{"id":24688,"date":"2025-01-08T22:19:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T22:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=24688"},"modified":"2025-01-08T22:19:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T22:19:23","slug":"fan-poll-who-should-be-the-phillies-leadoff-hitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=24688","title":{"rendered":"Fan Poll: Who should be the Phillies\u2019 leadoff hitter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content-main\">\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Tuesday, we did a deep dive on the pros and cons of Kyle Schwarber leading off for the Phillies.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Could change be coming this season? Rob Thomson provided some interesting comments on the topic when asked about possibly batting Bryce Harper first at the Winter Meetings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve thought about that too,\u201d Thomson said. \u201cThat\u2019s something that would be a long conversation, I think. I\u2019m not sure Bryce would be willing to go there. I think the more at-bats you get for the best hitters, the better chances you have. That\u2019s the idea behind it. He gets more at-bats to get into the Hall of Fame.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomson went on to add on that Harper could \u201cpossibly\u201d be open to moving to the No. 2.<\/p>\n<p>Where do you stand in this debate? 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