Phillies' Star Trio Struggle to Start 2025 Postseason

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00:00Bryce Harper, Kyle Schwarber, and Trey Turner are a combined 2-for-21 in this series so far.

00:07Over the last two postseasons, Trey Turner and Kyle Schwarber are a combined 6-for-45.

00:15It's a 133 batting average with 19 strikeouts.

00:20The Phillies have gotten consistent pitching performances.

00:24The bullpen, there were some tipping pitches involved.

00:29What can you do?

00:31But the Phillies are the Phillies because Kyle Schwarber hit 56 home runs.

00:36The Phillies are the Phillies because Trey Turner, if he didn't get hurt at the end of the season,

00:40might have led Major League Baseball in hits and won the NL batting title.

00:46And Bryce Harper is Bryce Harper.

00:48Those three, that's an enormous issue.

00:52I think that is the biggest issue and a reason why the Phillies, right?

00:56They've only lost by a run and two runs in the other game.

01:00Imagine if those three were just average.

01:02I'm not asking for much.

01:03Just be okay.

01:04It might be 2-0 Phillies.

01:07And I alluded to this in the conversation with Fink last episode.

01:10But it just feels like if Schwarber and Harper or even Turner right now aren't getting it done,

01:17then you look at Boehm.

01:18Real Muto has had some good at-bats.

01:20But Castellanos, and I'm like, oh, man, who else is going to come up here?

01:25Like, it feels like those are the guys that need to be producing for you.

01:29And shockingly, even though, like, they haven't been.

01:32It's been other guys that have actually been picking it up and putting a couple runs across the board for them.

01:36But it just feels like when you've got Alec Boehm in the cleanup spot and Kyle Schwarber, Trey Turner, and Bryce Harper aren't doing it for you,

01:44I don't know how else you're going to score runs.

01:46And so I agree.

01:47I think it's unrealistic to say Boehm needs to look like a cleanup hitter.

01:51I think the reality here is that Kyle Schwarber needs to look like one of the best power hitters in Major League Baseball.

01:56And I know he's working his butt off to try to get there.

01:58And Bryce Harper needs to be the playoff icon that we've seen the last few years.

02:01And neither of those things are happening.

02:03So I don't see how the Phillies get a game without those guys being a big part of the offense.

02:08What's the next thing that stands out to you?

02:10On the Dodgers side, the bullpen still is a concern.

02:15Because I think they're the best team here.

02:17They have the best starting rotation.

02:19I think it's the best unit in the postseason.

02:22And I think the second best unit in the postseason is that offense.

02:26You're not going to win every game by four runs and then almost blow a lead.

02:32And that's how you win postseason games.

02:33It's not going to work.

02:34You will get bit.

02:36Right?

02:36We've seen how good the Brewers look.

02:38We've seen how good the Blue Jays look.

02:40And maybe it's the Mariners that get passed.

02:43These teams aren't just going to lay down.

02:45Maybe they will.

02:46The Phillies are incredible.

02:47So maybe they will and it won't end up mattering.

02:49But Blake Dryden came in again and struggled.

02:52We thought he'd fix that arm angle.

02:53Didn't look great in that one.

02:54We haven't even seen Tanner Scott yet.

02:56Now Rokey has stepped in and I guess he's their closer.

03:00But, you know, it's been Tyler Glass now for innings.

03:04Right?

03:04Vessia can't just be the only reliever that you trust outside of Rokey Sasaki.

03:09And maybe they're able to piece it together and this concern doesn't matter.

03:13But I still feel like the concern matters.

03:17Yeah.

03:18I'm with you.

03:19And it felt like it was a force.

03:20Like, let's try to get something positive here for Trenton because we need him.

03:24And it just was not even a good spot to put him out there.

03:28Sasaki saves the day coming in.

03:29But it almost seemed like it would be too little too late.

03:32Fortunately for the Dodgers, you know, Sasaki was able to get that final out.

03:36But Vessia, you know, saving Trine in there to go get the lefties.

03:39You got two more.

03:42Milwaukee, it's hard to find a concern.

03:45My one would be, is Brandon Woodruff going to come back?

03:49Because I look at the Brewers and I'm not really concerned about the offense.

03:52I was going to come into this segment saying, what's going on with Jackson Chorio's hamstring?

03:59He looks okay.

04:00He's just setting records.

04:02So who cares?

04:03Right?

04:05I have no concerns with the bullpen.

04:07I thought, is Andrew Vaughn going to show up?

04:09Yes, clearly.

04:11So what's the concern?

04:12It would be when you get to a seven game series, it can't always be a bullpen game.

04:18And what you showed us is that Quinn Priester, I guess he's going game three, but you didn't want to go with him in game two.

04:25Might have been more strategy and less about Quinn Priester.

04:28But he doesn't have a ton of years under his belt, right?

04:30Came up in 2023.

04:32He's had a really good season.

04:33But it's hard to win a series against a team like the Dodgers when it's Freddie Peralta, Quinn Priester, and then bullpen games.

04:41It's just difficult.

04:42You have to be at your best.

04:43The Brewers can absolutely compete with the Dodgers if Brandon Woodruff comes back strong.

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