Shohei Ohtani (大谷翔平) on fire, Houston Astros are back, Cubs’ big decisions & more

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Ben Verlander discusses the new MLB Home Run Derby rules for 2024, Bobby Bonilla day and what the Chicago Cubs need to do at the trade deadline. Ben also updates his weekly MLB Power Rankings, talks about Shohei Ohtani's incredible two week stretch, and whether or not the Houston Astros are officially back.
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Shohei Ohtani (大谷翔平) on fire, Houston Astros are back, Cubs’ big decisions & more
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@FlippinBatsPod 3 күн бұрын

Are the Houston Astros officially back?

@Elephant2024-wi2li 3 күн бұрын

Guess the Houston Astros are inevitable.😆🤣

@michaelposthuma4577 3 күн бұрын

They will fall off again. The Mariners will get better and take the division.

@uroktim 3 күн бұрын

@@michaelposthuma4577 Sure pal!! LOLOLOL

@uncledrew13 3 күн бұрын

They never left, just a bit of bad luck..

@briandunlapamyfraser6340 3 күн бұрын

@@michaelposthuma4577nope😂

@Elephant2024-wi2li 3 күн бұрын

What I am most looking forward to with Shohei Ohtani is seeing him in the post-season. The World Baseball Classic was cool. But October is on a whole different level.

@annettefallon1652 Күн бұрын

Shohei will win MVP.

@tonyventura4605 Күн бұрын

Shohei!

@Michael-kf7gm 2 күн бұрын

Shohei owes that bat boy a Porsche lol

@johnsutherland1688 9 сағат бұрын

Shohei MVP!

@nessacery 3 күн бұрын

I’m sooo glad I am Delulu with you Ben!!! I never lost faith. We did have to get some changes 👀 but I knew we could do it. Can’t wait for October baseball in HOUSTON TX

@yahcrack 3 күн бұрын

This needs to be a daily show.

@johnchieze530 Күн бұрын

nice to see you back big ben. the dodgers were wise to sit out ohtani in this years hr derby given it's only been 6,7 months since he had second t.j. operation. why nobody asking a.judge to do that thing? i'm still holding to my pre-season that the l.a. dodgers will fail to make the world series,with key players now out for the season you have ohtani and freeman doing everything -bad recipe

@Methoes123 3 күн бұрын

Don't hold your breath with the Astros

@michaelposthuma4577 3 күн бұрын

Ben, what do you think about the old school rules of 3 outs, it’s either a home run or an out. You have two batters 9 innings. The winner moves on to the next opponent and so on till the last ones stands to win.

@Elephant2024-wi2li 3 күн бұрын

Wishing the Verlander family a most happy, joyous 4th of July week.🎆

@marcyfan-tz4wj 3 күн бұрын

i never root for the brewers being a reds fan but i'm delighted to see the cubs and their traitor manager not succeeding. i'm happy the astros are back to .500 record and above even if justin currently is sidelined!

@chalando6124 3 сағат бұрын

LETS GO ASTROS!

@IgoByaGo 3 күн бұрын

I have been saying it all year that the Astros were going to wake up and get that respect back. Rangers will always be #1 in my heart, and last year made me so happy, but this year is more of the same, so not disappointed, but these Astros, man they have turned it on. Altuve is my favorite current player. They are only 3 games back from where they were last year at this time. They started slow last year as well, but were like 5 games ahead of where they were at the beginning of the week, now it is down to 3. Hell Yeah. Level Up. (Astros are my #2 team.)

@badass96ta 3 күн бұрын

This episode must have been recorded before the game

@denniscale1538 3 күн бұрын

Thank you, Ben! I was worried about the 'Stros for a bit as a lifelong Astros fan!

@FlippinBatsPod 2 күн бұрын

YOU'RE WELCOME!

@1TightMinute 3 күн бұрын

8:11 the cubs decided to choke earlier this year is all. They said “hey let’s just go ahead and get it out of the way so everyone can get on with their summer. No need to keep them hanging on until the end like last year.” They did the north side of the city a favor.

@prairiedogsareextant 3 күн бұрын

Quantrill. He's got a flat 3 ERA on the road, last time I checked. Get him out of Coors, he'll do well. And the Stros wouldn't have to give up and arm and a leg to get him.

@case139 4 күн бұрын

The Astros are closing in on the Mariners now. They're winning games and the offense is getting more clutch, and they did just enough in that first Toronto game Monday. This week could get very interesting.

@rjflo409 3 күн бұрын

Yep yep 3 behind 🤟🏼

@Atsuro16 3 күн бұрын

The clutch factor is what this year's Astros have been missing. Excited to see them play like Astros again.

@hatoraidcowboy 3 күн бұрын

All of this with basically an entire pitching staff on the dl. We’re coming back strong though! Go Astros!

@1TightMinute 3 күн бұрын

Astros have been getting lucky. Their LU stinks without tucker. Their pitching is an injury away from complete decimation. It’s cool for baseball that they came back but they need help if they are going to be serious this year.

@andrewsebaugh 3 күн бұрын

Lineup stinks? Yea lineup is questionable at times but when you are hitting then there is no such thing as a lineup that stinks because they aren’t hitting like a team that stinks

@CHRISEPTICON 3 күн бұрын

The AlCS comes through H Town!!!!!

@silverwhiteknight 3 күн бұрын

I love your phrase that the Astros are inevitable and they've proven it!

@bradlockhart 23 сағат бұрын

Alex slept on the Astros and let her "fandom" to the Yankees get to her. Pump those breaks.

