Battling the injury bug, early-season adjustments, and the traits of the 2021 baseball

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

The Athletic

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Eno and DVR discuss the early increase in injuries around the league, churning the bottom of rosters in the opening weeks of the season, balancing tough matchups against rapidly improving skills, and more. Rundown 2:40 Injuries Are Up; How Are We Coping? 5:36 Brandon Marsh vs. Jo Adell in Short Term 10:13 Churning the Bottom of the Roster 17:46 Tough Matchups vs. Improving Skills 23:46 Early K-BB% Leaders 29:49 Some Insight on the 2021 Baseball 32:46 Early Surprises on the Max Exit Velo Leaderboard 44:00 The Thin Margin Between Waiver Players & Bench Players 48:23 Opposite-Field Barrels? 52:48 Buying Very Early Swinging-Strike Rates? Follow Eno on Twitter: @enosarris Follow DVR on Twitter: @DerekVanRiper e-mail: ratesandbarrels@theathletic.com Subscribe to the Rates & Barrels YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RatesBarrels Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:20.7	It is Monday, April 12th.
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1:31.9	We've got an interesting report from Derek Rhodes looking at early season injuries.
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