{"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 Winners & Losers + Why \"Prospects Are Suspects\"","slug":"mlb-trade-deadline-winners-losers-why-prospects-are-suspects","published_at":"2026-08-04T21:10:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flippin-bats-with-ben-verlander-3663614/mlb-trade-deadline-winners-losers-why-prospects-are-suspects","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/RLDER6990829902.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/RLDER6990829902.mp3","summary":"The MLB Trade Deadline is over, and it's time to separate the contenders from the pretenders. This week, I explain why \"prospects are suspects\" is more than just a saying, look back at some of the biggest blockbuster trades in MLB history, and rank my biggest winners and losers from this year's deadline. Plus, thoughts on the Cubs, Dodgers, Padres, Yankees, Braves, Brewers, Tigers, Orioles, Astros and more, before wrapping up with this week's MLB Power Rankings. Let me know your biggest trade deadline winner and loser in the comments! Timestamps: 0:00 Trade Deadline Chaos 2:10 Top 5 Trade Deadline Winners 8:48 Top 5 Trade Deadline Losers 24:26 Orioles Embarrassing Deadline 26:45 Tigers Disappoint Again 31:43 Astros Weird Deadline Deal 34:40 MLB Power Rankings 47:08 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"The MLB Trade Deadline is over, and it's time to separate the contenders from the pretenders. This week, I explain why \"prospects are suspects\" is more th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3009,"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-winners-losers-why-prospects-are-suspects/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-winners-losers-why-prospects-are-suspects.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}