00:00Why are the Phillies similar to the 2025 Dodgers?
00:04Yeah, just, this was interesting to me.
00:07Joe Shan is a really thoughtful guy.
00:09Ricky used to write for Baseball Perspectives and Sports Illustrated.
00:13And he wrote this, this was yesterday in his newsletter.
00:17What he said was, am I crazy or are the 2026 Phillies shaped like the 2025 Dodgers?
00:27Great starting rotation, especially at the top.
00:31Top heavy lineup.
00:33Lead off man, DH, hits a bunch of bombs.
00:36So he's talking about Schwarber and Otani.
00:39Very old position players.
00:42Remember the Dodgers were older last year than the Phillies.
00:47Still are.
00:49He mentioned a Hall of Fame first baseman in the three hole.
00:52I mean, he meant Freddie Freeman and Bryce, obviously, even though Bryce isn't at first
00:57base at the moment, but I get it.
01:01Shortstop in his decline phase.
01:04So he's talking about Mookie and Trey Turner.
01:08Unreliable bullpen.
01:09Might be reinforced in October by a rookie starter.
01:14And again, like I was around the Dodgers last year, that Dodgers bullpen was a train wreck
01:20last September and Roki Sasaki rescued them in October.
01:25Now, I think it might be a stretch to envision Andrew Painter as this year's Roki Sasaki.
01:31I think the whole comp is a little bit of a stretch, but I wanted to pass it along to
01:38you
01:38guys because it's food for thought.
01:39These teams are actually built more similar than you think.
01:44I think it's a little bit of a stretch.
01:44I think it's a little bit of a stretch.
01:44I think it's a little bit of a stretch.
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