Bold Predictions & The Outlook for a Twins Sale
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
The Athletic
4.7 • 873 Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Britt Ghiroli returns to the show with Eno and DVR to discuss the potential obstacles for a sale of the Minnesota Twins as the most recent franchise to explore new ownership. Plus, the trio shares a few of their bold predictions for the upcoming season!
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Rundown
3:12 So You Want to Buy a Major League Baseball Team?
12:15 'It's easy to find someone whose in for 50 or 100 million.'
26:33 Our Bold Predictions for the 2025 Season
30:21 We Did Not See This One Coming
36:49 Eno Makes a 'Five-Pepper' Cy Young Prediction
44:33 Another Surprising Team Call?
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Hosts: Derek VanRiper, Eno Sarris & Britt Ghiroli
Producer: Brian Smith
Executive Producer: Derek VanRiper
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| 0:29.1 | It's Octor. Thank you. Welcome to Rates and barrels. |
| 0:45.0 | It is Tuesday, March 25th. |
| 0:47.2 | Derek and Riper, Inoceris, and our friend Britt Joroli is back. |
| 0:51.2 | Britt, welcome back after an extended break. |
| 0:54.0 | And congratulations. Thanks, guys. It's good to be back. I will welcome back after an extended break and congratulations. |
| 0:55.5 | Thanks guys. It's good to be back. I will have you know. Multiple people in the spring |
| 0:59.3 | training said, when are you going back on rates and barrels? And for those who saw me and didn't say |
| 1:04.4 | it, well, forget you. They want the third wheel back. You're not the third wheel. |
| 1:11.3 | But we're glad you're back. |
| 1:12.5 | Got a lot of ground to cover today. |
| 1:14.2 | Today's our bold predictions episodes. |
| 1:16.2 | That's going to be the main thing we discuss in just a little bit. |
| 1:20.4 | A few housekeeping notes, though, before we get started, you can join the Discord with the link in the show description if you haven't done that already. |
| 1:26.4 | And if you are in the area, you should come to our live shows. |
| 1:31.2 | Coming up this week, Thursday and Friday, March 27th and March 28, Bear Bottle Brewing Company, |
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