Auction Strategy & LABR Review
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
The Athletic
4.7 • 875 Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2020
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Rundown
2:51 Eno's AL Strategy
7:48 Are Low IP Starters More Viable in Mono Leagues?
10:47 The Bat Plan
21:19 Managing the Middle Stages of an Auction
27:47 Other AL LABR Observations
33:29 DVR's NL Strategy
39:19 The Pitching Staff
48:44 Figuring Out Catchers in Deep Two-C Leagues
54:59 Other NL LABR Observations
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Rates and Beryl's episode number 74. |
| 0:20.3 | It is March 3rd. Derek Van Riper here with Enoseres. |
| 0:23.3 | We are back from Florida. |
| 0:25.2 | It was a great trip. |
| 0:26.3 | And as a result of that trip, we're going to talk about auction strategy and what we did |
| 0:30.3 | in our respective auctions this weekend. |
| 0:33.4 | Eno competed in the AL-only labor auction on Saturday night. |
| 0:37.4 | I was in the NL-only auction on |
| 0:39.4 | Friday night. So now that our teams are safely assembled, we can talk about what we did, |
| 0:45.1 | what went right, what went wrong, and hopefully pass along some ideas as your own auctions |
| 0:50.0 | come up here in the next few weeks. If you're listening to this show on a platform that allows you to rate and review it, |
| 0:55.3 | please take the time to do that. |
| 0:56.8 | We really appreciate it. |
| 0:58.0 | And if you listen to this show for the very first time, |
| 1:00.4 | you can get a subscription to The Athletic at 40% off at the athletic.com slash rates and barrels. |
| 1:06.7 | You know, how was your trip back from Tampa? |
| 1:09.2 | Is it uneventful? |
| 1:11.8 | Yeah, for the most part. |
| 1:13.3 | I watched a mediocre movie, Gemini Man. |
| 1:18.6 | And, yeah, that was, oh, I got a little bit of work done, I guess. |
| 1:26.5 | Success. |
| 1:27.2 | That's a good flight right like you |
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