Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

Cole Hamels has tragically signed with the Braves. Many had hoped that the 2008 Phillies World Series MVP would come home, but it was not to be. Instead, Justin and Trev talk about Hamels' sun-drenched, at times excruciatingly painful path to the big leagues and the worst inning he ever pitched for the Phillies once he got there.

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On Episode 342 of Hittin' Season, hosts John Stolnis, Justin Klugh and Liz Roscher preview the Winter Meetings this week. Conflicting reports say the Phils are either going to blast past the luxury tax or stay underneath it. Which is more likely? Plus, the Hall of Fame will soon have two new members, and we look back at the best Phillies pitchers at the past decade with another snake draft.

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On Episode 80 of Continued Success, hosts Justin Klugh and Liz Roscher get the last of their feelings out about the Zack Wheeler signing, as well as the Cole Hamels non-signing (slash ENORMOUS BETRAYAL) (kidding) (only sort of). Then they touch on the impending Mets ownership change and why New York fans shouldn’t get excited about a billionaire hedge fund ghoul buying their team, and give their comments on a few Rays issues: the death of the nonsensical Montreal split-season proposal, and the surprising trade of Tommy Pham to the Padres for what pitcher Blake Snell called “slap-dick prospects.” Join us, won’t you?

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On Episode 341 of Hittin' Season, host John Stolnis is joined by Liz Roscher of Yahoo! Sports to break down the signing of free agent pitcher Zack Wheeler. Did the Phillies make the right move, and how does it affect the rest of their off-season plans? Also, Dan Szymborski from Fangraphs stops by to chat about Wheeler, his upside, and what the team might do to address their holes in the infield. Is Didi Gregorius coming to Philadelphia?

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On Episode 340 of Hittin' Season, host John Stolnis of The Good Phight, Justin Klugh of Fangraphs and Baseball Prospectus and Liz Roscher of Yahoo! Sports chat about decisions the Phillies need to make about their arbitration eligible players, specifically Cesar Hernandez and Maikel Franco. Also, if you had $60 million to spend on free agents, on whom would you spend it? And we do a four-round snake draft of the "best" Phillies position players of the last decade.

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On Episode 339 of Hittin' Season, host John Stolnis takes a look back at relives the best moment of each season over the last 10 years, starting with the 2010 season and ending with this past year. Great moments include Roy Halladay's postseason no-hitter, a legendary position player-turned-pitcher performance and Bryce Harper's heroic walk off slam last season. Also, which non-tender candidates from other teams might the Phillies be interested in, and the perfect Thanksgiving Day food lineup is revealed!

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We all know now that the last time a World Series was played in Washington, D.C., it was 1933. But if we zip back a few months before that, and up a few miles to Philadelphia, we can find another historic baseball moment: Two consecutive Phillies losses, both with an 18-1 score. Yes, both of them.

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On Episode 338 of Hittin' Season, hosts John Stolnis and Liz Roscher discuss the latest news and rumors on the Phils' Hot Stove, including chatter about Didi Gregorius, Cole Hamels, Madison Bumgarner and we rank which pitchers we'd like to see the Phillies add in a trade. Also, we take some mailbag questions and talk about Scott Kingery's future, what to do with Jean Segura, and who we think will be the first free agent to sign with the Phils this off-season.

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On Episode 79 of Continued Success, there’s not a lot of Phillies news for Justin Klugh and Liz Roscher to cover, but they make do by discussing the omnipresent doom that the MLB offseason brings to us all. Kidding! (Only sort of.) Justin and Liz touch on the possibility of MLB expanding into Orlando, the current Baseball Hall of Fame discussion, and even manage to evaluate a few semi-ridiculous trade proposals involving Kris Bryant and the entire Phillies minor league system.

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On Episode 337 of Hittin' Season, host John Stolnis looks at five under-the-radar moves the Phillies could make this off-season, and runs down some important 40-man roster decisions the team made this week. Also, national baseball writer Scott Miller of Bleacher Report/Turner Sports joins us to talk about what the Phils might do this winter, Gabe Kapler in San Francisco, Joe Girardi's arrival and lots of hot uniform talk!

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