{"podcast":{"title":"Flippin' Bats with Ben Verlander","slug":"flippin-bats-with-ben-verlander-3663614","podcast_index_feed_id":3663614,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/CAD8627571361","website_url":"https://www.foxsports.com/shows/flippin-bats-with-ben-verlander","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/698d0a92-8c57-11eb-830c-3fed562f4edf/image/c75c2bbbc54749c5247f20252b383480.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"FOX Sports","episode_count":761,"summary":"Flippin' Bats is a fun baseball podcast bringing you everything you want from around the league! You'll hear from Hall of Famer John Smoltz every week, you'll hear from the game's best players, and you'll be up to date on everything around the league! Baseball. Is. Fun. And so is Flippin' Bats!","last_synced_at":"2026-09-06T16:22:24.588190+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flippin-bats-with-ben-verlander-3663614"},"episode":{"title":"MLB Trade Deadline: 5 Teams That Need to Buy + Hall of Fame & Power Rankings","slug":"mlb-trade-deadline-5-teams-that-need-to-buy-hall-of-fame-power-rankings","published_at":"2026-07-27T22:07:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flippin-bats-with-ben-verlander-3663614/mlb-trade-deadline-5-teams-that-need-to-buy-hall-of-fame-power-rankings","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flippin-bats-with-ben-verlander-3663614","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/RLDER8330140299.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/RLDER8330140299.mp3","summary":"The MLB Trade Deadline is almost here... and there are FIVE teams that NEED to buy. The problem? I don't trust them to actually do it. Who made my list? And which team has me more frustrated than ever? Plus: ⚾ My latest MLB Power Rankings 🏛️ Carlos Beltrán, Andruw Jones & Jeff Kent are officially Hall of Famers 🔥 Team of the Week Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:30 5 Teams That NEED to BUY... But Won't 17:35 3 New Hall of Fame Inductees 25:01 MLB Power Rankings 34:00 Team of the Week 36:35 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"The MLB Trade Deadline is almost here... and there are FIVE teams that NEED to buy. The problem? I don't trust them to actually do it. Who made my list? A…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2345,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/flippin-bats-with-ben-verlander-3663614/episodes/mlb-trade-deadline-5-teams-that-need-to-buy-hall-of-fame-power-rankings/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flippin-bats-with-ben-verlander-3663614/mlb-trade-deadline-5-teams-that-need-to-buy-hall-of-fame-power-rankings.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}