@michaeldooley1795 Күн бұрын

Astros best bullpen since May 13th, best record in baseball since May 8th. A bunch of pitchers are coming off the DL. Always 32nd in strikeout rate. Good pitching, put the ball in play, great defense. Were we ever worried? 2.5 games out today!

@badass96ta 3 күн бұрын

3 games out

@thechild7355 Күн бұрын

Ben stood his ground. The Astros are a phenomenal organization

@Michael-kf7gm 2 күн бұрын

If the Astros make the postseason, I hope Ben calls Alex on the show and asks her if she can list the AL teams in the playoffs. Just for laughs…

@oscararredondo9672 3 күн бұрын

I wish Alex was still on the show so you could drop the "Astros are inevitable" line on her and rub it in.

@dodgeball693 3 күн бұрын

Where is Alex???

@teejaysalgado9819 3 күн бұрын

Ohh so Alex quit the show? Why all of a sudden Flippin’ Bats went off air?

@oscararredondo9672 3 күн бұрын

@@teejaysalgado9819 I think she got let go and the studio is being used for Copa America/ EURO Cup coverage I believe

@dodgeball693 3 күн бұрын

Who knew Batman was a Dodger!?? 😅

@jwhudson23 3 күн бұрын

Orioles schedule in June was EASILY the toughest stretch for any team in baseball. No excuse for the number 1 team on the list to drop a series to the worst team in baseball (the marlins). Plus the Orioles put it to the Phillies in the middle of that grueling stretch. Guess it will take them winning a W.S. for people to recognize how good that team really is.

@yahcrack 3 күн бұрын

Phillies went from London to Boston to Baltimore with one day off, on Father’s Day weekend. Orioles should’ve beat a team that was on the road for two weeks, coming from overseas. Not to mention the Orioles had lost five straight.

@jwhudson23 3 күн бұрын

@@yahcrack O's played ATL, PHI, NYY, HOU, CLE, TEX all in a row and went 10-9 in that span. Phil's played BOS, BAL, SD, AZ, DET, MIA in that same span and came out with the same record. There is no comparison in strength of schedule in terms of who has had a tougher June or any month so far for that matter.

@yahcrack 3 күн бұрын

@@jwhudson23 beating a team that had to travel across the Atlantic and back and then go from Boston to Baltimore with one day off and then proceed to lose 5 straight is not as impressive as you make it seem. Granted the stretch you listed is tough. But you singled out the Phillies as if he’s wrong to have the team with the highest winning percentage first is wrong.

@yahcrack 3 күн бұрын

@@jwhudson23 and I think the Orioles are the best team in baseball and I’m a Phillies fan but let’s not try to make it seem like the Phillies at 1 is blasphemous

@jwhudson23 3 күн бұрын

@@yahcrack Strength of schedule matters. That's all. Power Rankings is someone's opinion. I was just giving mine dude. I did not say it was blasphemous. The only thing blasphemous is splitting a series with the Marlins.

@hateusernames2 3 күн бұрын

The Astros comeback inevitable?

@XSprouted 3 күн бұрын

I wonder if Skenes is gonna win ROTY. I'm in SD so I'm a Jackson Merrill fan for that race but I feel like its gonna be tough. Skenes has less than 10 starts and people are going crazy for him! Also, bat boy for 18 years? That's a bat man!

@RealJeffTidwell 3 күн бұрын

Astros should go pick up Zack Greinke on a cheap deal (for pitching depth) and “correct” what happened in 2019. Maybe not note for note, but it would be fun to see what happens.

@demetriusarteaga8242 4 күн бұрын

Will you trade Guerrero,Cortes,singer for josh naylor,tucker,ranger?????

@1TightMinute 3 күн бұрын

In fantasy? Points or cats? Dynasty or redraft?

@demetriusarteaga8242 3 күн бұрын

@@1TightMinute cat's

@marcyfan-tz4wj 3 күн бұрын

is alex going to be paid a lump sum every july 1st without being on the program regularly into 2032? just teasing!

@ryanegan31 3 күн бұрын

phillies split the marlins series

@kevinchristensen8785 3 күн бұрын

The Astros have too much experience and talent to just roll over. I was only worried they’d figure it out too late. Incredible how quickly they’ve changed the outlook of the season.

@yahcrack 3 күн бұрын

Shohei rides the pine. Of course his numbers are going to be good when all he has to do is hit. Doesn’t hurt to be talented as he is.

@kennogawa6638 3 күн бұрын

Marlins DFA Tim Anderson and the Dodgers need to sign him for the league minimum.

@kevin-wo4rs 3 күн бұрын

My biggest fear on the Astros is that the all star will hit and it’ll be a break that can end the momentum

@thechild7355 Күн бұрын

Also, the Mariners did a terrible job of taking advantage of the Astro's slow start.

@thunder3878 3 күн бұрын

Trevor Bauer to houston

@michaelposthuma4577 3 күн бұрын

Astros are playing easy teams as so as soon as they start playing harder teams they start losing again.

@Methoes123 3 күн бұрын

Enough with Houston and Ohtani!

@FlippinBatsPod 3 күн бұрын

What about them?

@Methoes123 3 күн бұрын

@@FlippinBatsPod That's all you talk about! Every show!

@yahcrack 3 күн бұрын

@@Methoes123 you don’t have to watch.

@shhakirra1 3 күн бұрын

People wanted the Astros to fail so badly that they never entertained a comeback when its been done many times. Sorry to disappoint Astro haters but "We Aint Going Nooooo Wheres"!!!!