Combined No-Hitters, Tandem Starts & Tarps Off: Welcome to the AL West!
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
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4.7 • 873 Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
It’s all about teamwork on Rates & Barrels as Eno, Britt, and DVR break down a combined no-hitter in Houston after Tatsuya Imai, Steven Okert, and Alimbert Santa teamed up to blank the Rangers. Then, the crew heads to Seattle where the Mariners are embracing the collaborative spirit too after Luis Castillo and Bryce Miller pitched in tandem Monday night. Later, they discuss Gerrit Cole’s return and the continued struggles of the Tigers, who have dropped 16 of their last 19 games.
Rundown:
0:36 Tatsuya Imai, Steven Okert & Alimbert Santa Combined No-Hitter
9:34 Are the Rangers OK?
10:30 Luis Castillo & Bryce Miller: An Effective Tandem Start Monday
19:03 Gage Jump Promoted: Expectations in Difficult Home Park?
26:20 Another Halos Lag: Rookie Position Player fWAR Since 2022
35:37 Gerrit Cole Returns: How Did the Pitch Mix Look?
43:35 Loser Leaves Town: Orioles vs. Tigers Weekend Series
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| 0:00.0 | Today on rates and barrels, the Astros are at it again with a combined no-no on Monday against the Rangers. |
| 0:06.1 | Young lefty gauge is making the jump for the A's. |
| 0:10.3 | Sacramento seems to be doing all right. |
| 0:12.3 | How about Detroit and Baltimore? |
| 0:14.3 | We'll take a look at those tigers and the return of Garrett Cole. |
| 0:18.1 | Let's go. |
| 0:33.4 | Welcome to rates and barrels. Tuesday, May 26th. We're back from the long weekend. Derek Rennriver, Uniseras, Bridgeroli here with you. The Astros have thrown a combined no-hitter, and Tatsuya Imai was involved. |
| 0:42.8 | I know we were gone for a few days, but what the heck just happened? |
| 0:47.0 | It was six scoreless from Imai to start, and it was a first inning that didn't even look |
| 0:52.9 | like he was going to pitch into the second or third. |
| 0:55.4 | Like it was, it was bad. |
| 0:56.6 | It was a bad start that he turned around. |
| 0:59.3 | It's been a winding road for IMA so far. |
| 1:02.6 | And Brit, I feel like we just talked about an Astros, no hitter on the show not that long ago because it was Renel Blanco two years ago in 2024 that had the last one. |
| 1:13.4 | Where did this come from? |
| 1:14.8 | This is the most surprising no-hitter of the year, I think, given the highs and lows that |
| 1:19.7 | we've already seen from IMAI. |
| 1:21.6 | And it wasn't just him. |
| 1:22.6 | Stephen Ocurt and Alimbersanta actually finished it off covering the last three innings of this one. |
| 1:28.2 | But for a team that has struggled in a lot of different ways, this was a pleasant surprise on a Monday. |
| 1:34.7 | This was, I wouldn't even say surprising. |
| 1:35.9 | I would say most unlikely, right? |
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