Alex Bregman to the Red Sox, Nick Pivetta to the Padres & The Neverending Search for an Edge

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

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Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Eno, Trevor, and DVR discuss Alex Bregman's decision to sign with the Red Sox -- how the pieces might fit in Boston without another move -- and the structure of the deal. Plus, they discuss Nick Pivetta to San Diego, where the Padres have quickly turned around a very quiet offseason. They also dig into the current use of pitch models like Stuff+ around the game, and wonder where teams are finding edges within those models, and beyond Rundown 1:30 Alex Bregman to the Red Sox (Three-Year, $120M Deal w/two opt-outs) 14:06 Nick Pivetta Lands with the Padres (Four-Year, $55M Deal w/two opt-outs) 22:10 Anthony Rendon to Undergo Hip Surgery; Out for 2025 33:34 How is Stuff+ Used Around Baseball? 40:24 Applications of Pitching Models & Finding an Edge 46:55 Solvability in Sports...Basketball Might Be Broken 52:12 Rule Changes in Baseball by Decade 58:32 Where Are Teams Looking for an Edge? Follow Eno on Bluesky: @enosarris.bsky.social Follow DVR on Bluesky: @dvr.bsky.social Follow Trevor on Bluesky: @[email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/FyBa9f3wFe Subscribe to The Athletic: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrels Hosts: Derek VanRiper & Eno Sarris With: Trevor May Producer: Brian Smith Executive Producer: Derek VanRip Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.3	Thank you. Welcome to Rates and barrels.
0:51.9	It's Thursday, February 13th, Derek and Riper, Enoceros, Trevor May, all here with you on this episode.
0:55.0	We have a few late signings as spring training gets underway.
0:56.8	Alex Bregman has a new home.
0:58.1	He heads to Boston.
1:00.8	Nick Povetta heads to San Diego.
1:06.5	It sounds like Anthony Rendon is done for 2025 and probably beyond that.
1:07.3	So we'll dig into that.
1:08.8	Some big picture stuff too.
1:11.9	Eno had a Stuff Plus update that was released last week.
1:14.1	We're dig into the implications of that.
1:19.0	And we're going to talk about where teams can try to find differentiation points in strategy as things like Stuff Plus models become more prevalent in the game.
1:24.0	Trevor, how you doing?
1:24.7	Good to see you.
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