2025 NL Central Team Previews

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

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Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Eno and DVR return to their 2025 Team Previews Series in the NL Central. Can the Brewers continue to exceed projections? Who will emerge from the Cardinals' position player group to take on everyday roles as they try to identify their current core? Are the Cubs deserving of frontrunner status from 2025 projections? Will the Reds surprise us with better starting pitching than expected, but less production from their lineup? And, will the Pirates find enough steady bats to support their young aces? Rundown 3:44 2025 Milwaukee Brewers Preview 26:43 2025 St. Louis Cardinals Preview 42:06 2025 Chicago Cubs Preview 53:34 2025 Cincinnati Reds Preview 1:05:40 2025 Pittsburgh Pirates Preview 1:18:13 A Selection of Sleepers From the NL Central Follow Eno on Bluesky: @enosarris.bsky.social Follow DVR on Bluesky: @dvr.bsky.social e-mail: [email protected] Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/FyBa9f3wFe Subscribe to The Athletic: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrels Note: Win Total Projections for the episode are from Baseball Prospectus' PECTOA system at the time of the recording. Support BP -- they do great work! Current PECOTA Projections: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/standings/ Hosts: Derek VanRiper & Eno Sarris Producer Brian Smith Executive Producer: Derek VanRiper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:01.5	Welcome. Welcome to Rates and Barrels.
1:14.7	It is Tuesday, February 18th.
1:16.8	Derek Van Riper, Eno Seris, here with you.
1:18.5	Getting back into our team preview series, the focus for this episode will be the NL Central
1:25.1	America's Division, as I like to call it.
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