Hour 2 - Back in the Saddle
The Ben Maller Show
Fox Sports Radio and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 864 Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Ben Maller talks about Justin Verlander returning to the Detroit Tigers, the Mets possibly starting the regular season without Francisco Lindor, the ROI on Kris Bryant's contract with the Rockies as he heads to the IR yet again, Maller to the Third Degree, and more!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.3 | Holy cow! It's our number two. |
| 0:10.0 | You can go home again. |
| 0:12.6 | Justin Verlander headed back to Detroit. |
| 0:17.4 | The longtime starting pitcher in his mid-40s now will play another season in Motown, |
| 0:23.0 | going back to the team that he spent most of his career with. |
| 0:26.5 | So Verlander, according to reports, will be very valuable as a pitcher in his return to the Tigers. |
| 0:32.9 | Are you riding the Verlander hype train, true, true, or waiting for the next train. |
| 0:39.0 | We'll discuss that. |
| 0:39.7 | Also, fancy a thought on the Mets possibly starting the 2026 regular season without Francisco Lindor. |
| 0:47.4 | He's got an injury and Juan Soto has been demoted by the Mets. |
| 0:52.4 | He asked for a demotion. |
| 0:53.8 | We'll talk about that. And how do you view Chris Bryant? What a scam. This guy's pulled off. He's going back on the injured list. $182 million. How's that ROI going for the Rockies on Chris Bryant? We'll go there as well. Right now, settle in. It's four hours of podcasting we stayed up all night |
| 1:12.9 | for this and we thank you for listening it's our number two back in the saddle again welcome |
| 1:20.8 | in the beginning of another hour of the ben maller show. We are in the air everywhere. |
| 1:31.0 | As we burst into speech and we talk above the clouds. |
| 1:36.3 | We're literally above the clouds, coast to coast, border to border and beyond. |
| 1:40.3 | On the vast and routily powerful microphones of FSR emanating |
| 1:48.0 | live from the chain. |
| 1:50.4 | The supply chain of hot takes. |
| 1:52.8 | We have no shortages. |
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