she the family is a lot more excited than the fiance, and I thought that that was an interesting anecdote as I was watching the game.

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Speaker 2: I mean, yeah, I don't know how I would react having my son pitch in a big league game. I mean I would be I'd be a nervous wreck absolutely bad, absolute bad. A couple more things than Andrew paid the comments Tuesday night coming out of the Nationals clubhouse, I just want to blake Butterra, the Nationals manager, said, really good, that was as advertised. He's going to be a really good pitcher in this game for a long time. That was pretty impressive stuff. And then James Wood, who struck out twice, he was asked, does he remind you of anybody?

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Speaker 1: No, not really.

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Speaker 2: I mean now he's Andrew Bainter, so he's a good pitcher in his own right. So you know, that was I thought that was pretty good, and I just wanted a little graphic here on looking at his eight strikeouts, you can see the change up, curveball, slider. He got three strikeouts on the change up, two on the curveball, two on the slider, and that last strikeout, his eighth and final strikeout was in the fifth inning against James Wood in ninety seven mile an hour fastball.

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Speaker 1: So, you know, just just a really impressive.

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Speaker 5: And Ruby you made the point Rubin that, you know, hey, great debut. Part of the learning curve is some night he's going to struggle. Some night he's going to get his nose bloodied. It happens, but he is so smart he'll learn from it. He talked about that the day before the start, how much he learned from failure last year, And in my mind it brought me back to Cole Hammill's who you know, pitches this team through a World Series title in oh wait, struggles in nine and we'll tell you he learned more about himself in nine than he did in O eight because he learned from failure.

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Speaker 3: So I thought that was interesting.

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Speaker 4: I think also what was interesting was, you know, they made a little tiny justment on his hand position I think as far as r. Mango is concerned, and one, I think it makes it a little bit more deceptive in two, and it also brings back a little bit more of the command. I was impressed by the fact that even I think I had eight out of the first eleven first hitters he got ahead of but even as he did went on the times that he did not get ahead of his of the hitter, he could come back and throw a breaking ball for a strike. And if you can do that in the major leagues, you've got a chance to be especially as good a spin as he puts on the baseball. If he can do that consistently, boy oh boy, and and he that was one of the things that sort of impressed me that even when he got behind, he didn't have certainly have to throw a fastball to get there to back to one one or even that he could spin a break and ball, throw a split and that was that was impressive.

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Speaker 2: Another kind of cool thing from last night. You know, so we're really the first five games, I mean, the two young kids, Andrew Painter.

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Speaker 1: Shining us justin Crawford. I mean, where would the Phillies be right.

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Speaker 2: Now without guys Brandon marsh right, But I mean, you know, the Phillies have been waiting for these guys for such a long time to kind of step up or come up and produce and to see those guys just five games, the first five games of the season, but really important. I know, Jim, you wrote about that today on NBC Sports Philadelphia dot Com.

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Speaker 1: So check out that story, Jim.

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Speaker 2: I mean, you know what made you kind of want to delve into delve into that.

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Speaker 5: You know, Ruben mentioned Brandon Marsh want a catch to end the game.

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Speaker 2: That was him, right, Yes, Brandon Marsh really really really nice catch. So real quick, Jim, before you get into that, I just want to mention that catch. I said to brand I go, that was a pretty good catch. He's like, yeah, you know, It's.

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Speaker 1: Like the thing is, it's like I was.

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Speaker 2: I was about five steps in because I'm thinking, if he's going to be he's gonna be late. He's going to hit a ground ball, shoot it through the hole. I'm going to need to come up throwing. So he was in about five feet so then of course he's like, of course, then he barrels it and like hits it to that hit, gets it in the air and lost his left field so he had to book it back there and make that catch.

