A Strange Second Day of the MLB Season & Tough Hitter Ranks w/Mike Petriello (Live at Other Half Brewing -- Domino Park)
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
The Athletic
4.7 • 873 Ratings
🗓️ 22 March 2024
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
Eno and DVR are live in Brooklyn for their second show at Other Half Brewing to discuss a slugfest in Game 2 of the Dodgers-Padres series in Korea and a developing story around the swift firing of Shohei Ohtani's interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara. Plus, they're joined by Mike Petriello of MLB.com to discuss several groups of tough hitters to rank, and much more before an excellent round of listener questions.
Rundown
0:51 A Slugfest in Game 2 Between the Dodgers-Padres; Yamamoto's Debut
3:22 Continuing Struggles for Joe Musgrove
6:43 Dodgers Fire Shohei Ohtani's Interpreter Amidst Illegal Gambling Allegations
11:52 Mike Petriello of MLB.com Joins the Show!
17:02 Tough Rankings: Aging Veterans Still Producing (Paul Goldschmidt, Salvador Perez & George Springer)
22:56 Tough Rankings: Younger Players We Still Believe In (Ke'Bryan Hayes, Jeremy Peña & Andrés Giménez)
34:24 Tough Rankings: Big-Side Platoon Risk (Edouard Julien, Gavin Lux, Colt Keith)
44:22 Mike's Favorite Stats
52:08 Listener Q&A
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to rates and barrels. It is Thursday, March 21st. Derek Van Riper, |
| 0:18.9 | You know Sarah's here. And again, special shout out to our friends at other half. Awesome staff here. Chef Ryan, also producer Ryan tonight. So shout out to Ryan McLaughlin for helping us in that capacity as well. As Eno said, be sure to grab a sandwich and a stacked lineup if you haven't done that already. He's also a fancy baseball writer. |
| 0:37.9 | He's a writer. |
| 0:38.7 | Yeah, check out on fan tracks. |
| 0:40.3 | He does pitching ranks. |
| 0:42.4 | Not as good as mine. |
| 0:46.6 | Harsh again. |
| 0:47.8 | Love Ryan. |
| 0:48.8 | Love Ryan. |
| 0:51.2 | Well, is anything happening in baseball, you know? |
| 0:55.5 | A shalacking. |
| 0:57.8 | Well, I don't know. |
| 0:58.8 | Actually, it was just sort of, there's a different word for that. |
| 1:00.9 | In no particular order. |
| 1:02.3 | It's close. |
| 1:03.3 | A 15-11 game between the Padres and Dodgers. |
| 1:07.1 | Offensive explosion is the right word. |
| 1:09.1 | Yes, but it came in a Yamamoto Musgrove matchup. |
| 1:13.1 | I know. It's so sad. |
| 1:14.6 | I will start with Yamamoto. |
| 1:16.8 | 43 pitches, one inning, five earned, 2Ks, one walk, four hits. |
| 1:21.8 | So, simple question, if you have not drafted yet, |
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