Division Series Matchup Breakdown
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
The Athletic
4.7 • 874 Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2024
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Eno and DVR discuss the Mets' thrilling comeback win over the Brewers to advance to the NLDS -- and Eno looks ahead and what's next for Milwaukee in 2025 -- before they take a look at each of the four Division Series matchups getting underway Saturday.
Rundown
1:36 Pete Alonso Hits a Series-Winning Homer
9:22 Eno Looks Ahead at the Brewers' 2025
15:37 Key Questions in Mets-Phillies Matchup
26:30 A Possible Role for Kodai Senga In This Round?
31:09 Key Questions in Tigers-Guardians Matchup
39:51 A Closer Look: Potential Game Plan for Tigers v. Tanner Bibee
47:03 Does the AL's Off-Day Schedule Help Kansas City?
55:23 Key Questions in Padres-Dodgers Matchup
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to rates and barrels. It's Friday, October 4th. Derek Minreper, Enoceris here with you. On this episode, we discussed the fourth and final team advancing through the wild card round the Mets, doing it in thrilling fashion against the Brewers. |
| 0:26.8 | We'll talk about all four division series matchups, all four of those series get underway on Saturday. |
| 0:33.0 | So tons of baseball lined up for Saturday. |
| 0:35.3 | We'll talk about some of the quirks of the schedule that might lead to a few opportunities for teams with extra off days during the upcoming round as well. |
| 0:43.8 | Time permitting, we'll take a look at what's next for the Brewers as well. |
| 0:47.5 | A lot to cover with those four series. |
| 0:49.3 | So if that doesn't happen today, it will happen on an upcoming episode. |
| 0:53.3 | And before we get started, Eno, just a quick announcement you may have seen on Twitter |
| 0:57.2 | from last weekend, our good friend Trevor May and his wife welcomed their son into the world |
| 1:01.1 | last weekend. |
| 1:02.3 | Baby mom and dad are doing great if you've followed Trevor on Twitter. |
| 1:06.3 | You've seen they've already started watching baseball. |
| 1:08.6 | And in that young man's life, he's seen some pretty exciting games already. |
| 1:12.5 | Congrats to Trevor. |
| 1:13.6 | I'm sure baseball will be a big part of his child's life. |
| 1:17.5 | Seems inevitable, right? |
| 1:19.0 | That's kind of just the way that it goes. |
| 1:21.2 | Now, things have been a little rough in the Van Riper household in the last 14 hours or so, and it's mostly courtesy |
| 1:30.8 | of Pete Alonzo. As you can see, the Mets did it again. Another massive wee factor. Brewers getting |
| 1:36.7 | everything they wanted as far as having a lead in the ninth inning, a two-run lead at home with |
| 1:41.5 | Devin Williams entering the game, but top of the order for the Mets came through. I think this is one of those situations where it's like, |
| 1:48.6 | beyond the Alonzo home run itself, which had a momentary tease for a lot of Brewers fans out |
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