Hittin' Season #981: The Phillies Face a Tough Reds Team Over the Weekend

Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

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🗓️ 4 July 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Justin Klugh talks about the Phillies' series win over the Padres. Then baseball economics and labor reporter Jen Ramos Eisen discusses the recent purchase of the Reading Fightin' Phils by Diamond Baseball Holdings, and Wick Terrell of Red Reporter drops by to talk about the Phillies' weekend opponent, the Cincinnati Reds.

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0:00.0	Breaking ball and a cold. Strike three. Third strike out for Zach. He's going to just watch it go. A grand
0:07.8	slam for Bryson Stott. And there's a high fly ball. Deep right field. Huffer watches it fly.
0:27.2	From W.HYY, this is your Friday edition of Hittin Season, a Philadelphia Phillies podcast.
0:30.7	My name is Justin Clue, and I write for baseball prospectus.
0:33.7	Well, the Phillies played a series against the Padres.
0:35.8	Bryce Harper is firmly back in the lineup.
0:40.1	The commissioner shared some thoughts on the current collective bargaining agreement. The Redding Fight and Fills became the 45th minor league franchise, purchased by a company
0:44.4	backed by private equity money.
0:46.5	And the Phillies are taking on the Reds this weekend, and if you're lucky, you might get
0:50.5	a towel.
0:51.9	Lot going on this week.
0:53.3	We'll have reporter Jan Ramos Eisen on in a bit to talk about that Redding Fight
0:57.1	and Phil's deal.
0:58.1	And Wick Terrell, the site lead for SB Nation's Red Reporter, will be here to help
1:02.8	us preview the Reds.
1:04.5	But first, the Phillies and Padres wrapped up a series on Wednesday in a doubleheader.
1:10.5	As I said in our last episode of Hidden Season, the return of Bryce Harper really
1:14.4	livened up game one of this series on Monday, even if he didn't.
1:19.1	Zach Wheeler got the start and he finished June with an 058 ERA for the month.
1:23.7	He was awarded National League pitcher of the Month honors by Major League Baseball,
1:28.1	which should be no surprise.
1:30.3	When you put up numbers like that, that's just, you know, you're going to get recognized.
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