Early Spring Injuries, Another Brewers-Red Sox Trade & Coaching Staff Changes
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
The Athletic
4.7 • 873 Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Eno, Jed, and DVR discuss a trio of hamate injuries impacting Corbin Carroll, Francisco Lindor, and Jackson Holliday as spring training begins -- plus an update on Spencer Schwellenbach and shoulder surgery for Anthony Santander. They also examine Monday's surprising trade between the Brewers and Red Sox, and discuss manager/coaching changes, and the impact that can have on in-game strategy, including the continued shift toward having first-base coaches control the team's running game.
2026 Listener League Details!
Official Rules: https://theathletic.lnk.to/RBLLRules
Signup: https://nfc.shgn.com/signup/baseball/RBLL
Check out Eno's 2026 Starting Pitcher Rankings ($): https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7010771
Rundown
2:58 Corbin Carroll, Francisco Lindor & Jackson Holliday Hamate Injuries
12:48 Spencer Schwellenback to the 60-day IL (Elbow Inflammation)
15:17 Josh Hader Slowed with Biceps Inflammation
17:05 Anthony Santander Has Surgery to Repair Labrum (Shoulder)
22:01 Examining the Latest Brewers-Red Sox Trade
34:48 New Managers & ‘Getting Buy-In’ From Veterans
48:10 The Impact of Managers & Coaches
Follow Eno on Bluesky: @enosarris.bsky.social
Follow DVR on Bluesky: @DVR.bsky.social
e-mail: ratesandbarrels@gmail.com
Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/FyBa9f3wFe
Subscribe to The Athletic: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrels
Hosts: Derek VanRiper & Eno Sarris
With: Jed Lowrie
Editor: Jason Potere
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Beryl. It's Wednesday, February 11th. Derek Van Riper, Enos, Jairis, Jed Lowry here with you. |
| 0:19.0 | It is hamate bone season around baseball. We have |
| 0:23.3 | lots of spring injury news to dive into. The injury bug is biting and biting hard. We'll |
| 0:29.1 | dig into that here in just a few minutes. Jed, how is everything going for you on this Wednesday? |
| 0:34.2 | How your hamates feeling? |
| 0:36.0 | Thankfully, my hamades are good. |
| 0:42.8 | I just got back from abandoned dunes, and we had some 30, 40 mile an hour gusts. |
| 0:44.3 | So the hands were a little cold. |
| 0:50.2 | I had to take the quarterback sleeve out there to stay warm. |
| 0:53.8 | But the hamate stayed strong, and it's a beautiful day today. |
| 0:54.7 | And I was telling you guys earlier, I've got a quick turnaround today. I'm driving down to Salem, my hometown. And I'm actually |
| 1:01.5 | going to, me and my buddies from baseballism are going to donate an indoor hitting facility to my |
| 1:08.2 | Little League that I grew up in. So Parrish Little League, shout out to |
| 1:11.3 | Parrish, shout out to baseballism for making this happen. That's awesome. Where you live, |
| 1:17.3 | super important to have indoor hitting. Although I'm looking outside right now and it's like |
| 1:24.2 | 55 degrees in like bluebird sky. It's been a weird winter. Down here in Palo Alto, we've been talking about, you know, can we get, you get what indoor hitting facility to donate? And I'm like, dudes, it's okay. It's fine. It's Palo Alto. You don't need an indoor facility. It's a lot right. |
| 1:45.2 | What's going on with you? |
| 1:45.4 | You know, |
| 1:46.4 | you donating anything today? |
| 1:47.4 | No. |
| 1:50.2 | How are your hammates? |
| 1:54.0 | My hammates are okay. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Athletic, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of The Athletic and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.