Underperformance ahoy! After taking the holiday week off, Paul and Matt are back to mull over the fate of fifth starters league-wide, the historically woeful top of the lineup, and rocket metaphors. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/phillies-therapy/support

Paul and Matt, barely hanging on to sanity after just one (1) game in San Francisco, mull over the 5th starter situation, the differing levels of concern over the struggling Bryson Stott and Edmundo Sosa, and some cool things happening in Clearwater. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/phillies-therapy/support

What will a "good" season in 2023 look like? Through a month and change, ERAs are way up, and offense is thriving well ahead of schedule. How does that change or perspective on the seasons various Phillies are having? How much will a change in the batting order help, hurt, or even matter? And is this week's Dollar Dog Night the last one...ever? Paul and Matt have you covered. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/phillies-therapy/support

Armed with lots of coffee, Paul and Matt set the stage for Bryce Harper's dramatic early return from Tommy John surgery on Tuesday, and the homecoming to follow next weekend. Plus a little bit of nervousness around Taijuan Walker that all that caffeine probably didn't help with. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/phillies-therapy/support

The Phillies are drawing big crowds! Bryce Harper is not made of normal flesh and blood! The bullpen is looking great! Only two of these things are literally true, but it's getting tougher to convince us of that. Paul and Matt come down off of the good week that was and look ahead to a tougher stretch against Seattle and Houston. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/phillies-therapy/support

Paul and Matt buy and sell some early-season trends, with an eye toward Bryson Stott and Brandon Marsh, as well as and Matt Strahm and Seranthony Domínguez. That's probably gonna take more than just one eye, actually. Matt's latest mailbag: https://theathletic.com/4419010/2023/04/17/phillies-lineup-changes-matt-strahm/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/phillies-therapy/support

Paul and Matt recap the Phillies' slow start and home opener festivities, with cheers for the sophomore batters and jeers for any pitcher's ability to throw strikes. Except for José Alvarado. He is precious. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/phillies-therapy/support

The 2023 season is here, and hope is abundant. Projections, prognostications, and more from Paul and Matt as they get you set for 2023 Phillies baseball on Opening Day. Logo and redesign by the wonderful Cailin Ann Giles. Philastrations on Etsy --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/phillies-therapy/support

They almost made it! With less than a week to go before Opening Day, an awful injury has hit the Phils as Rhys Hoskins has torn the ACL in his left knee. The impending free agent's future is in doubt, and the Phillies have some problems of their own to solve. Will the team make a move? Is it all up to the guys in-house? Paul and Matt walk through it all. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/phillies-therapy/support

It's a bare-knuckle pugilist's paradise in the battle for the final spots on the Opening Day roster. Who's got the edge? What does the recent revelation of Bryce Harper's non-60-day IL placement really mean? How cool is it that Matt Strahm is going full-on Swiss Army Knife? And, oh yeah, how about that Trea Turner guy? Paul and Matt check in one last time before the end of the spring to catch up on the latest and greatest from Clearwater. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/phillies-therapy/support

While the feeling is it's likely the Phillies avoided catastrophe with Andrew Painter, the team is still awaiting the world's longest second opinion. While that happens, Bailey Falter slides into the driver's seat for SP5, Alec Bohm brings a clearer head to this year's slate of spring games, and the battle for the bench begins to heat up. Paul and Matt have you covered. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/phillies-therapy/support

The offseason is truly over: Spring Training games are here! Paul and Matt get together on the eve of Saturday's split squad lid-lifter to go over the players they're most interested to see (non-Painter & co. edition), which players might see action and when ahead of the World Baseball Classic, and share a little bewilderment about the twists and turns in the Noah Song Saga. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/phillies-therapy/support

The world's foremost The Last of Us recap podcast returns...only to be immediately hijacked by baseball talk. Spring is here, the Phillies are filing into camp, and the energy is just plain good. Paul and Matt revisit the recent contract extensions for José Alvarado and Seranthony Domínguez, and dive a bit more into the forthcoming Andrew Painter Saga (with only as much wet blanketing as is contractually mandated). Matt's story on Andrew Painter: https://theathletic.com/4227439/2023/02/20/phillies-andrew-painter-brian-kaplan/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/phillies-therapy/support

It's been a few weeks since we last checked in, and while that would normally mean there would be lots of news and moves to review...that's not the case! Josh Harrison is back, and that's about all that's really happened since early January. What IS new, though, are the results of Matt's annual fan survey on The Athletic, published earlier this week. Paul and Matt go over some of their favorite answers, and the general feeling is this: Let the good times roll. Check out the pre-2022 survey results here. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/phillies-therapy/support

Happy new year! Paul and Matt are back to recap the past couple of weeks' moves, reassess the likely roster in the wake of those moves, and get set for the arbitration figure exchange deadline approaching at the end of the week. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/phillies-therapy/support

Back in October (remember that month? Cool month), we asked for your position-by-position picks for the 2012-21 Phillies All-Drought Team. Who best represented the lean years, for you? We have the results! Plus an intro of Nola extension talk and possibilities, a new option for Cris Sánchez, and the overnight Carlos Correa news and its division impacts. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/phillies-therapy/support

Paul and Matt revisit the action-packed Winter Meetings, survey the Phillies' situation in the wake of their deals (both confirmed and as-yet-unconfirmed), and go a little sicko mode on the Rule 5 Draft. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/phillies-therapy/support

There it is: The Phillies (reportedly) get their man on the first full day of the Winter Meetings. The club agreed to terms on an 11-year, $300 million deal with the star shortstop, and Paul and Matt hopped back in the saddle to talk through it. The short version? Feels good man. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/phillies-therapy/support

Matt's back! And the Winter Meetings are in-person again! Paul and Matt set the stage for what could be a busy few days, with thoughts on the state of the free agent market and how it could and would affect the Phillies, as well as planning to recapture the innings lost from the departures of Zach Eflin and Kyle Gibson. Plus a little Rule 5 talk, which you might dig if you're a Level 3 sicko. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/phillies-therapy/support

Bryce Harper's surgery, a POBO Dombo (we're calling him that, right?) extension, a trade that almost was, and a little Hall of Fame-ing. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/phillies-therapy/support