Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

On Episode 715 of Hittin' Season, John Stolnis from the Good Phight and BillyPenn.com recaps the Phillies' much-needed series win in San Diego, Zack Wheeler's recent dominance, and Kyle Schwarber's ridiculous second half. Also, John talks with Meghan Montemurro, Cubs beat writer for the Chicago Tribune about what is happening on the North Side this year, and John opens up the mailbag to talk Hoski...

On Episode 714 of Hittin' Season, John Stolnis from The Good Phight, Liz Roscher of Yahoo! Sports and Justin Klugh from Baseball Prospectus break down the Phillies' series against the Brewers over the weekend, our confidence level in the bullpen, whether the Phils are too homer-reliant (like that's a thing) and do they have the best pitching staff in baseball? One metric says they do.

On Episode 713 of Hittin' Season, Justin Klugh of Baseball Prospectus and Liz Roscher from Yahoo! Sports recap the Phillies' series against the Angels and preview this weekend's huge match-up with the Brewers in Milwaukee. All the homers, good vibes, and wins piled up in August, can the Phils keep it rolling into a month in which they've typically struggled... September?

On Episode 712 of Hittin' Season, host John Stolnis of The Good Phight and Billy Penn talks about Bryce Harper's dramatic 300th home run, their 7-2 homestand, and runs down a timeline from an August that will be remembered as one of the greatest months of baseball in Philadelphia history. Also, Russell Carleton stops by to talk about his book "The New Ballgame: The Not-So-Hidden Forces Shaping Mod...

On Episode 711 of Hittin' Season, John Stolnis, Justin Klugh and Liz Roscher recap the Phillies' sweep of the woeful St. Louis Cardinals and revel in the heroics of Zack Wheeler, Aaron Nola, Bryce Harper, Kyle Schwarber, and the rest of a team that is playing its best baseball of the season at just the right time.

They lost the last game of the series, but as Justin Klugh of Baseball Prospectus and Liz Roscher of Yahoo! Sports discuss, the Phillies' play against the Giants still gained them some momentum. And with five MLB franchises threatening to move, what if the Phillies did the same?

On Episode 709 of Hittin' Season, host John Stolnis of The Good Phight and Billy Penn chats with New York Times and soon-to-be Athletic national baseball writer Tyler Kepner about the Phillies' series win over the Giants, the NL wild card race and the downfall of the Mets and Yankees. Also, what are sports "vibes" and how can teams and players harness it like the Phillies seem to have? Vibes exper...

On Episode 708 of Hittin' Season, hosts John Stolnis from The Good Phight, Liz Roscher of Yahoo Sports and Baseball Prospectus' Justin Klugh chat about Monday's Phillies win over the Giants, the first of three games that could determine their chances of earning the top wild card spot. Also, some thoughts on the Phillies-Nationals series over the weekend, failing to take advantage of a cake schedul...

On Episode 707 of Hittin' Season, hosts John Stolnis of The Good Phight and Yahoo! Sports' Liz Roscher preview this weekend's series against the Nationals and Michael Lorenzen's attempt to pitch MLB's second back-to-back no-hitters, the state of the NL Wild Card race, and a special Sunday Night coming up in Williamsport.

On Episode 706 of Hittin' Season, host John Stolnis of The Good Phight & Billy Penn recaps the Phillies' quick two-game series split in Toronto with baseball analyst and talented actress Ellen Adair, discussing Bryce Harper's power surge, whether Aaron Nola is fixable and if he should start a playoff series if things don't turn around. Plus, Johan Rojas, Zack Wheeler and NL wild card thoughts as w...

On Episode 705 of Hittin' Season, John Stolnis of The Good Phight and Justin Klugh from Baseball Prospectus recap the disappointing Phillies-Twins series and Sunday's loss largely attributable to a home plate umpire recently called up from AAA. No, seriously. Also, was the 6-4 homestand a disappointment, or just fine, considering the Phils have the 3rd best record in the National League? And it wa...

On Episode 704 of Hittin' Season, hosts Justin Klugh of Baseball Prospectus and Liz Roscher of Yahoo! Sports share their thoughts on Michael Lorenzen's historic no-hitter, Trea Turner's reawakening, Ken Rosenthal's assertion that Philly fans' recent outpouring of audible support to struggling players make them "softer than a Philly soft pretzel" and the weaknesses of the rest of the NL wild card t...

