Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

On Episode 618 of Hittin' Season, host John Stolnis of The Good Phight examined some of the stuff Dave Dombrowski said at his year-end press conference, specifically his off-season plans for the Phillies.

Bryce Harper's injury timeline

Spending money

Getting a starter

Nick Castellanos & Rhys Hoskins

Also, Alex Coffey of the Philadelphia Inquirer joins the show to share her memories of the 2022 season and what she thinks will happen this off-season!

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On Episode 617 of Hittin' Season, host John Stolnis of The Good Phight previews free agency and The Hot Stove, which gets underway this week. Are the Phillies preparing to sign one of the top shortstops on the market? Starting pitching? Trading Rhys Hoskins? And what happened to Nick Castellanos this year? Also, joining the show to discuss the World Series and his new book is Tyler Kepner of the New York Times.

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What a ride.

On Episode 616 of Hittin' Season, John Stolnis of The Good Phight, Liz Roscher of Yahoo! Sports and Justin Klugh of Baseball Prospectus chatted about the reasons the Phillies ultimately came up short in the World Series, looked back at the wonderful month of playoff baseball the team gave us, favorite memories, and talked about which potential Phils free agents might be back with the team in 2023.

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The Phillies simply ran out of magic.

After more than a month of stirring comebacks, incredible power displays and memories to last a lifetime, the Phils' glorious postseason run came to an end Saturday night in Houston, falling 4-1 in Game 6 of the World Series. On Episode 615 of Hittin' Season host John Stolnis offers his thoughts on some questionable decisions by Rob Thomson and a flailing offense that forgot how to hit over the final three games of the season signaled doom for a Phillies team that needed to be perfect in order to beat the 106-win Astros.

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Welp, the Phillies season is finally on the brink.

On Episode 614 of Hittin' Season, host John Stolnis of The Good Phight recaps the monumentally disappointing Game 5, 3-2 loss, giving the Astros a 3-2 lead as the World Series heads back to Houston. Is the magic gone, or is there enough left for one more road show in this incredible playoff run? Plus, five things the Phillies must do in order to pull off the upset this weekend.

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Here's the bad news. The Phillies were no-hit by four Houston Astros pitchers.

Here's the really bad news. The World Series is now tied 2-2 after a 5-0 Houston win in Game 4 at Citizens Bank Park. On Episode 613 of Hittin' Season, John Stolnis of The Good Phight recaps the Phils' disheartening and frustrating no-hitter loss. Can the Phillies get up off the deck one more time in Game 5, with Noah Syndergaard and a bullpen game looming against Justin Verlander? How quickly things change.

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So this is what a relaxing World Series game feels like!

The Phillies are now just two wins away from their third World Series title in franchise history after devouring the Astros 7-0 in Game 3. Citizens Bank Park was once again a nightmare for the opposition, as the Phillies tied a Fall Classic record with 5 home runs, led by Bryce Harper's 2-run, 1st inning shot. Ranger Suarez was amazing and the Phils played their most complete game of the postseason.

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In every rain cloud, there is a silver lining.

On Episode 611 of Hittin' Season, host John Stolnis of The Good Phight analyzes the ripple effects of Game 3's postponement due to rain. How the Phillies starting rotation benefits from everything getting pushed back, what the new rotation looks like, and how Houston will counter. Plus, the Phils' home field advantage is real, but is it good enough to be the difference-maker in this Fall Classic?

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Can the Phillies take advantage of the best home field advantage in professional sports? Or are the Astros simply too good? We'll find out this week as Games 3, 4 and 5 of the World Series come to Philadelphia with the Fall Classic knotted up at a game a piece. On Episode 610 of Hittin' Season (ignore in the podcast where we say 609, we were dumb), hosts John Stolnis of The Good Phight and Liz Roscher of Yahoo! Sports take a quick look back at where things went wrong in Game 2, the need for Aaron Nola and Zack Wheeler to get on track, waiting on the Bryce Harper breakout moment, and whether the fans at Citizens Bank Park have enough juice to give the Phils one last burst of magic this week.

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It was an instant classic, and the Phillies somehow ended up on top.

On Episode 609 of Hittin' Season, host John Stolnis of The Good Phight recaps one of the greatest World Series games ever played, a heart-stopping 6-5 Phillies win over the Astros in Houston, featuring one of the largest comebacks in World Series history. How did the Phils come back from being down 5-0 against Justin Verlander? How did J.T. Realmuto hit a legendary home run in the 10th inning? How did the bullpen pitch 5.1 scoreless innings? HOW ARE THEY DOING THIS???

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