# Adam Ottavino joins FT: WBC hurt Skenes? Aaron Judge out for WC, Best pitching staffs entering October Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/foul-territory-6073883/adam-ottavino-joins-ft-wbc-hurt-skenes-aaron-judge-out-for-wc-best-pitching-staffs-entering-october Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/foul-territory-6073883/adam-ottavino-joins-ft-wbc-hurt-skenes-aaron-judge-out-for-wc-best-pitching-staffs-entering-october.md Podcast: [Foul Territory](https://stenobird.com/podcast/foul-territory-6073883) Published: 2026-09-23T09:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://omny.fm/shows/foul-territory/0922-ottavino-v2 Audio file: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/arttrk.com/p/2D5E6/mgln.ai/e/1246/clrtpod.com/m/podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/c3f1e59a-1c1c-48cb-ab4c-b33100f0b468/0ed34f75-0660-45f4-8eac-b4cd0155136c/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=781af1cf-e109-41c1-9c1b-b33100f0b471 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/foul-territory-6073883/episodes/adam-ottavino-joins-ft-wbc-hurt-skenes-aaron-judge-out-for-wc-best-pitching-staffs-entering-october Duration seconds: 1790 ## Resource What will the Yankees do without Aaron Judge in the Wildcard Round? Veteran MLB reliever Adam Ottavino weighs in on the plan for the Yanks, Freddy Peralta's rise after leaving the Mets, and the strongest pitching staffs entering October. (17:12) Ottavino also breaks down why Paul Skenes hasn’t looked like himself this season, particularly when it comes to his velocity and whether or not his participation in the World Baseball Classic is a possible root of the drop. Go to  buylarine.com and use code FT10 at checkout for 10% off. Hosts: AJ Pierzynski, Erik Kratz, Scott Braun Use our code for 10% off your next order of MLB tickets on SeatGeek*:  seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/TERRITORY10 Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/foul-territory-6073883/episodes/adam-ottavino-joins-ft-wbc-hurt-skenes-aaron-judge-out-for-wc-best-pitching-staffs-entering-october/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/foul-territory-6073883/adam-ottavino-joins-ft-wbc-hurt-skenes-aaron-judge-out-for-wc-best-pitching-staffs-entering-october.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.