Phillies & Yankees battle it out in MLB Power Rankings & Top 3 most surprising & disappointing teams
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Ben Verlander gives you his updated MLB Power Rankings with the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Yankees battling it out for the top spot. Ben also gives his Top 3 most surprising & disappointing teams with the Kansas City Royals, New York Yankees and Houston Astros making those lists. Ben answers some fan questions & more!
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Phillies & Yankees battle it out in MLB Power Rankings & Top 3 most surprising & disappointing teams
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Are the Houston Astros done?
Amazingly no. Because the Seattle Mariners have not pulled away from the division as much as they could have. And the Astros are still in play for the last wildcard. But probably the division is their best hope. Sounds incredible to say that as poorly as they have played. Same with the Rangers.
Astros are 20-9 without Jose Abreu on the roster and 18-31 with him. I know it's a small sample size, but I consider it a trend
This is important stretch and we shall find out. If they limp into the break at .500 then I would say they still have a chance. Realistically, you’d like to see them go 11-7 or better but 10-8 is a must. It can be done but they cannot slump again.
The Seattle Mariners could of got that division lead out to 8-9 games easily by now? But there offense STINKS, and they are a mediocre road team. They have kept Houston and Texas within striking distance to be run down in the back half of the Regular Season
@@Elephant2024-wi2lispot on, Seattle's mediocre play and deplorable offense has kept the division lead up for grabs in the back half of the season
No Shohei shows after his six total home runs over seven games? He’s hot right now!
He is probably tired of people telling him he is riding Ohtani's nutsack, so he hopped off. Dont be afraid Ben, follow your heart😂.
Astros needed this rough start but have already started the turn it around (getting rid of Abreu was the catalyst) and will be in the World Series this year.
Thank you all for watching!! We are back!
I think i heard somewhere at the start of the season that the pitchers for the Astros that are on the IL had more playoff wins than the rest of the AL combined?
The Astros had the best record in all of the MLB in June!
Please explain to me how the Astros are in a downfall when they’ve won 6-straight, which includes sweeping the O’s whom haven’t been swept since May 2022. Astros were 10 GB of Seattle on 6/18, now only 4.5 GB.
We literally have an entire World Series winning starting rotation on the IL, but that won’t phase the most experienced post season team in the MLB since ‘17.
Welcome back Ben. Miss Alex, but glad to see that Flipping Bats will continue to go on.
The Astros are… wait for it… inevitable!
In-ev-it-a-ble
Love the show
Glad you are doing well
36:20 Skenes ain’t an all star. No way you can put him in the team above people that have been there and producing since opening day.
But what if those people have been producing poorly?
If we’re gonna be honest. The entire 2022 Houston Astros rotation besides Framber is on the IL
Good show. Thanks for the content. 👍
Thank you for watching!
20:19 Sea doesn’t have maybe a top half offense? Only the CWS have a worse OBP BA and OPS than they do. They are 22nd in run scored and based off those numbers, you can say they are lucky to be that high. Is there offense underperforming? Maybe. However, it is one of the absolute worse offenses atm. No where close to being considered a top half offense. Even if the start producing where are they going to be? 15th? 20th? Nah they need a bat. The sooner the better.
They definitely need a bat. Just depends what is available
That would be something if Houston were to surpass Seattle in the standings by the end of next week. Starting pitching is getting better despite injuries to other guys. Bullpen is improved greatly by the presence of two new, off-the-radar acquisitions (Bryan King and Luis Contreras), and this could make either Montero or Pressly a potential trade piece soon. I don't think they need to be total sellers now, but they could land a decent first baseman and possibly another starter (maybe another lefty?). King and Contreras pitching well early is huge now. And the offense (with a couple of newbies) is connecting better than it was a couple of weeks ago.
In addition, the Astros cannot afford to give up any more prospects, certainly not their top ones. They should gradually get younger and start having a few more guys become untouchable.
Forrest Whitley has been a bust. He is the too prospect for the Astros.
Been saying it since last year. The Rangers WS win was a fluke.
Same phillies team that had 2 opportunities on HOME field last post season v Arizona and CHOKED it up!!
WELP
22:37 I think BAL got bit by the “letdown monster” against Houston. They played with so much emotion and intensity vs NYY. It takes a toll. I think they were just gassed a little. They’ll be fine.
Yep makes sense!
Maybe Houston is just better.
