Francisco Lindor is a Met, and ideas to prevent MLB teams from tanking

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

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Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Eno, Britt & DVR discuss the blockbuster trade that sent Francisco Lindor to the Mets, plus ideas from Britt's recent piece about how to prevent MLB teams from tanking, Eno's look at the impact of missing in-game video in 2020, overdue changes to the Drug of Abuse provisions of the Joint Drug Agreement, and more. Rundown 6:07 Ideas for Preventing Tanking in MLB 14:59 A Likely Explanation for the Padres’ Recent Spending Spree 30:41 Breaking News: Francisco Lindor is a Met! 39:51 Cleveland Following the Cubs' Lead? 46:06 The Impact of No In-Game Video in 2020 59:10 Overdue Changes to the Drug of Abuse Provisions in the JDA Follow Eno on Twitter: @enosarris Follow Britt on Twitter: @Britt_Ghiroli Follow DVR on Twitter: @DerekVanRiper e-mail: [email protected] Stories mentioned on this episode: Britt on stopping MLB teams from tanking: https://theathletic.com/2301860 Eno on the impact of missing in-game video in 2020: https://theathletic.com/2294118 Britt on changes to the Joint Drug Agreement: https://theathletic.com/2298953 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.9	Music Lines and Stores, subject to availability, ends 14th of February. Welcome to Rates and Barrels. It's Thursday, January 7th, 2021. Derek Van Riper,
0:41.1	Inoceris, Britt Droli here with you on this Thursday. On this episode, we'll talk about several big topics in the baseball world, which understandably pale in comparison to the events that we saw unfold in DC on Wednesday.
0:56.5	Honestly, we're just hoping to provide some break from the doom scrolling that many of us have
1:01.2	been doing for the better part of the last 12 plus hours now.
1:05.2	Our agenda includes Brits attempt to stop MLB teams from tanking.
1:09.9	She had a recent story about changes to the drug of abuse provisions of the joint drug prevention and treatment program.
1:15.8	We're also going to talk about Enos piece about the absence of in-game video in 2020 and some of the things that that may have caused over the course of the shortened season.
1:23.4	And we'll dig into this year's Hall of Fame ballot. Actually, sort of heavy baseball topics across the board,
1:28.9	but again,
1:29.8	much lighter by comparison than what we saw unfolding on our screens throughout the day on Wednesday.
1:38.5	Britt,
1:38.7	I mean,
1:38.9	you're pretty close to D.C.
1:42.7	That's,
1:44.0	uh,
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