Baseball's best rivalry, building a winner in Colorado, dealing with early injuries, and making sense of slow starts

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

The Athletic

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Eno and DVR discuss the second round of Padres-Dodgers, Fernando Tatis Jr.'s huge weekend, Ryan Weathers' bid to keep a spot in the San Diego rotation, changes in the Rockies' front office, pitchers with good stuff and command, but without a rotation spot, and several players of interest through the first month of the season. Rundown 1:35 Padres-Dodgers Continues to Deliver 5:59 The Braves' Offense Woes Continue 11:00 Ryan Weathers' Bid to Stick in the San Diego Rotation 17:43 Building a Winner in Colorado 28:47 Good Stuff and Command, Need Starting Role 33:32 How to React to a Roster Plagued by Early Injuries 45:19 Another Royal Records a Save 48:50 Sixto Sánchez's Long-Term Ceiling 55:07 Concerned About Kyle Tucker's Slow Start? 59:11 Still Believing in Austin Riley? 64:12 Alec Bohm vs. C.J. Cron vs. Joey Votto Follow Eno on Twitter: @enosarris Follow DVR on Twitter: @DerekVanRiper e-mail: [email protected] Subscribe to the Rates & Barrels YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RatesBarrels Sign up for a subscription to The Athletic for just $3.99/month to start: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrels Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:48.9	Thank you. Welcome to Rates and barrels.
0:52.1	It is Monday, April 26th.
0:54.0	Derek Van Riper here with Enosaris.
0:58.9	If you're watching us on YouTube, hopefully you're enjoying the new look of today's show.
1:04.4	Looking to do a little more on screen to keep everybody entertained over the course of our shows going forward.
1:07.7	Yeah, I get a closer shot of Eno, too.
1:09.8	So a more in-frame Eno.
1:13.1	My head looks gigantic. Things are coming together really nicely here on the YouTube side. So if you haven't subscribed to the YouTube channel,
1:17.2	this is a good time to get in on the fun there. And of course, welcome to all of our listeners
1:21.3	on the podcast platform where this show originated. So a lot to get to on this show.
1:26.6	You know, Padres, Dodgers,
1:27.9	really looking like the best rivalry in baseball right now.
1:30.9	That was another great series over the weekend.
1:33.5	The Rockies and Jeff Bridgett have parted ways.
1:36.5	So we will discuss how difficult it will be to build a contender.
1:43.8	We'll discuss how difficult it will be to build a contender in Colorado.
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