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Published 1 year, 9 months ago
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On Episode 892 of Hittin' Season, host John Stolnis of The Good Phight and BillyPenn.com assesses another Zack Wheeler second place finish in the NL Cy Young Award voting. What's this guy gotta do to win one of those things? Also, Scott Lauber of the Philadelphia Inquirer joins the show to talk about Juan Soto meetings and the latest on what the Phillies might do in free agency and the trade market, John runs down some big roster decisions made this week, and which free agents would cost the Phils draft picks by refusing the qualifying offer?
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Show notes:
ZACK WHEELER CY YOUNG VOTING
- Wheeler loses to Chris Sale 198-130
- Sale got 26 of the 30 first place votes, Wheeler only got 4, but had 25 runner up votes
- It’s Wheeler’s second runner-up finish… also in 2021, when he lost to Corbin Burnes despite pitching 46.1 more innings than him
- This time he only pitched 23.1 more innings than Sale, but that’s still about 4 starts’ worth if you average 6 innings a start.
- This vote should have been MUCH closer.
- Is Wheeler going to go down as this generation’s Chase Utley, only for pitchers? He’s obviously one of the very best over this seven-year trend, but he’s never won any hardware, other than a Gold Glove, and he won’t have the counting stats some pitchers in the past had, same as Utley
- Christopher Sanchez finished 10th in the voting, earning 2 5th place votes
- Aaron Nola received one 5th place vote
- Sanchez should have been higher, probably above
SCOTT LAUBER PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
- Everyone wants to know… what are you hearing about any meeting the Phillies are planning with Juan Soto?
- What odds would you give the Phillies being the one ending up with him?
- Do you get the sense they will make him a competitive offer? And if so, how high do you think they’d be willing to go? Or how high can they go?
- There’s been a ton of rumors about Alec Bohm out there… how available is he?
- What other members of the roster are most available?
- Do you think Dombrowski is going to make a big splash this winter?
ROSTER MOVES
- Phillies added three pitchers to the 40-man roster in order to avoid them being exposed to the Rule 5 draft.
- Mick Abel (23)
- Gotta han