2021 Shortstop Preview
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
The Athletic
4.7 • 875 Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2021
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Eno and DVR discuss J.T. Realmuto's return to the Phillies before breaking down the shortstop position for the 2021 fantasy baseball season.
Rundown
1:50 J.T. Realmuto Re-Ups with Philadelphia
8:45 Wilson Ramos in Detroit
10:59 Fernando Tatis Jr.'s Case for No. 1 Overall
15:58 Continued Love for Trea Turner
18:59 Trevor Story & Value Outside of Colorado
27:24 Francisco Lindor as a Met
30:12 Bo Bichette and Concerns About Toronto Steals Sources
34:54 Adalberto Mondesi Thoughts, Vol. 3
40:37: Xander Bogaerts, Corey Seager & Tim Anderson
47:22: Gleyber Torres & Javier Baez Rebounds?
53:36 Is Carlos Correa Undervalued Outside the Top 100?
55:48 Marcus Semien in Toronto
59:30 Late Options & Playing Time Concerns
70:06 Prospects On the Brink
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Rates and barrels. It is Wednesday, January 27th. |
| 0:19.9 | Derek Van Riper here with Enoseres. |
| 0:21.6 | Things keep happening. |
| 0:23.2 | We have J.T. Real Mudo, staying put in Philadelphia with a big contract. |
| 0:28.6 | With Rail Mudo signed, Wilson Ramos felt comfortable taking a deal from the Tigers. |
| 0:32.9 | I actually don't think those two things are related at all. |
| 0:35.2 | A lot of short stops on the move, too, which works out great because today is our short stops preview. |
| 0:41.3 | So Marcus Simeon in Toronto, Angleton Simmons in Minnesota, Freddie Galvis in Baltimore, |
| 0:48.1 | an impact on the Cleveland short stops or shortstop eligible players with Cesar Hernandez staying in Cleveland longer. |
| 0:55.7 | All that coming up over the course of this episode. |
| 0:59.2 | How's it going for you on this Wednesday, you know? |
| 1:01.4 | It's good. It's good. |
| 1:03.6 | I don't have much to report. |
| 1:05.9 | I think my dogs are nuts, but they're getting a little better. |
| 1:10.9 | They're getting a little better. The kids are nuts, but they're getting a little better. They're getting a little better. |
| 1:12.4 | The kids are nuts, but they're getting a little better. |
| 1:15.4 | I'm nuts. |
| 1:16.3 | I'm getting worse. |
| 1:19.2 | I decided we're not going to do rates and barrel karaoke. |
| 1:24.3 | Could have been a segment for the show, I think based on some of the reactions to |
| 1:28.4 | the Weezer selection that you had for last episode. Hey, we got some positive reactions. |
| 1:34.2 | There's some positive reaction, but we're not getting enough support to launch rates |
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