Ben Verlander

Ladies and gentlemen…

It’s Baseball Season

I’m gonna say something crazy:

The Chicago White Sox have had a good offseason

It’s official:

Shohei Ohtani will NOT be pitching in the 2026 WBC. He will only DH for Team Japan. 🇯🇵

Man it would suck if Puerto Rico ends up withdrawing from the WBC in a year they’re hosting.

Would be absolutely electric.

Bottom 10 MLB Farm Systems entering 2026 according to ESPN:

21 - Arizona Diamondbacks
22 - Texas Rangers
23 - New York Yankees
24 - Kansas City Royals
25 - Chicago Cubs
26 - Atlanta Braves
27 - Los Angeles Angels
28 - Colorado Rockies
29 - Houston Astros
30 - San Diego Padres

Updated MLB Farm Systems entering 2026 according to ESPN:

1 - Milwaukee Brewers
2 - Cleveland Guardians
3 - Pittsburgh Pirates
4 - Los Angeles Dodgers
5 - New York Mets
6 - Detroit Tigers
7 - Seattle Mariners
8 - Minnesota Twins
9 - St Louis Cardinals
10 - Miami Marlins

The Dodgers are NOT the problem. In fact, they put almost 3/4 of their revenue BACK into the team.

The problem is the teams at the bottom of this list that do the opposite.

Full convo here (~12:40 in): youtu.be/M0pH8RfK9iE?...

YouTube video by Flippin' Bats with Ben Verlander Will Shohei Ohtani (大谷翔平) Be In The Dodgers Playoff Rotation & More With John Smoltz

JOHN SMOLTZ JOINS LIVE NOW ⬇️

What do the Dodgers do with their playoff rotation? Kershaw out? Ohtani to the bullpen?

Who he says is the best team in the American League

If he ever had an “AHA” moment similar to Aroldis Chapman

Watch here NOW: youtu.be/EeybI7L9vfw?...

YouTube video by Flippin' Bats with Ben Verlander Houston Astros or New York Yankees For TOP AL Team, Justin Verlander's Latest & MLB Power Rankings

🚨LIVE EPISODE NOW🚨

I can’t tell you how proud I am of my brother. What a start yesterday.

The reason behind Aroldis Chapman’s resurgence is INSANE

Who is the top AL team? My Top 5 teams most likely to win

Power Rankings explained

WATCH HERE NOW: youtu.be/AbE9UFYybdU?...

YouTube video by Flippin' Bats with Ben Verlander Shohei Ohtani (大谷翔平) or Kyle Schwarber: NL MVP Chat + More With John Smoltz

Is Shohei Ohtani the MVP?

Is Kyle Schwarber the MVP?

John Smoltz explains why it’s Shohei Ohtani and it will remain Shohei Ohtani for the foreseeable future.

“He’s a unicorn.”

Watch here: youtu.be/kva_fvPefmw?...

YouTube video by Flippin' Bats with Ben Verlander Shohei Ohtani (大谷翔平) or Kyle Schwarber: NL MVP Chat + More With John Smoltz

🚨JOHN SMOLTZ JOINS LIVE🚨

Kyle Schwarber went from 0-20 to the 21st player in history to hit 4 HR in a game. Ever seen anything like it?

Tarik Skubal vs Garrett Crochet. Who is AL CY?

Is there anyone stopping Shohei Ohtani from NL MVP?

WATCH NOW: youtu.be/kva_fvPefmw?...

John Smoltz LOVES the thought of expansion and realignment.

“But we HAVE to do it right”

His thoughts involve having 2 different halves. A winner from each half that automatically makes the playoffs. And much more.

Check it out here NOW: youtu.be/1O4hD_GaCOE?...

YouTube video by Flippin' Bats with Ben Verlander Phillies' World Series Hopes In Trouble After Zack Wheeler News & MLB Expansion With John Smoltz

JOHN SMOLTZ JOINS NOW ⬇️

Everyone calls him a Boomer but he has a WILD thought expansion/realignment 🤯

Are the Phillies ok without Wheeler?

I thought long and hard about my thoughts on what realignment should look like. I’m ready to say ⬇️

LIVE NOW: youtu.be/1O4hD_GaCOE?...

YouTube video by Flippin' Bats with Ben Verlander Dodgers Sweep Padres, Top 3 MLB Expansion Sites & Power Rankings

WE’RE LIVE!! ⬇️

Little League Classic

MLB Expansion?! Top 3 cities 👀

Best Player’s Weekend Gear

Dodgers/Padres best rivalry in baseball

Power Rankings explained

WATCH HERE NOW: youtu.be/HZpGkE2SuRE?...

