Hittin' Season: A Phillies Podcast

On Episode 184, host John Stolnis talks with The Good Phight's Paul Boye about the Phillies' disastrous Opening Day loss to Atlanta, and what it means moving forward. How much did Gabe Kapler hurt his reputation with this bad first impression? Also, Corey Seidman from NBC Sports Philadelphia stops by with his thoughts and predictions for the 2018 season.

In this clip from Episode 3 of "Continued Success," hosts Justin Klugh & Liz Roscher talk about the three brawls the '93 Phillies were involved in during spring training, most of them under the threat of physical violence from the ultra-intense Dave Hollins. To subscribe and get the entire podcast, become a Patreon member of "Hittin' Season." www.patreon.com/hittinseason

On Episode 183, host John Stolnis updates the latest news & notes from spring training, including the debut of Jake Arrieta? How'd he look and when is he getting in the starting rotation? Also, 10 bold predictions for the 2018 season, and numberFire's Jim Sannes stops by to talk about which Phillies players he's targeting in daily and season-long fantasy baseball this year.

On Episode 182, host John Stolnis talks with Jayson Stark (soon of The Athletic) about the Jake Arrieta signing, what it means to the 2018 Phillies and how it effects their efforts to land a top free agent player next off-season. Here's a hint: it helps. Also, grading Matt Klentak's off-season, an injury to Jerad Eickhoff and my guess at the Phillies' 25-man roster (now mostly outdated with the Eickhoff injury).

In this clip from Episode 2 of "Continued Success," hosts Justin Klugh and Liz Roscher talk about spring training in 1993 when Lenny Dykstra showed up and freaked everyone out with his physique. To subscribe and get the entire podcast, join "Hittin' Season's" Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/hittinseason/overview

On Episode 181, host John Stolnis with The Good Phight's Justin Klugh and Liz Roscher about the Phillies' signing of free agent starter Jake Arrieta! Is the Phils' rebuild officially over? And how much better does Jake make the Phillies in 2018 and beyond?

PREVIEW: This is a clip from the Episode No. 1 of the new Phillies podcast "Continued Success," in which Justin Klugh and Liz Roscher from "The Good Phight" and "The Athletic" discuss the 25-year anniversary of the 1993 Phillies and the 10-year anniversary of the 2008 Phils. In this clip, Justin and Liz talk about the contributions of a little known member of that '08 squad, Mike Cervenak. Get the FULL podcast only at "Hittin' Season's" Patreon account! www.patreon.com/hittinseason

On Episode 180, host John Stolnis thinks it's time for the Phillies to give free agent starter Jake Arrieta one more week to take the Phils' offer or else they pull it off the table. Also, ESPN's Dan Szymborski stops by to talk about his recent piece on the Phils being an 80-82 win team right now, and that they should be pushing hard for Arrieta, as well as one of the major free agents that will become available in the next two off-seasons. Former Phil Desi Relaford slams Phillies fans for their treatment of him in the late '90s, and the latest news and notes from Clearwater, too!

On Episode 179, host John Stolnis is welcomed by Justin Klugh of The Dirty Inning, the Good Phight & The Athletic and Liz Roscher from Yahoo! Sports, The Athletic & The Good Phight to talk about their first impressions from Clearwater, and we all predict the Phillies' final record this year, both with Jake Arrieta and without.

On Episode 178 of the podcast, host John Stolnis talks to The Athletic's Ben Harris about the possibility of the Phillies signing two free agent starting pitchers, and whether signing Jake Arrieta would make the Phils an instant wild card contender. Also, an update on how players like Rhys Hoskins, Vince Velasquez, Nick Pivetta, Aaron Nola, Tom Eshelman, Ben Lively, Roman Quinn and Maikel Franco, among others, are doing in Clearwater, the Phillies 2018 Wall of Fame inductees are announced, and some BIG NEWS regarding the podcast as well.

On Episode 177 of the Felske Files, host John Stolnis talks with Meghan Montemurro, Phils' beat writer for "The Athletic," about the first week of spring training in Clearwater. Also, Phillies owner John Middleton sure seems to want the team to add another starter, and the Phils have had "ongoing discussions" with Jake Arrieta. Is he going to be a Phillie?

On Episode 176 of The Felske Files, host John Stolnis previews the Phillies top spring training storylines with The Good Phight Deputy Editor and writer for Yahoo! Sports and The Athletic, Liz Roscher. Why haven't the Phils improved their starting rotation yet? Will they? Gabe Kapler is the new "most interesting man," what to expect from Vince Velasquez, Maikel Franco and Rhys Hoskins, and thoughts on the Phils bringing back their powder blue uniforms!

On Episode 175 of The Felske Files, host John Stolnis talks about some of the interesting comparisons that exist between this year's Super Bowl champs and the 2018 Phils. Also, why Aaron Nola is awesome and completely underrated, and some interesting PECOTA projections about the Phillies.

On Episode 174 of The Felske Files, host John Stolnis talks with Baseball America's Ben Badler about their Top 100 list and the 5 Phillies that made it. We'll also discuss Mickey Moniak's fall from grace and the sudden retirement of former No. 1 overall pick Mark Appel. Also, even if the Phils don't sign a top free agent starting pitcher, how much better are they now than at the start of last year? And the team signs two minor players that could make the team if all goes right.

On Episode 173 of the podcast, host John Stolnis talks to Marshall Harris of NBC Sports Philadelphia about the Phils' off-season. Should they be aggressive in signing pitchers, some Hall of Fame talk, and Marshall's interview with Ryan Howard. Also, the Phillies have a lot of top prospects with a great farm system. And yet, they can't afford to trade any of them. Plus, some fun stats on the great Jim Thome, who was elected to the Hall of Fame this week.