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Speaker 5: But anyway, yeah, but Hey, look, it's really early in the season, but they really needed that win last night. They had lost three in a row. They've been getting booed at home. Their big guns haven't done much at the plate. There's so much heightened attention on the start of the season. They needed a victory. But even beyond that, they need a night like this for the organization where they can take two twenty two year olds, two twenty two year olds and put them in the middle of the diamond and get contributions like they got from twenty two year old Andrew Painter and twenty two year old center fielder Justin Crawford. Had a big hit in the fifth end, came around to score that third run. He's played good defense so far. Had another big hit against Texas the other day, a couple on opening Day. Right, this is an organization we all like the roster. It is a good roster. It's a team that should play in October. But it's an aging roster with guys into their mid thirties, a bunch of guys pushing their mid thirties. This organization really desperately needs an infusion of life at the top of youth, at the top end and to get these two guys contributing now and what how it could impact the future is huge, and it's huge for player development. It's huge for scouting to get these guys here. It's huge for your draft to see these type of results. And if they can ever get Aiden Miller healthy and he can join this crew in a year or so. So this was a win that even went beyond Tuesday night. To me, it can cast shadows going forward and some youth, some energy, and just some good young players that you can grow around. You can see this kid in the center field for ten years. You could seek Pander in the rotation for ten years, top of the for ten years. Very very important night, even beyond the win.

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Speaker 4: You make a great point, Jim, and I go back to what Paul Owens Poe Paul Owens used to say, if you can get contribution from one or one and a half players from your system or young players per year, that's.

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Speaker 3: Going to sustain your ability to have success.

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Speaker 4: And in this case, it could be two players, and I'm hopeful that one they stay healthy and two they just keep doing their thing and not feel like they have to carry the team, because that's certainly not there that's not what they're being paid to do. That's not why they're here. They're here to contribute, obviously, but it's the big boys. They have to come through, and they haven't, and so they will. At some point they'll start to produce. One other thing that I will say that it's nice to see a Dolus Garcia do some damage big for him to come up with a home run. He was an important element in this as well, and I'd like to see him continue to contribut as well.

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Speaker 5: Totally agree. You need the big boys. The big boys are going to dictate a lot, but you also need the sprinkling of contribution from your younger guys, your younger number one picks, because guess what, Eventually, you know that's sprinkling. They're going to become the big boys. That's how an organization sustains.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely.

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Speaker 2: Justin Crawford, we were talking earlier about Painter and kind of how polished he is, and and talking to Justin it's kind of the the same thing. You know, he comes from a baseball family, his dad obviously, Carl Crawford, and but talking to him is just you know, he seems very comfortable.

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Speaker 1: He doesn't seem like it's he's.

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Speaker 2: Like, oh my god, I'm a big I'm nervous, I'm super nervous being here. And teammates have said the same thing about him.

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Speaker 4: So I think the spot like jumps on these guys so much earlier now, and I think that they are exposed to the media, they're exposed to the questioning, they're exposed to the notoriety so early in their careers now that they're sort of, you know, even if they didn't play collegiate baseball, which you know, some of the college guys are a little bit more polished just because they've been around more media, more stuff. You know, guys are just a little bit more polished. And and kudos to the organization and to their parents and to their upbringing for for them to prepare them for these moments.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 5: I find this Crawford kid to be a real kind of a delight to talk to.

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Speaker 3: I love them.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, he's he's all right, He's okay, he's more He's going to be more than okay.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely is. So what Rubin, you mentioned the Adolay Scarcia getting that home run last night, and man, he needed that. The whole offense needed at the top four hitters in the Phillies lineup Trey Turner, kleish Warber, Bryce Harper, Alec Bohm batting a combined one so far to start the season.

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Speaker 3: Is that good? That's good?

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Speaker 5: Not good?

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Speaker 3: That's not good.

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Speaker 2: One double, three home runs, eight RBIs.

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Speaker 1: One double, yeah, one double.

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Speaker 3: One double amongst those top four guys. That's yeah, the top.

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Speaker 2: So I look this up this morning. The top two hitters in the Phillies lineup. That's Trey Turner uh and Kyle Schwarber five eighty six OPS. That's twenty six in baseball. Those top two spots in the lineup. The three through six hitters five eighteen OPS twenty sixth in baseball, and the seven through nine hitters seven sixty one OPS eighth and baseball. So right now it's you kind of expect to be the reverse.

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Speaker 1: It will get better.

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Speaker 3: The fans want them to, want them to flip the lineup. Yeah, flip the line in the one hole.

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Speaker 1: Put Crawford in the one hole. How can you rest this guy first?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly, no, I know, exactly exactly, prushure.

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Speaker 5: Just let him get his feet wet.

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Speaker 3: Yes, correct, correct.

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Speaker 2: People really up in arms about Crawford not playing the other day. And the point I've been trying to make the people is it was against the lefty. You're trying to ease them in. You know, give him a break against the left he gets some you know you Rubin, you guys did this with Chase Sutley.

