First-Time All-Stars & An MLBPA Investigation

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

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Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

DVR and Britt discuss several first-time All-Stars including four starters in the 2025 Midsummer Classic, superstars on that stage for the first time like Pete Crow-Armstrong and James Wood, and a few veterans getting the nod on the strength of outstanding first-half performances. Plus, they discuss Britt's recent story of an MLBPA investigation into agent Yasser Mendez following allegations of financial misconduct.

Rundown

1:44 Stories of First-Time All-Stars & Starters

7:03 Does Cal Raleigh Pass the "Neighbor Test"?

14:19 Shane Smith: Second Rule 5 Pick to Make ASG in Draft Year

18:11 Kyle Stowers & A Late Breakout

Britt's Story ($) about Stowers' adjustments: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6478490

28:24 MacKenzie Gore and Questions About Patience for the New Front Office in D.C.

42:11 MLBPA Investigating Allegations of Financial Misconduct Against Agent Yasser Mendez

Britt's Story ($) about the allegations: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6478358

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Hosts: Derek VanRiper & Britt Ghiroli

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0:00.0	Welcome to Rates and barrels presented by E-Trade from Morgan Stanley.
0:15.5	It is Tuesday, July 8th.
0:17.2	Derek Van Riper here with Britt Truroly.
0:18.8	Britt is back.
0:19.9	Eno's in Germany, but Britt is back on the pod.
0:22.8	Britt, great to have you on.
0:24.5	Thanks.
0:24.9	It's good to be back.
0:26.1	Good to be talking baseball.
0:27.3	I love this time of year.
0:28.9	We got All-Star, Draft, Trade Deadline, playoffs, all that stuff going on.
0:34.2	So it's good.
0:35.0	It's a good time to be a baseball fan.
0:37.2	Absolutely. So today we're
0:38.7	going to focus a lot on All-Star Game rosters. You wrote a story about an MLBPA investigation into an
0:45.2	agent. We'll talk about that a little bit later on in the show. And I think every year we talk about
0:50.1	the All-Star festivities, we hit on a couple of things. One, the new format, the head-to-head format of the Home Run Derby in recent years, is a massive success, right?
0:59.1	We love that.
1:00.3	We know who four of the eight participants are at this point in time.
1:04.9	So we have James Wood, we have Byron Buxton, we have Cal Raleigh, and we have Ronald Acuna Jr.
1:11.3	Right.
1:11.5	So half the field already set, the other half will know in the next couple of days.
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