Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

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 Nola, continued to struggle. If the playoff started today, would he start a game? And Cole Hamels announced his retirement this week, so John & Liz reminisce on the left-handed superstar's time in Philadelphia and whether he's Hall of Fame worthy.

The Phillies won a series against the Marlins in Miami, but the conversation was mostly about Trea Turner's role in their game three loss. As Turner and the Phillies come home for ten games, what happens next? Honestly, do whatever you want.

It's all in the title. Let's talk about who the Phillies have acquired, where they go from here, and what is going on with the Mets' sudden pivot into a rebuild.

On Episode 699 of Hittin' Season, hosts John Stolnis and Liz Roscher run down the list of failures the Phillies experienced in losing two out of three games to the Pirates over the weekend, and what it might mean for the MLB trade deadline, now just hours away! Who might the Phils get and should they be targeting a relief pitcher? Also, laughing at the Mets is always good for the soul.

After a well-played series with the American League-leading Orioles, the Phillies are watching the trade market take shape as they determine their best course of action. Also, the Mets??

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 League Baseball Exhibit, now featured at Cherry Hill Street Pier until the end of August. Check out the website at A League Apart!

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 consistently? Which outfielders should the Phils target at the trade deadline (don't say Tommy Pham), and why telling John to "relax" about the Phillies is apparently a trigger.

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 consistently? Which outfielders should the Phils target at the trade deadline (don't say Tommy Pham), and why telling John to "relax" about the Phillies is apparently a trigger.

The Phillies lost a lethargic series to the Brewers this week. Let's talk about that, as well as Scott Rolen's Hall of Fam induction, Mickey Moniak's success in Anaheim, and the complexity of Bryce Harper taking over at first base.

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 recaps the first two games of the Phillies-Brewers series and responds to trade proposals submitted by Hittin' Season listeners.