YouTube video by Flippin' Bats with Ben Verlander Is Shohei Ohtani (大谷翔平) The NL MVP & Will Yankees Make The Playoffs & Top 5 Greatest MLB 'What Ifs'

Shohei Ohtani is the greatest baseball player of all time

He struck out 8 batters in 4 innings AND destroyed an oppo homer on the same day

Now tonight he homers for the 42nd time

Shohei Ohtani is the MVP. Shohei Ohtani is the 🐐

Full convo (~22min in): youtu.be/WNr0CbteqKA?...

YouTube video by Flippin' Bats with Ben Verlander Is Shohei Ohtani (大谷翔平) The NL MVP & Will Yankees Make The Playoffs & Top 5 Greatest MLB 'What Ifs'

🚨LIVE SHOW🚨

Are the 2025 NY Yankees going to miss the playoffs?

Josh Hamilton was just inducted into the TEX HOF. Who are the biggest “What Ifs” in MLB history?

Shohei Ohtani still on pace to win his 3rd MVP IN A ROW?

Jen Pawol debut

Watch here NOW: youtu.be/WNr0CbteqKA?...

YouTube video by Flippin' Bats with Ben Verlander Houston Astros AL West Champions & Are The Yankees A Playoff Team?

JOHN SMOLTZ JOINS LIVE

Are the Yankees a playoff team?

If you’re a manager how do you handle mistakes like Jazz Chisholm’s?

Who wins the AL West? Astros? Mariners? Rangers?

HIS Bristol experience

Watch LIVE NOW: youtu.be/aCvGusL6lPs?...

YouTube video by Flippin' Bats with Ben Verlander MLB Speedway Classic Recap

Knee-jerk reaction to the trade deadline. Why the Phillies did all they needed

HOW BOUT THE MIAMI MARLINS

Power Rankings REVEALED

How the Coldplay Kiss Cam helped Freddie Freeman figure it out 😂

Brent Suter Ricky Bobby impression

WATCH LIVE NOW ⬇️

youtu.be/bqWcj8ELzGM?...

YouTube video by Flippin' Bats with Ben Verlander MLB Trade Deadline Special: Winners & Losers

If you think the Detroit Tigers were winners of the trade deadline… stop lying to yourself.

They have a World Series caliber team and they quite simply just didn’t do enough.

Time to vent about the Tigers: youtu.be/hjcaCMH3VdE?...

YouTube video by Flippin' Bats with Ben Verlander MLB Trade Deadline Special: Winners & Losers

🚨TRADE DEADLINE SPECIAL🚨

Top 3 winners
Top 3 losers

Correa BACK TO HOUSTON 🤯

Tigers…

Watch here LIVE NOW: youtu.be/hjcaCMH3VdE?...

YouTube video by Flippin' Bats with Ben Verlander 2025 MLB Draft Preview: Top Prospects, Surprises & Bold Predictions

LIVE NOW

MLB Draft talk. Everything you need.

Come watch: youtu.be/xHi5S0hnnkc?...

NEW POWER RANKINGS 📈

The Houston Astros SWEEP the Dodgers in Los Angeles and we have ourselves a switch up at the top

Your National and American League All-Star pitching staffs have been announced

You can’t have a rebuild for nearly a decade. Preaching all along about the arms you’re building within

Then build THE BEST ARM IN MLB and not pay up when time

It’s time. Detroit deserves this. Skubal deserves this

Don’t mess it up

Watch here(~33:30): youtu.be/B5Yt60sA_jE?...

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨

The Mets are an absolute dumpster fire heading downhill fast.

If the Tigers don’t extend Tarik Skubal I will NEVER FORGIVE THEM.

Top 3 NL MVP rankings

The Astros are…. Inevitable.

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The Houston Astros just keep winning.

They have taken the first 2 games from a red hot Phillies team and are now 5.5 games up in the AL West.

They are 16-6 in the month of June which is good for the best record in all of MLB.

Inevitable.

NEW POWER RANKINGS 📈

Dodgers back on top. Astros keep on climbing.

The Houston Astros now have the 2nd most wins in the American League

People so badly want the Houston Astros to be bad.

They want them to stop being relevant. But they just never stop.

The Astros are inevitable.

And this week they’re back in the Top 5 of my Power Rankings.

Full convo here including a good Astros convo (~33min in): youtu.be/ArGOWRFl0Qo?...

Shohei Ohtani via his Instagram:

“I’m back.”