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Speaker 4: You guys is gonna say the same thing, Ryan Howard. You gotta ease them man, Man, I mean, listen, yeah, go ahead.

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Speaker 2: No no, no, go ahead, go ahead, Rubin.

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Speaker 4: I just feel like there's so much pressure on these guys.

00:27:30
Speaker 3: Just let him ease into it.

00:27:32
Speaker 4: Eventually he's gonna play every day, it's gonna happen.

00:27:36
Speaker 3: Just ease him into it.

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Speaker 4: I mean, I know that people are like, just play the guy, Just play them well. I mean, there's an art to developing players confidence, Get them a breather, get them off their feet.

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Speaker 3: One hundred and sixty two games for a rookie. They've never done it before in their lives.

00:27:56
Speaker 2: He's never played one hundred and twenty games.

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Speaker 4: I'll be the first to tell you when I had a chance to take over for Lenn Diisch Lenny Dykstra, I was dying to get a day off after my fourth zero for five in a row. I needed a mental break and I did not get one because back then the thought process was just keep playing, you'll play your way through it, you'll be fine.

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Speaker 3: Well I could have used it, and.

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Speaker 4: I just feel like it's something that mentally, it's not a physical thing as much as it as a mental and emotional thing. And don't worry that Crawford kid. He's gonna be playing every day.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely. It was less about we got to get Justin off his feed so, you know, and more of just bring him along slowly. You know, he had never I think he's last season. He played a career high one hundred and thirteen games.

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Speaker 5: So it wasn't like he put wasn't like I was out there. It's not like he put his feet up. I mean he was on the field of two thirty doing a ton of war, you know, defensively, offensively. It was a workday for them, just a different kind of work day.

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Speaker 3: Correct.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, So let's let's let's close on this Phillies rotation.

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Speaker 1: One time, the rotation one time through.

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Speaker 2: They Christopher Sanchez is going to make his second start of the season Wednesday afternoon against the Nationals, and Zach Wheeler is going to make another rehab start on Friday for Triple A and Durham.

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Speaker 1: So you know, one time.

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Speaker 2: Through Sanchez Painter, the other three not so good, not so good. There's a lot of room to go up, guys.

00:29:43
Speaker 3: There's, as mister used to say, a lot of room for improvement.

00:29:47
Speaker 5: There's always read a lot of time too, A lot of time, A.

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Speaker 1: Lot of time, a lot of time.

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Speaker 2: So anyway, I just wanted to kind of mention that as we go, I'm pressing all these buttons here as none of them are popping up on their go there time. Yeah, take yourself, I'm yeah, you know, it's funny.

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Speaker 3: The only time pleasure don't get flustered.

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Speaker 2: The only time that Andrew Painter didn't stay within himself. He said he almost forgot to uh tip his cap to the crowd after Rob Thompson on the mound said he gave.

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Speaker 5: A nice, nice doph, he actually removed it.

00:30:24
Speaker 1: Yes, an old schooler, Yeah, that was very old school.

00:30:28
Speaker 2: It kind of reminds me of Royality walking off the mound after the postseason no hitter in twenty ten.

00:30:36
Speaker 1: He was a good good hat tip.

00:30:39
Speaker 3: I love I love the doff of the cap man.

00:30:43
Speaker 4: That's really really cool. I mean it was neat the way the fans rallied around him. I mean that's an important element. The connection with the fans has been a big thing for.

00:30:52
Speaker 3: The Phillies over the last several years.

00:30:55
Speaker 4: I know people are souring because they're not finishing off the deal, but there's a connection with the fans and this team that's pretty special, and I think that's an important element. I think it's an important element for all sports teams to have a connection with their fans because the fans are the ones that pay their salaries.

00:31:11
Speaker 5: Baby, Without the fans, none of this exists, none.

00:31:14
Speaker 2: Of it absolutely, And it was a great It was a fun night last night. I think a lot of the people that are there last night, they're going to be you know, if Andrew Painter does what everybody thinks he can do and what they hope he can do, there's gonna be forty one thousand people twenty years.

00:31:31
Speaker 1: From now going.

00:31:32
Speaker 3: I was there.

00:31:33
Speaker 1: I was so h that was fun, guys. Philly Show will be back later this week.

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Speaker 3: Smelly, Lena Sell Jim.

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