Blake Murphy

But they do seem to have...

you know, a little bit of an ability, whether on the pitcher side or the contact profile hitter side, to identify some of these undervalued guys.

Now, they did our guy Rob Thompson, another Canadian, a little dirty.

They got the dead cat bounce with the manager change, even though fundamentally a lot didn't turn around there.

What have you made of that turnaround and where the Phillies are here?

You know, still not in a playoff spot, but back to at least close to where we expected them to be.

Yeah, that's a tough one.

Here's a piece of advice for the Phillies as far as that record against teams under 500 go.

Just move to the American League.

There's no teams above 500.

The Yankees have only played 11 games against teams above 500.

The Phillies have played 32.

Solved it.

Yeah.

Ask any Blue Jays fan over the years about alignment and potentially being in the central and what that was like in the early 2000s, mid-2000s when they were winning high 80s games and finishing 10 games out of a playoff spot.

Not great.

Michael, this was.

Thanks so much for taking the time.

And I got to say, a deep respect for you putting the numbers and the graphs behind the 9-9-9 challenge.

But I'm built different.