Final Opening Day roster cuts, balancing immediate need vs. long-term value, & reconsidering co-closers

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

The Athletic

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2021

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Eno & DVR discuss the fallout from the final round of roster cuts -- including Jazz Chisholm, Taylor Trammell, Alejandro Kirk and Logan Allen earning roster spots -- plus the balancing immediate needs against long-term value, drawing a draft-day road map, co-closers, and more. Rundown 5:26 Jazz Chisholm Wins a Job! 12:43 Taylor Trammell’s Opportunity in Seattle 15:38 Alejandro Kirk in one-catcher league 19:43 Logan Allen Wins Fifth Starter Role 27:53 Balancing Immediate Need vs. Long-Term Expectations 40:23 Can Co-Closers Work for Fantasy Players? 49:35 Drawing a Draft Day Road Map 55:07 How Do You Identify Streaming Targets This Early? 62:52 Shelby Miller and Comeback Candidates Follow Eno on Twitter: @enosarris Follow DVR on Twitter: @DerekVanRiper e-mail: [email protected] Subscribe to the Rates & Barrels YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RatesBarrels Please fill out our listener survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/athleticaudiosurvey Subscribe to The Athletic for just $1/month to start: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrels Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:17.4	Music Welcome to Rates at Beryls.
1:34.0	It is Monday, March 29th, opening day, just a few days away.
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1:43.4	We dig through some pretty interesting roster decisions around the league.
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