00:00All right, now that's great about the WBC,
00:03but we're going to move over to the Phillies right now,
00:04and I want to talk a little bit about Andrew Painter
00:07and what you think his ceiling is this year.
00:10Ricky, I can't wait to find out.
00:13It can be hard to remember that he was once the number one pitching prospect
00:19in the whole sport before his Tommy John surgery.
00:24And, you know, when I talk to people about him back then,
00:28they were dropping names like Garrett Cole, Paul Schemes, Stephen Strasburg.
00:34That's how special it was.
00:37And I was at his game Sunday, and I wouldn't say I saw that.
00:44That Andrew Painter that I just described from basically 2022
00:49had insane fastball life.
00:53And I don't think that would describe him in this start.
00:56But I did go back and re-watch it.
00:59I was curious.
01:00He did blow a fastball right past Trent Grisham from the Yankees.
01:05He blew up a bat with a fastball.
01:08He was very efficient.
01:09So I don't know where this is leading, but you asked about upside.
01:14If he gets together, Ricky, he is so much more than just another number five starter
01:21because he's a guy with superstar upside.
01:26For more purposes, I hear you.
01:26But again, yeah, that's what he has.
01:27And he can get into this put on as like a guy with that,
01:28I'm so happy and happy and happy.
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