Blake Snell to the Dodgers & Early Pitching Movers in Free Agency
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
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4.7 • 873 Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2024
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
Eno and DVR are back from the holiday to discuss Blake Snell's five-year pact with the Dodgers (and an extension for Tommy Edman), plus Frankie Montas' move to the Mets and Matthew Boyd's signing with the Cubs.
Related Reading 'The book on Blake Snell doesn’t have it completely right' ($): https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5951700
Rundown
2:10 Blake Snell to the Dodgers
Related Search on Baseball Savant looking at Starting Pitchers with the lowest percentage of pitches in the heart of the strike zone since 2022: https://bit.ly/4ivcfRR
14:39 An Extension for Tommy Edman
27:05 Frankie Montas to the Mets
33:03 Matthew Boyd to the Cubs
40:14 Potential Position Changes & Rangers Rehab Updates
Mailbag!
55:46 Reds Rotation After Brady Singer Addition
1:00:51 Early 2025 Catcher Thoughts
1:14:22 The Blue Jays' Offseason Plans
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to rates and barrels. It is Monday, December 2nd. |
| 0:19.2 | Derek and rapper, you know, Sar, here with you on this episode. |
| 0:21.5 | We have some free agent signings. |
| 0:23.8 | We have an extension, and the Dodgers are a very active club early on this offseason. |
| 0:29.8 | Not a surprise, given the resources at their disposal. |
| 0:33.4 | We have mailbag questions. |
| 0:35.0 | We got some players willing to play in new positions. |
| 0:41.2 | We have some players probably being told they're going to play a new position in 2025. |
| 0:45.1 | So we'll dig into some of those changes as well. |
| 0:46.9 | You know, how was your Thanksgiving week? |
| 0:48.5 | That was great. |
| 0:52.9 | We spatched the hell out of some turkeys. |
| 0:57.7 | And I think I did well. |
| 0:59.3 | It tasted great. |
| 1:03.3 | And it was great to see all the family. |
| 1:09.1 | And then wife drug us all out to see Moana too yesterday. |
| 1:10.9 | So we had the family out and the tree is up. |
| 1:14.8 | Okay. |
| 1:15.4 | Big week. |
| 1:16.5 | That was a very productive week. |
| 1:18.9 | Two turkeys, a movie. |
| 1:21.3 | The tree is up. |
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