Do the Phillies have any chance at signing free-agent superstar Juan Soto? Dave Dombrowski said last month that he doesn’t think the Phillies need more star players. John Middleton said last week that it’s “hard to go much crazier with the payroll.”

The Yankees and Mets are the heavy favorites to land Soto because they have the most money to spend.

Ruben, Jim and Todd lay out the reasons why Soto won’t sign with the Phillies. But they also come up with scenarios in which they could surprise people.

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Ruben, Jim and Todd enjoyed Tuesday’s interview with Phillies assistant general manager of player development Preston Mattingly, so they couldn’t help but dig into a few more thoughts about the Phillies’ farm system, including how fast Aidan Miller could move through the system. They also expressed their appreciation for Bryce Harper’s postseason success in relation to Aaron Judge’s struggles, considering how few pitches Harper sees in the strike zone in the postseason.

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The Phillies want to keep their World Series-championship window open as long as possible. For that to happen, they will need contributions from prospects in their farm system. Nobody is better equipped to talk about those prospects than Phillies assistant general manager of player development Preston Mattingly.

Mattingly joined The Phillies Show and discussed the state of the Phillies’ system, the organization’s philosophies on hitting and starting pitching and – of course – top prospects like Andrew Painter, Aidan Miller, Justin Crawford, Mick Abel, Griff McGarry, Eduardo Tait, Staryln Caba and more.

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Dave Dombrowski hinted at a potential trade or two for the Phillies this offseason. Sometimes those deals happen fast.

Think Brad Lidge in Nov. 2007 and Billy Wagner in Nov. 2003.

Think Andy Ashby in Nov. 1999 and Jeremy Hellickson in Nov. 2015.

Ruben, Jim and Todd talked about the circumstances surrounding those deals, what it takes to make them and more, including their remembrances of the great Fernando Valenzuela, Andrew Painter’s latest start in the Arizona Fall League and their World Series predictions.

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The Phillies are having their organizational meetings this week. It’s where everybody gets together and discusses everything from holes on the roster to free-agent and trade targets to ways to improve the players they already have.

Ruben has run those meetings in the past. He tells us what they’re like. The gang then discusses what they would love to know about those current discussions. They talk a little about the Yankees-Dodgers World Series, too.

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Dave Dombrowski and Rob Thomson spoke for more than an hour on Tuesday about the Phillies’ future. We reacted to everything they said on Wednesday.

Friday, we answered your questions about the Phillies’ critically important offseason.

There were a TON of questions. We got a bunch about Trea Turner possibly changing positions, free-agent targets, the chances of top prospects getting promoted in 2025, improving the team’s approach at the plate and much more.

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Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski talked for 45 minutes on Tuesday about how he plans to get the Phillies to the World Series in 2025. He answered several questions about adjustments, windows, aging cores and more.

Dombrowski and Rob Thomson talked about internal adjustments. Specifically, getting their hitters to improve their approach at the plate. But adjustments could come to the roster via trades. Dombrowski hinted at that. Adjustments could come via free agency, although Juan Soto is unlikely. Dombrowski hinted at that, too.

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The Phillies’ season of enormous World Series-or-bust expectations ended on Wednesday night in New York with a 4-1 loss to the Mets in Game 4 of the NL Division Series.

“Just feel like you failed,” Trea Turner said. “I think we had a fun season, we made some good memories and whatnot, but when it comes to winning a World Series, it feels like kind of a failure.”

It was a crushing loss, but perhaps not a surprising one. The Phillies were baseball’s best team through early June, but played .500 the rest of the way. Something needs to be done to get this team over the hump. But what? Ruben, Jim and Todd talk about what went wrong and what needs to happen in the offseason.

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