Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

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.

On Episode 685 of Hittin' Season, host John Stolnis recaps the first two wins of their series against the Cubs in Chicago, another outstanding pitching performance by Ranger Suarez, mailbag questions on the trade deadline, available options, Bryce Harper's timeline for playing first base and so much more!

On Episode 684 of Hittin' Season, hosts John Stolnis of The Good Phight, Justin Klugh from Baseball Prospectus and Yahoo! Sports' Liz Roscher recap the unfathomable collapse by New York that led to the Phillies' incomprehensible 7-6 win and a series victory over their rivals to the north. What was Buck Showalter thinking? Does he want to be fired? And are the Mets dead and buried? Also...

Why talk about the Phillies losing two games to the Braves when we can talk about what their City Connect jerseys might look like? Additionally, the Phillies are going to play the Mets, both in South Philly this weekend and in London in 2024. They also lost two games to the Braves.

On Episode 682 of Hittin' Season, host John Stolnis chats with SB Nation's Kris Willis from the Atlanta Braves site Battery Power to chat about the Braves' fast start to the 2023 season, his take on the gap between the Phils and Braves, and whether or not it'll be the Phils, Marlins, Reds or Giants that end up making the postseason. Also, trying to figure out what happened to Bryce...

On Episode 681 of Hittin' Season, hosts John Stolnis, Justin Klugh and Liz Roscher recap the Phillies' series sweep against the woeful A's in Oakland and wonder if the Phils can continue their winning ways when the equally red-hot Braves come to town for a three-game series this week. Also, discussion on potential trade scenarios involving Paul Goldschmidt and the wisdom of trading for...

On Episode 680 of Hittin' Season, host John Stolnis recaps an outstanding series win against the Arizona Diamondbacks and lists all the reasons the Phillies have won 10 out of their last 12. How big a deal is the re-introduction of "Dancing on My Own" to the vibes right now? Also, could Mick Abel be a solution to the Phils' No. 5 starter problems? A bit on Bryce Harper's powe...

On Episode 679 of Hittin' Season, host John Stolnis of The Good Phight recaps the first two games of the Phillies' series against the Diamondbacks in Arizona and the positive regression to the man by a lineup that is mashing the ball in the month of June. Also, the Good Phight's Joe Edinger joins the show to chat about the issues have had with the No. 5 starter and whether there are an...

On Episode 678 of Hittin' Season, hosts John Stolnis from The Good Phight, Liz Roscher from Yahoo! Sports and Baseball Prospectus' Justin Klugh discuss the Phillies' weekend series win against the Dodgers, noting outstanding starting pitching (outside of Aaron Nola) leading the way. Also, whether Trea Turner has officially turned his season around, Nick Castellanos' is the team's MVP, how many Phi...

The Phillies looked great against the Tigers for the most part and will now face a tougher test in the Dodgers. Meanwhile, MLB teams struggle to get their houses in order during Pride, and the Mets are the trendy new team to give up on.

On Episode 676 of Hittin' Season, John Stolnis from The Good Phight recaps the first couple games of the Phillies series against the woeful Detroit Tigers, noting outstanding pitching performances from Aaron Nola and Taijuan Walker against the worst offense in MLB. Also, it's June, which means it's time for Kyle Schwarber to hit a million dingers, but is Trea Turner also figuring it out? And John...