An Anthony Volpe Explanation & Weekend Waiver Preview
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
The Athletic
4.7 • 875 Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2025
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Eno and DVR discuss the revealing that Anthony Volpe has been playing through a torn labrum in his shoulder for most of the 2025 season, and multiple allegations of misconduct toward women around the Tigers' organization as reported by Britt Ghiroli and Alex Andrejev of The Athletic. Plus, they address mailbag questions about the Rays' expected return to the Trop and the availability of mental health resources for MLB players, before exploring a few intriguing names on the waiver wire this weekend, and catching up with Senior Hot Dog Correspondent Niv Shah about 'The Miami Dog' and balancing long-term value against aggressive short-term bids in late-season keeper league pickups.
Rundown
1:10 Anthony Volpe Has Played Through a Torn Labrum in 2025
10:09 Multiple Allegations of Misconduct Toward Women in Detroit
Britt Ghiroli & Alex Andrejev’s story($):
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6610869/
Follow Up from Britt, Alex & Cody Stavenhagen ($): https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6617460
16:13 Preparing for the Rays' Move Back Into the Trop
23:02 Availability of Mental Health Resources in MLB
30:05 Weekend Waiver Wire Preview
49:55 Senior Hot Dog Corresponding Niv Shah Returns!
Balancing Long-Term Value with Immediate Needs in Late Keeper League Pickups
1:06:51 Is 'The Miami Dog' Playable?
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Hosts: Derek VanRiper & Eno Sarris
With: Niv Shah
Producer: Brian Smith
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| 0:44.9 | It is Friday, September 12th. |
| 0:46.8 | Derek Van Riper, Inoceris, here with you on this episode. |
| 0:49.9 | We got a little bit of baseball news. |
| 0:51.3 | You should know, Anthony Volpe has been playing through a torn |
| 0:54.9 | labrum. Oh, okay. An explanation for Volpe's 2025 season in one fell swoop. We'll dig into the |
| 1:01.4 | implications of that in just a few minutes. Got a few mailbag questions, including one about the |
| 1:07.2 | raise moving back into the TROP in 2026 and what that might mean for the production |
| 1:12.1 | of some of their power hitters? |
| 1:13.7 | A great mailbag question, actually. |
| 1:15.8 | And we've got our senior hot dog correspondent, Niv Shaw, joining us later in the show. |
| 1:20.0 | Niv is back with the Miami Dog and some long-term league advice. |
| 1:24.4 | If you're trying to make pickups at the right price this time of year, |
| 1:27.9 | how do you do it? We dig into that question. We've also got our regular weekend waiver preview |
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