On Episode 703 of Hittin' Season, hosts John Stolnis and Mike Robertson of @FranzkeLA Twitter fame talk about a historic night at Citizens Bank Park, the 14th no-hitter in Phillies history, thrown by Michael Lorenzen in his first ever start at home in a Phils uniform. Also, Weston Wilson homers in his first career at-bat in the Majors, Nick Castellanos hits his 200th home run, and thoughts about t...

On Episode 702 of Hittin' Season, hosts John Stolnis of The Good Phight and Liz Roscher from Yahoo! Sports discuss the Phillies' weekend series against the Kansas City Royals and the thrilling love affair between a city and their superstar shortstop, Trea Turner. Did the fanbase help Turner break out of his season-long rut? Also, the Big 5 do damage in the series while another veteran star, Aaron...

On Episode 697 of Hittin' Season, the Good Phight's John Stolnis recaps the Phillies' series win over the best team in the American League, the Baltimore Orioles. Also, why Trea Turner was forced to take a day off on Wednesday, why the time is NOW to put some distance between themselves and the rest of the NL Wild Card rabble, and a conversation with Brian Michael with the Philadelphia Negro Leagu...

On Episode 696, hosts John Stolnis of The Good Phight, Justin Klugh from Baseball Prospectus and Yahoo! Sports' Liz Roscher discuss the Phillies riding the struggle bus once again after a lackluster weekend in Cleveland and a rough opening-game loss to the first place Orioles. Can the Phillies' "Big 5" free agent signees, (Harper, Realmuto, Schwarber, Turner and Castellanos) pick it up and score c...

On Episode 694 of Hittin' Season, host John Stolnis of The Good Phight and BillyPenn.com breaks down the disappointing news that pitching phenom Andrew Painter will need Tommy John surgery, likely keeping him out of action until 2025, as well as whether the Phillies would and/or could trade for Padres star Juan Soto, with ESPN Sports Center Anchor and Philly native Kevin Negandhi. Also, John recap...

On Episode 693 of Hittin' Season, John Stolnis from The Good Phight and Yahoo! Sports' Liz Roscher recap the Phillies gleefully enjoyable series win as they once again rip the hearts out of the San Diego Padres. Are the 2022 playoff vibes back? Sure feels like it! We talk Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper, Johan Rojas' debut, Shohei Ohtani trade rumors and preview the upcoming home series against a...

The Phillies' second half begins TONIGHT with the Padres. Liz and Justin preview the four-game series, talk about the fun at the All-Star Game, and how Rob Manfred wants to be re-elected your commissioner of MLB!

On Episode 691 of Hittin' Season, John Stolnis from the Good Phight takes a quick look back at the performances of Nick Castellanos, Craig Kimbrel and Rob Thomson in the NL's 3-2 All Star Game win this week. Also, the Phils could be interested in Cardinals star Nolan Arenado, a chat about Reading Fightins' prospect with broadcaster Jake Starr, and John and his 12-year-old son play base...

On Episode 690 of Hittin' Season, hosts John Stolnis of The Good Phight, Justin Klugh from Baseball Prospectus and Yahoo! Sports' Liz Roscher gather together to discuss the up-and-down first half of the Phillies season, hand out grades for the players, and discuss the vibes heading into the second half. Also, it's great getting to know Nick Castellanos a bit more, Rob Thomson's man...

It really happened. The Phillies swept the Rays for their 12th road victory in a row. Justin talks to Tim Jackson of Baseball Prospectus about Bryson Stott's ability to infuriate opposing pitchers, and Ely Sussman of Fish on First helps preview the upcoming Phillies-Marlins series.

The Phillies have beaten the Rays twice in exactly the ways no one imagined they would: Once with a strong Aaron Nola start, and once with a resounding and unrelenting offensive attack.

he Phillies' weekend included a lot of blown chances to sweep a bad team. Also, Nick Castellanos is an all-star, and what else has happened on (or near) the 4th of July in Phillies seasons of the past?

Leo Morgenstern of FanGraphs talks about the positives of Bryce Harper's homerless streak, and Liz and Justin break down the Phillies' sweep of the Cubs in Chicago.