2021 Second Base Preview
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
The Athletic
4.7 • 875 Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2021
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Summary
Eno & DVR discuss the possible hurdles to spring training in Arizona, the trade of Jameson Taillon to the Yankees, Brad Hand's new opportunity in D.C., and a handful of moves for the Red Sox -- including the addition of Garrett Richards -- before previewing the second base position for the 2021 fantasy baseball season.
Rundown
2:21 Spring Training in Arizona in Question
8:41 Jameson Taillon in the Bronx
13:07 A Look at the Pirates' Haul in the Taillon Deal
22:12 Brad Hand Goes to Washington
25:34 The Red Sox Add Garrett Richards, Enrique Hernandez & Adam Ottavino
35:52 Second Base Preview: No First-Rounders. but Love for Albies
41:55 Mike Moustakas: Old, Boring & Undervalued?
45:30 Cavan Biggio vs. Keston Hiura vs. Brandon Lowe
50:17 Is Jeff McNeil as Similar to DJ LeMahieu as Projections Suggest?
56:24 Do You Trust Dylan Moore in 2021?
61:55 Will Tommy Edman Ever Match His 2019 Debut?
69:01 Buying In (Again) on Gavin Lux
75:16 Options Outside the Top 300 Overall
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Rates and barrels. |
| 0:16.6 | It's Monday, January 25th. |
| 0:18.6 | Derek Van Riper here with Enoseres. |
| 0:20.2 | We continue our position preview series. |
| 0:22.6 | We move on to second base. |
| 0:24.4 | The pretty fun position that does not have a player going in the first round, |
| 0:29.5 | not even in the first two rounds of some drafts. |
| 0:31.3 | So one of the only positions in our game like that, |
| 0:34.2 | catcher, of course, being the other. |
| 0:36.4 | Man, you take J.T. Real |
| 0:37.5 | Moodo out of the equation and go about five rounds before you see a catcher go. But |
| 0:41.3 | lots to talk about. We had a big trade over the weekend. We will talk about Jameson |
| 0:45.3 | as a member of the Yankees. We'll talk about the return that the pirates got. |
| 0:49.8 | The Red Sox did some stuff. They added Kikei Hernandez and |
| 0:53.5 | Garrett Richards and made a trade on Monday to acquire Adam |
| 0:57.3 | Adavino from the Yankees. |
| 0:59.4 | Plus, Brad Hand goes to Washington. |
| 1:02.7 | So we have a new closer for the Nationals. |
| 1:06.1 | Eno, how's it going for you on this Monday? |
| 1:08.2 | Stuff is happening. |
| 1:09.7 | Stuff is happening. |
| 1:11.1 | I have to say, though, I have this song stuck in my head because, like, we're still on |
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