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Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

#1014: What To Watch For During the Phillies' Last Week of the Season

Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

WHYY

News, Baseball, Sports News, Philadelphia, Sports, Phillies

4.4730 Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

On Episode 1014 of Hittin' Season, John Stolnis of The Good Phight, Justin Klugh from Baseball Prospectus and Liz Roscher of SABR's Baseball Research Journal discuss the Philadelphia Phillies' current position as they head into the final week of the regular season and prepare for the postseason. They analyze key players to watch, including milestones for Trea Turner and Kyle Schwarber, and the importance of maintaining momentum. The conversation shifts to pitching strategies, particularly the roles of Aaron Nola and Walker Buehler in the playoffs. Lineup adjustments are also examined, with a focus on how the team is responding to Alec Bohm's return. The episode concludes with a discussion on the controversy surrounding Nick Castellanos and the competitive landscape of the National League wild card race.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Stairs, rips one into the night, deep into right, way out of here.

0:05.0

Swam on, get it, crossed, and the Phillies are going to lead it.

0:09.0

Harper, the swing of his life.

0:12.0

The O2 pit, swing and a miss, stuck him out.

0:16.0

One week left to go in this 2025 Major League Baseball Marathon as the Phillies get ready for the postseason.

0:23.6

What kind of questions should we be asking about this team?

0:26.4

And what are we looking forward to this last week?

0:28.8

From WHYY, it is hitting season.

0:31.4

Hey there, podcast, pals.

0:32.6

I'm John Stolness from The Good Fight.

0:34.2

You can follow me on X and Blue Sky at John Stolness coming up last week of the season, as I just mentioned. And so as this Phillies team is seemingly locked in at the number two seed in the playoffs, they're going to be watching very intently on the bottom of the National League playoff picture. We'll talk a little bit about that. The battle for the third wildcard. it is totally up in the air with six games left to play. And we'll look at what questions we still

0:58.5

have left to answer about this team heading into the postseason. That's what's on the agenda for

1:03.5

this edition of the roundtable. We'll also get into a couple of prospect things that came down here

1:08.3

on Monday as well. Justin Clue and Liz Rocher here joining

1:11.7

me on the roundtable as they do every week. Liz Rocher is the editor of Sabres baseball research

1:17.3

journal. You can follow her on Blue Sky and X at Liz Rocher. Liz, how are you feeling on a Monday

1:23.3

nights? Feeling good. Are the Phillies playing tonight i should know that they are not playing tonight

1:30.4

no they are not so i'm feeling pretty good feeling good less uh you know i wish they would have won

1:37.7

that series in arizona but mostly feeling good yeah i found myself wanting them to win that game on Sunday more than I probably should

1:48.3

have at this stage of the season, given how everything's kind of wrapped up.

1:51.9

I just, I don't know.

1:53.4

I kind of wanted to win a series in Arizona more for like a mental hurdle.

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