{"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":"Shohei Ohtani Takes Another Step Toward Pitching Return | This Week in Shohei Ohtani News","slug":"shohei-ohtani-takes-another-step-toward-pitching-return-this-week-in-shohei-ohtani-news","published_at":"2026-08-13T21:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flippin-bats-with-ben-verlander-3663614/shohei-ohtani-takes-another-step-toward-pitching-return-this-week-in-shohei-ohtani-news","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/RLDER3450003380.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/RLDER3450003380.mp3","summary":"Shohei Ohtani is getting closer to returning to the mound. After not pitching since July 3, Ohtani has now thrown on back-to-back days as he continues working his way toward his next bullpen session. We break down the latest on Ohtani’s pitching timeline, what his recent stolen base could tell us about his knee, and where things stand in the NL MVP race with Pete Crow-Armstrong. Plus, John Smoltz weighs in on the Ohtani vs. PCA MVP debate. Is Shohei still your NL MVP right now? Let me know below! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:40 Johns Smoltz NL MVP Pick 1:53 Shohei vs PCA 2:41 Pitching Injury Update 4:50 Shohei's Offense 6:25 Who wins MVP? 7:39 Outro #ShoheiOhtani #Dodgers #MLB #Ohtani #DodgersBaseball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Shohei Ohtani is getting closer to returning to the mound. After not pitching since July 3, Ohtani has now thrown on back-to-back days as he continues wor…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":599,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/flippin-bats-with-ben-verlander-3663614/episodes/shohei-ohtani-takes-another-step-toward-pitching-return-this-week-in-shohei-ohtani-news/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/shohei-ohtani-takes-another-step-toward-pitching-return-this-week-in-shohei-ohtani-news.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}