Ben Verlander discusses the National League Rookie of the Year Race between Pittsburgh Pirates' Paul Skenes and San Diego Padres' Jackson Merrill after Merrill's monster week. Ben also looks at the NL West as the Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres have cut into the Los Angeles Dodgers' division lead. Ben updates his weekly MLB Power Rankings & more. CHATPERS: 00:00 - 1:14 INTRO 1:14 - 9:52 NL ROY: SKENES VS MERRILL 9:52 - 15:15 WILL THE DODGERS HOLD ON TO NL WEST? 15:15 - 19:20 MLB POWER RANKINGS 10-6 19:20 - 24:44 MLB POWER RANKINGS 5-1 24:44 - 28:25 BASEBALL ADVICE 28:25 - 29:09 OUTRO #FlippinBats #mlb #losangeles #losangelesdodgers #dodgers #sandiego #padres #sandiegopadres #powerrankings #baseball SUBSCRIBE to get the latest Flippin’ Bats with Ben Verlander content: https://www.youtube.com/flippinbatspod?sub_confirmation=1 Like Flippin’ Bats with Ben Verlander Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/flippinbatspod/ Follow Flippin’ Bats with Ben Verlander on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@flippinbatspod?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc Follow Flippin’ Bats with Ben Verlander on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@flippinbatspod Follow Flippin’ Bats with Ben Verlander on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FlippinBatsPod Follow Flippin’ Bats with Ben Verlander on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flippinbatspod/ NL Rookie Of The Year Race: Paul Skenes vs Jackson Merrill, Dodgers' NL West Title hopes & more https://youtu.be/3pa9w3Dbir8