From W.HY.Y.Y.Y and Billy Penn, it is hitting season.

Hey there, podcast, pals.

I'm John Stolness from The Good Fight and Billy Penn.

You can follow me on Twitter at John Stolness.

Coming up, one of the big baseball writers in the country predicts the Phillies to win the World Series.

We'll tell you who, and I'm going to give you some reasons why you should be picking the Phillies

over the Braves and the Dodgers to represent the National League in the World Series

and to win it all.

I'm also going to go over the Phillies schedule.

We haven't talked a lot about that, but an interesting schedule that seems to me the Phillies

really need to get off to a fast start this year.

I don't think they can wait around like they have in previous seasons and some other spring training notes,

some quiet bats so far here in the spring, as well as the latest on Blake Snell, Jordan Montgomery,

and any potential rumored Phillies interest.

We're also going to get a Marlins preview with Kevin Barley as a

reporter and writer for Fish on First. They'll tell us about the Marlins offseason and whether

they did enough this offseason to remain a potential wildcard team here in the National League.

All that coming up on this edition of hitting season. But let's start off with a little bit of positivity.

And it was a pleasant thing to see. I, you know, I listen, I know some of you may or may not

love Buster only. I think Buster's fine. And, you know, I don't, you know, we don't, we're not,

I don't know him personally or anything, but I think Buster is an entertaining enough writer. I think he does a decent job. All the national writers, they have their pros and their cons, just like the local writers.

And, of course, the podcasters, you know, I have my pros and cons as well.

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