Surprises On the Phillies Opening Day Roster, and the Phils Lock Up Their Ace!

Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

WHYY

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

4.4 • 730 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The Phillies rewarded All Star left-hander Cristopher Sanchez with a new contract extension this week that recognizes his stature as one of the five best pitchers in baseball. Also, the Phils' Opening Day roster is set, and we know how the lineup and starting rotation are going to line up, days ahead of the start of the regular season. On Episode 1054 of Hittin' Season, powered by WHYY in Philadelphia, host John Stolnis of SB Nation's The Good Phight breaks down the roster, Sanchez' new deal, and the news that a top division rival has suffered another devastating injury setback.

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0:00.0	Stairs, Rips 1 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	The Phillies lock up their ace, and the opening day roster is set.
0:20.0	From W.HYY in Philadelphia.
0:23.2	It is hitting season.
0:24.6	Hey there, podcast, pals.
0:25.8	I'm John Stolness from The Good Fight.
0:28.1	Lots to get to here on this edition of the podcast.
0:31.2	Normally here at the beginning of the week is when we do our roundtable with Justin Clue and Liz Rocher.
0:36.3	But we're going to save that for the middle of the week.
0:38.4	And that's going to be our huge 2026 major league baseball, Philadelphia Phillies season preview spectacular.
0:45.7	Well, we'll tell you who we think is going to the playoffs, where the Phillies will finish.
0:49.3	We'll give you some Phillies team specific over and unders.
0:52.7	And it'll be a longer longer episode but for everybody to enjoy
0:56.4	as we get set for this 2026 season which is just a few days away from opening but as I record
1:03.3	this here on Monday morning the Phillies are still in spring training they're going to break camp here
1:08.5	in the next day or two and then head on up north
1:11.0	to begin their season against the Texas Rangers. So another season is laid out in front of us.
1:17.0	But before we get to all of that, I just want to remind everybody to please tell your friends
1:20.9	and family members about the Hitting Season podcast if they don't know about us and they want a
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