Chase Utley Makes His Cooperstown Move

Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

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

4.4 • 730 Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Chase Utley isn't a Hall of Famer yet, but with the votes in for this year's class, it's clear the Phillies second baseman is on a glidepath to eventual enshrinement. On Episode 1041 of Hittin' Season, John Stolnis of The Good Phight and Baseball Prospectus' Justin Klugh talk about how all the Phillies fared on this year's ballot, which current Phils players could be Hall of Famers, and preview next year's hilariously bad Phillies class. Also, Dave Dombrowski and Rob Thomson spoke to reporters Tuesday to reassure a fanbase uninspired by this off-season, and we look at which positions on the field the Phillies might improve on from 2025.

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0:00.0	Stairs, rips one into the night, deep into right, way out of here.
0:05.6	Swam on.
0:06.2	Get it.
0:06.4	Cross.
0:07.5	And the Phillies are going to lead it.
0:09.4	Harper, the swing of his life.
0:12.3	The O2 pit, swing and a miss.
0:14.8	Struck him out.
0:16.4	From W.
0:17.5	H.Y.
0:17.9	It is hitting season.
0:20.4	Hey there, podcast, pals. I'm John Stolness from The Good Fight.
0:23.4	You can follow me on X and Blue Sky at John Stolness.
0:27.4	Coming up, some leftovers from the Bo Bichette and J.T. Real Muto signing last week.
0:34.2	Dave Dombrowski, Rob Thompson, and JT met with the media via Zoom.
0:38.3	Actually, it was just Dumbrowski and Real Mutow doing that.
0:40.9	Thompson met with reporters in real person life on Tuesday afternoon.
0:46.7	So we'll just kind of dip into what they had to say about where things stand here for the rest of the offseason.
0:51.6	Some fans feeling their feelings online after some of the
0:54.8	comments we'll talk about that also the hall of fame voting took place here on tuesday uh will tell you
0:59.9	how the four fillies on the ballot fared which current fillies do we think will eventually be
1:05.8	hall of famers and i have a preview of the six fillies who will be eligible for Hall of Fame votes for the first time on next year's ballot.
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