{"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":"Pete Crow-Armstrong Is My NL MVP Over Shohei Ohtani + 5 Teams That Can Beat the Dodgers | New MLB Power Rankings","slug":"pete-crow-armstrong-is-my-nl-mvp-over-shohei-ohtani-5-teams-that-can-beat-the-dodgers-new-mlb-power-rankings","published_at":"2026-08-31T21:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flippin-bats-with-ben-verlander-3663614/pete-crow-armstrong-is-my-nl-mvp-over-shohei-ohtani-5-teams-that-can-beat-the-dodgers-new-mlb-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/RLDER7120036174.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/RLDER7120036174.mp3","summary":"I’ve been riding with Shohei Ohtani for NL MVP all season, but it’s time for me to admit it: I was wrong. Pete Crow-Armstrong has changed my mind, and I explain why he’s now my pick for MVP. Plus, we break down a huge Yankees-Red Sox series, the Astros surviving the chaos, Tarik Skubal’s emotional return to Detroit, the 5 teams that can beat the Dodgers in October, and my latest MLB Power Rankings. Who is your NL MVP right now: PCA or Ohtani? Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:41 Shohei or PCA for NL MVP 9:00 Top 5 NL Teams That Can Beat the Dodgers 16:35 Around the League 20:36 MLB Power Rankings 28:53 Outro #FlippinBats #MLB #shoheiohtani #PCA #petecrowarmstrong #dodgers #cubs #powerrankings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"I’ve been riding with Shohei Ohtani for NL MVP all season, but it’s time for me to admit it: I was wrong. Pete Crow-Armstrong has changed my mind, and I e…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2014,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/flippin-bats-with-ben-verlander-3663614/episodes/pete-crow-armstrong-is-my-nl-mvp-over-shohei-ohtani-5-teams-that-can-beat-the-dodgers-new-mlb-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/pete-crow-armstrong-is-my-nl-mvp-over-shohei-ohtani-5-teams-that-can-beat-the-dodgers-new-mlb-power-rankings.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}