2026 Starting Pitcher Preview, Part 4
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
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4.7 • 873 Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2026
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Eno and DVR continue their 2026 position preview series with the fourth installment of their Starting Pitcher preview. This episode focuses on pitchers typically selected after Pick 250 overall of recent NFBC drafts.
2026 Listener League Details!
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Check out Eno's 2026 Starting Pitcher Rankings ($): https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7010771
Rundown
4:39 Joey Cantillo, Ryne Nelson, Quinn Priester & Logan Henderson
18:28 Mike Burrows, Noah Cameron, Troy Melton, Casey Mize & Braxton Ashcraft
31:05 Sean Manaea, Gerrit Cole, Bailey Ober & Chad Patrick
38:51 Ryan Weathers, Grayson Rodriguez, Zebby Matthews & Cade Cavalli
47:21 Parker Messick, Brady Singer, Robby Snelling & Ian Seymour
56:34 Kodai Senga, Jonah Tong & Angels Starters
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Rates and barrels. |
| 0:14.1 | It is Tuesday, February 10th. |
| 0:16.5 | Derek Van Riper here with Enosaris with the final piece of our 2026 position preview series. |
| 0:23.1 | It is part four of our starting pitcher preview. |
| 0:26.1 | We're going to focus on pitchers going outside the top 250 overall in early NFBC drafts. |
| 0:31.6 | As we say for all these episodes, draft position very much subject to change because now pitchers and catchers are reported |
| 0:38.7 | to spring training. |
| 0:39.6 | We have some teams beginning their first workouts on Tuesday. |
| 0:42.9 | So we're going to get updates. |
| 0:44.6 | We're going to get injury news. |
| 0:45.8 | All sorts of things are going to start shaking up the board each and every day. |
| 0:49.8 | So timing is critical as you get ready for your upcoming drafts. |
| 0:55.1 | And some great news that we announced on Monday's show that I will repeat to begin today's |
| 0:59.3 | episode. |
| 1:00.1 | We have a listener league open for signups through the NFBC. |
| 1:05.1 | We are launching a 2026 fantasy baseball league. |
| 1:07.8 | It's free to enter. |
| 1:08.7 | No purchase required. |
| 1:09.9 | We'll run for the full MLB regular season. |
| 1:12.3 | It's a skill-based contest using standard NFBC scoring. It's a 5x5 league. The top three overall |
| 1:18.6 | finishers are going to receive large merch vouchers for the official Rates and Barrels merch |
| 1:24.4 | store. You must be 18 or older and otherwise eligible under NFBC rules. |
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