Hello, everybody.

Welcome to Rates and Burrows.

It is Friday, September 29th. I here with eno saris for the final

friday rates and barrels of 2023 where where does the time go you know hmm we'll be answering that

question or it's a long season uh but uh you know that the news is not as you know splashy as it is

normally but we do have a few news items we even talk about a few potential streamers for the weekend

the final weekend and mostly just look back on 2023, which was a very, very interesting

season for all kinds of reasons that we will get to. So let's get to it, you know. And actually,

let's start with something that you and Bridgerly talked about a little bit on

the 3-0 show.

And I don't know that we need to go in depth, but Ronald O'Cuna becoming Major League Baseball's

first 40-70 player after becoming the first 40-60 player.

You've got to do one before the other, of course.

But, I mean, not only is it just a monumental achievement, but I did want to lead off with this

because I think his season in a way is reflective

of what made 2023 so interesting.

I mean, steals were way, way up this year.

But power was up a little bit too.

Maybe not in terms of power output,

but I was actually surprised to find, you know,

that as of right now, as we're talking here, actually on Thursday, that the average X

velocity and flies and liners for the entirety of Major League Baseball, 93.1 miles an hour, is the

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