{"podcast":{"title":"Tipping Pitches","slug":"tipping-pitches-8567","podcast_index_feed_id":8567,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1904330/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tipping-pitches","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/162316/162316-1604641346797-4b46320702942.jpg","author":"Tipping Pitches","episode_count":374,"summary":"Baseball for the many, not the few. A podcast trying to nationalize our national pastime. Hosted by Alex Bazeley and Bobby Wagner","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T22:18:16.437696+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tipping-pitches-8567"},"episode":{"title":"The 2026 State of Labor in Baseball (feat. Michael Baumann)","slug":"the-2026-state-of-labor-in-baseball-feat-michael-baumann","published_at":"2026-01-12T11:02:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tipping-pitches-8567/the-2026-state-of-labor-in-baseball-feat-michael-baumann","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tipping-pitches-8567","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tipping-pitches/episodes/The-2026-State-of-Labor-in-Baseball-feat--Michael-Baumann-e3dgo62","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1904330/podcast/play/113843842/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-12%2F4b0ee893-3a4a-c6da-9a0a-1c87cffd33a6.mp3","summary":"Bobby and Alex are joined by FanGraphs writer Michael Baumann for their seventh installment of the State of Labor in Baseball. This year, they're particularly focused on the impending lockout next offseason, Tarik Skubal's arbitration, MLB's bottom feeders faking competitiveness, and more. Follow Mike on BlueSky Subscribe to Michael's cycling newsletter Links: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the Tipping Pitches Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tipping Pitches merchandise ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Call the Tipping Pitches voicemail: 785-422-5881 Tipping Pitches features original music from Steve Sladkowski of PUP.","meta_description":"Bobby and Alex are joined by FanGraphs writer Michael Baumann for their seventh installment of the State of Labor in Baseball. This year, they're particul…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4811,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tipping-pitches-8567/episodes/the-2026-state-of-labor-in-baseball-feat-michael-baumann/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tipping-pitches-8567/the-2026-state-of-labor-in-baseball-feat-michael-baumann.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}