@@Michael-kf7gm yeah. I don’t think so. BAL LU has players that HOU would start everyday in platoons. They are young talented and deep,
@@1TightMinute Hou is older, talented, and deep. Unfortunately, most of their talent is on IR. I think Hou is better than Bal.
@@Michael-kf7gm IR doesn’t matter. We talking about who is better this year. Besides Tuck the peeps that are coming back don’t really move the needle. Garcia is a mid tier pitcher, LMC jr. hasn’t pitch consistently in over 2 years. Who knows what he has left. verlander is old. No way Houston rotation matches Burnes, Rodriguez, Suarez, and Irvin. Gunnar is better than any player the Astros have. you can say Adly is just as good as any player the Astros have. Plus the bottom of HOU LU is sad. Singleton/Dubon, Meyers, McCormick, and Peña. Nah BAL is way better and younger.
Astros now 4.5 games back after winning 7 straight.
The guardian have the number one bullpen in every metric you can calculate
It's insanely impressive
Dunno about KC they have been reeling 8-18 but get it. The top 3 teams in AL central but Milwaukee is mine. They were suppose to do less then zero. Problem is AL/NL teams do nothing in playoffs seems every year. Disappointing most baseball in general cause offense is not good for most part. They had to mess with the balls. Manfred the genius of geniuses
The Yankees at #1 surprise? They perennially have one of the highest payrolls in the MLB.
Cleveland has best record in baseball - but keep talking about the Phillies, O’s, Yankees, Dodgers.
Most surprising, Brewers. Doing more with less. Traded Burnes, lost Woodruff to injury, no problem. Just keep playing winning baseball. Most disappointing, Mariners, should be running away with the division with that pitching staff, can't score runs if their lives depended on it.
Milwaukee brewers? Have 4 starters gone for the year in the rotation lose Craig Counsel and are in first place.!
V True
Houston Astros are back, for all you haters
Witt is better than Henderson. Henderson has more power. Witt is better on every other front. Of course, both are really really good.
They both are good player.
What’s up with that mustache? Yikes!
Shave the stache or grow a full beard
The Tigers have been so disappointing
Not just this year……this decade. Lol
For a while now
@@FlippinBatsPod I was really hopeful this season
Major market this bad every year it's embarrassing but look at Pistons that train wreck so luckily u have Michigan and Lions. Play Phillies yesterday and barely anyone goes. 1st time last 25 games Phillies played with a crowd less then 30,000. Manfred again hate the man. He should be fixing so many teams and get a min spending floor and teams wouldn't be this bad for this long
Hey dude, we missed your Shohei updates!
WE'LL BE BACK TO IT SHORTLY
He just hit another Hr.
We didn’t miss anything.
What’s the issues with the schedule and studio?
My guess would be their ratings dropped and can only do things this way ?
Jose top 5 player in the league IMO
Always here to support y’all! Get a new studio and flip it!
Thank you!! Thanks for the support
9:43 Bochy is a very bad defending World Series manager. He’s not a bad manager but for some reason after all three his World Series wins his team has failed to make the playoffs the next year. I don’t see it changing this year.
Thank you for still believing in the astros ben
i get why Houston would be top disappointment. luckily they have fixed 3 of their main 4 issues. bullpen is doing better, Bregman is hitting again and most of all they released Jose Abreu. Jose Abreu was a huge rally killer. i would've rather had Zack Greinke batting this year than Jose Abreu. only problem they have left is the Starting pitching. it's hard to succeed when you have a fringe top 5 rotation on the IL
Going to be a wild 2nd half of the season. Thank you for watching the show!
7:59 I know CIN is 5 games down but they got a plus 15 run deferential. Lot to be excited about. Def think a second half surge is on the table. Tough luck first half. Not a disappointment. That reds team is a lot of fun.
You know we are rooting for them
4:31 Everybody always says JRam is underrated. By who exactly? He’s been to the all star team 5 out of the last six years. He’s won a silver slugger award 4 out of the last six years. He’s been a top 15 pick in fantasy for a decade now. Does he get talked about enough in mainstream media? No but we all know where their bias in place. Hell the year Bader played for NYY, I heard more about him leading into the year than I did Randy Arozarena. Point is he is not underrated. He gets his love and his due by the fans of baseball. Problem is the popular programs are run by the people who are fans of teams first.
It's because he plays in Cleveland.