Draft Weekend Cram Session

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

The Athletic

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Eno and DVR get ready for a busy weekend of drafts with a quick spin through spring news and notes, before discussing ideal roster builds, when to target an ace, how to approach closers, which positions thin out quickly, a few prospects worth considering as late-round stashes in redraft leagues as they await an opportunity at the big-league level. Rundown 2:46 Spring News Updates 13:51 Any Grapefruit or Cactus League Performances You're Worried About? 23:53 Early-Rounders You Are Side-Stepping at ADP 33:04 When to Draft an Ace 40:14 Closer Approach in First 150 Picks 49:19 Position Depth: Where Can You Wait, Where Are You Spending Early? 1:04:06 Depth Starters of Interest 1:08:20 Injured Players or Prospects Worth Stashing in Redraft? Follow Eno on Bluesky: @enosarris.bsky.social Follow DVR on Bluesky: @dvr.bsky.social e-mail: [email protected] Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/FyBa9f3wFe Subscribe to The Athletic: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrels Hosts: Derek VanRiper & Eno Sarris Executive Producer: Derek VanRiper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.6	Music Walk the Rates and barrels, it's Friday, March 21st, Derek and Riper, Inoceris here with you on this episode.
0:51.3	It is a cram session for people who have not drafted their fantasy
0:55.6	baseball teams yet. So if you have not been listening throughout the winter, if you're just
0:59.6	picking up the show relatively recently, or if you just feel like you're not quite ready heading
1:03.7	into a draft this weekend or early next week, we're going to do our best to get you up to
1:07.8	speed in one episode. It is a challenge we are willing to take on,
1:12.9	and we've got a ton of ground to cover,
1:15.4	so there will not be a lot of housekeeping,
1:17.6	but there is some necessary housekeeping,
1:19.4	including a reminder.
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1:26.7	the Bernal Heights location in San Francisco, March 27th, March 28th, 430 start time.
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1:37.2	No tickets required.
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