Erik Kratz Among 4 Former Phillies to Join Radio Broadcast Team

The Phillies added four former players to their radio broadcast team for the 2022 season: Michael Bourn, Chad Durbin, Erik Kratz and Kevin Stocker.

The quartet will rotate road games working with longtime play by play man Scott Franzke. The spot opened when Kevin Frandsen became the Nationals' TV color commentator. Larry Andersen will still continue to call most home games.

Stocker called select Phillies road games on radio from 2016-18, while the other three will be new to the role.

Bourn was the Phillies' fourth-round pick in 2003 and quickly established himself as a top base-stealing threat. He was the main piece of the Phillies' trade for Brad Lidge prior to the 2008 season, a deal that worked pretty well for the Phillies. It also worked for the Astros and Bourn, who led the league in steals three of the next four years while developing his on-base skills to the .350 range.

Durbin was an important piece of the 2008 championship team as both a bridge between starters and relievers and a high-leverage guy. He had a 2.87 ERA and entered in the eighth inning or later in 30 of his 71 appearances. No NL reliever pitched more innings than Durbin that year.

Kratz is the most recently retired of the four, having played with the 2020 Yankees. Respected wherever he went, Kratz was a backup catcher for nine teams. He was a Phillie for 42 percent of his career plate appearances.

Stocker hit .324 as a rookie on the 1993 NL championship team and spent the majority of the next four seasons as the Phils' starting shortstop, hitting .262 with a .347 OBP. He was also involved in one of the better trades in Phillies history, being sent to Tampa Bay for Bobby Abreu prior to 1998.

The great Gregg Murphy will host pregame and postgame shows at home and on the road.