Chase Burns' Impressive Debut & AL Playoff Picture Check-In

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

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Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Eno, Jed, and DVR discuss Chase Burns' impressive big-league debut against the Yankees, an ugly fan incident in Chicago against D-backs second baseman Ketel Marte, and the Cubs' choice of Cade Horton over Ben Brown in their rotation with the return of Shota Imanaga, before taking a deep dive into the AL playoff picture with a focus on the third Wild Card spots.

Rundown

2:55 Chase Burns' Impressive Debut

9:05 Abusive Fan Ejected (and Banned) After Heckling Ketel Marte

14:49 The Cubs Choose Cade Horton over Ben Brown (Optioned to Triple-A)

21:52 Buying the Mariners, Rays, and Jays as AL Wild Cards?

30:51 The Rays Are Surprising (Some of Us) Again

43:24 Team(s) Most Likely to Pass Current Wild Card Holders

49:21 Can the Twins Recover in 2025?

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Hosts: Derek VanRiper & Eno Sarris

With: Jed Lowrie

Producer: Brian Smith

Executive Producer: Derek VanRiper

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0:00.0	Fancy a fever tree and vodka.
0:03.8	Yes, vodka, not gin, because this is fever tree Mexican lime soda.
0:10.0	Yes, soda, not tonic.
0:13.0	With Mexican lime and Japanese yuzu for a zesty, refreshing lime soda that's just sweet enough.
0:19.6	Delicious with vodka or on its own. Fever tree, Mexican lime soda that's just sweet enough. Delicious with vodka or on its own.
0:23.1	Fever Tree Mexican lime soda.
0:25.5	Mix with the best.
0:27.7	Mmm, now that hits the spot.
0:29.6	Music Walk to Rates and barrels.
0:44.8	It is Wednesday, June 25th.
0:47.2	Derek Ben Rybrino, Saris, Jed Lowry here with you on this episode.
0:51.4	We dig into the Major League debut of Chase Burns. Burns to place on Tuesday night against the Yankees.
0:57.8	We are recording this just prior to what might be the pitching matchup of the year, question mark,
1:03.6	between Paul Skeens and Jacob Mizorowski.
1:05.7	So as soon as this episode's over, we are all going to consume that in some fashion.
1:10.3	I'm a little jealous.
1:11.1	I actually feel like I maybe could have justified not being here today and just letting each of you do more work in my absence while I took that game in in person.
1:20.9	But I decided not to abandon my friends.
1:23.0	I showed up for the pod.
1:25.0	I know.
1:26.1	I know.
1:26.6	I could have been enjoying a brat, could have had some nice
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