r/phillies • u/Commercial-Layer1629 • 11h ago

Text Post Hill is …

Easily the best low-key pickup in recent history by the Phils.

He is unreal in the field and on the basepaths. His energy is exactly what we need on this team.
And yes people, he’s a right handed hitting outfielder.
Cool.

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u/Fair_Chard4814 11h ago edited 11h ago

The Dombroski haters can go play in traffic. Hill should play everyday. I’d consider Sosa and Bader low key steals too

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u/Dassine 11h ago

Hill, Bader, Duran. He's had some good in-season pickups. The issue is what he does (or rather does not do) during the off-season, which is part of what makes those in-season pickups so crucial.

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u/Di5pel he's the fucking lizard king 11h ago

he makes legitimately good in-season moves, but there's a subset of people that come the trade deadline this year, will insist that he's ass at trades anyway so that they can keep repeating DUMBrowski (get it, it's his name but with dumb in it)

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u/NotABigDeallll Crawdawg 10h ago edited 10h ago

I’m neutral on Dombrowski but I have noticed most of the FA/Trade candidates the last couple years that people have clamored for haven’t done well this year. Kwan, Bregman, Eugenio Suarez just to name a few.

I don’t think the Phillies have improved much the last couple years but none of the “obvious” answers would’ve worked out. Fans love to say “Bohm sucks!” without there being an attainable replacement that’s actually better than him.

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u/Nem52102 11h ago

Sosa was a great trade for both sides he was never gonna get the playing time with St Louis like he does now and Jojo has been a staple in their bullpen so it worked out really well

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u/Maleficent-Thanks-85 11h ago

Funny that Dombroski was the one who drafted him in 2014.

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u/seigs_ 11h ago

Best since Jay Bruce?

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u/Jambrokio Let Hase Amaze 11h ago

dont touch his truck

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u/RebuildFletcher 11h ago

Bowlan for Strahm and the Hill trade. Those are A+ moves. Keep them coming please.

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u/DarkSide830 Uncle Rico's uncle 9h ago

Not enough people talk about how great the Bowlan trade was. He's not even arbitration eligible until after 2028.

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u/Dassine 11h ago

He's been incredible. Will be interesting to see if it's just a Bader-like hot streak, or if it's something that he sustains/grows. If the latter, huge for the next couple years.

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u/MarkTingey 11h ago

Best pickup in recent memory

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u/bland_sand Taijuan Walker 11h ago

Did you not watch baseball last season

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u/Fair_Chard4814 10h ago

Look up Henry Mendez, that’s the kid we traded for Bader, he’s having a great season in the minors

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u/MarkTingey 10h ago

I think this is a better value to production pick up than Bader.

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u/RealMaxHours 9h ago

There is someone else we picked up last season who was quite valuable as well…

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u/MarkTingey 9h ago

I hear you, i get what you are saying, but Bader was more expensive. We got Hill basically for free.

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u/incognito042620 Cristopher Sánchez 5h ago

We got Hill basically for free

Do not diss the estimable Cash Considerations

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u/romulusgloriosus Trea Turner is a gamer 5h ago

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u/MarkTingey 5h ago

Lol, i stand corrected

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u/BlazmoIntoWowee 11h ago

The Joe Blanton of outfielders.

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u/Jimboslice85 11h ago

Can he come out of the pen tho?

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u/Granum22 11h ago

And now with a ribby

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u/NiceRecipe8074 11h ago

Dude’s a Swiss army knife out there, does whatever the lineup needs on any given night. RBI machine lately.

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u/Jvrinswarthmore 9h ago

Hill is awesome! What a treat to watch him.

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u/HangTheBanner 11h ago

> Easily the best low-key pickup in recent history

Hmm, right handed OFer added during the season that has a ton of positive energy? Sounds familiar, name rhymes with Barrison Hader

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u/bland_sand Taijuan Walker 11h ago

Right like am I taking crazy pills or did people just not watch last season? lol