Fernando Tatis Jr.'s new deal, the next young stars primed for an extension, and the next Ben Zobrist

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

The Athletic

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Eno, Britt and DVR discuss the Padres' 14-year extension with Fernando Tatis Jr., the next young star capable of getting a similar deal, teams with good (and bad) depth, and history's lack of appreciation for Ben Zobrist's 2009 season. Rundown 4:51 Fernando Tatis Jr. Early Career Comps 9:13 A Potentially Team-Friendly Deal for the Padres 14:49 Why Tatis Staying in San Diego Isn't Bad for Baseball 18:46 Looking for the Next Long-Term Deal for a Young Star 33:17 Over/Under 3.5 Starting Pitchers with 200+ IP in 2021? 41:58 Teams In Good at Bad Poor Positions with Depth 56:39 Revisiting Ben Zobrist's Incredible 2009 Season Follow Eno on Twitter: @enosarris Follow Britt on Twitter: @Britt_Ghiroli Follow DVR on Twitter: @DerekVanRiper e-mail: [email protected] Please consider taking a few minutes to follow out our Listener Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/athleticaudiosurvey Subscribe to The Athletic for just $3.99/month at theathletic.com/ratesandbarrels Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.6	Music Welcome to Rates and barrels.
0:47.1	It is Friday, February 19th.
0:49.3	Derek Van Riper here with Enosaris and Britt Jiroli.
0:52.4	On this episode, we'll discuss the mega extension signed by
0:56.4	Fernando Tatis Jr. We'll talk about some other players who might be primed for deals like that
1:02.9	in the not so distant future. Got a lot of great mailbag questions that have been coming in,
1:08.1	one focusing on all-time great utility players, which is
1:11.8	really interesting is the Ben Zobber's question that I ducked on last Friday's episode.
1:16.7	So we're going to get to that, among other topics today. How's it going for you on this Friday,
1:21.1	Britt? It's going well, guys. Those are you watching on YouTube? I got Starbucks talking to my two
1:26.2	friends, Derek and Eno, almost the weekend.
1:29.5	There's ice everywhere and it's freezing here.
1:31.8	But, hey, I've got power.
1:33.4	I've got water.
1:34.2	It's better than most of the state of Texas.
1:36.0	So I can't complain.
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