Ricky Bottalico

The Phillies just collapsed epically. Their bats went ice cold, and they let the hated Mets kick them out in 4 games. After 3 straight years of the bats blowing up in an important place, people want to shake things up. And the most obvious place to upgrade is in the outfield. Much of the team is locked up. 1B and SS are not changing anytime soon. You could feasibly move Trea Turner somewhere else, like 2nd Base. But if that happened, it would just mean they are moving Stott to SS.

Beasley Media Group has named veteran radio executive Scott Masteller as the new program director at 97.5 The Fanatic (WPEN-FM) in Philadelphia. The opening was created in September after Bill Weston announced plans to retire as program director at classic rock station 102.9 WMGK-FM and rock station 93.3 WMMR-FM. He was replaced at WMGK by Eric Johnson and at WMMR by Chuck Damico, who was program director at The Fanatic.

Ricky Bottalico hosted the Philly Hot Stove Show with Connor Thomas on 97.5 The Fanatic. They discussed the MLB Winter Meetings, the possibility of extensions for Bryce Harper and Zack Wheeler, and potential targets for Dave Dombrowski and the Philadelphia Phillies. Jayson Stark of The Athletic and Scott Lauber of The Philadelphia Inquirer also joined the show. Both writers made the trip to Nashville for the annual baseball meetings.