Grayson Rodriguez to the Angels, Four Accepted Qualifying Offers & Free Agent Bargain Bats
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🗓️ 19 November 2025
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Eno, DVR, and Jed discuss Tuesday's trade between the Angels and Orioles, which sent Grayson Rodriguez to Anaheim for Taylor Ward. Plus, they discuss several accepted Qualifying Offers -- including Brandon Woodruff, Trent Grisham and Gleyer Torres (Shota Imanaga accepted one too, he'll be covered on the next episode) -- a few ideas for how the Pirates can make a splash this winter, and a few potential bargain bats available in free agency.
Rundown
1:38 Grayson Rodriguez Traded to the Angels for Taylor Ward!
14:57 Brandon Woodruff Accepts Qualifying Offer
17:22 Trent Grisham & Gleyer Torres Stay Up Too
25:39 Is a 2026 Power Rebound On Tap for Gleyber Torres?
34:57 Let's Make the Pirates' Offseason an Interesting One
49:12 'Bargain' Bats We Like in Free Agency This Winter
1:03:52 Minor Moves & Notes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to rates and barrels. It's Wednesday, November 19th, Darryfan, Enososaris, Jed Lorry here with you on this episode. |
| 0:22.1 | We have a surprising trade ahead of the non-tender deadline later this week. |
| 0:28.8 | I don't think the players involved were going to be non-tendered, but deadlines force action because you got a lot of roster decisions to make all around. |
| 0:35.7 | We had four qualifying offers accepted. |
| 0:38.5 | That is a record. |
| 0:39.5 | We'll dig into the implications of that. |
| 0:41.6 | We're going to try to make the pirates off season seem interesting. |
| 0:44.6 | Got some other news and notes to get to, and we'll dig into a few bargain bats that we like in free agency this winter. |
| 0:51.8 | You know, how's it going for you? |
| 0:53.6 | That's good. |
| 0:55.5 | Damning was faint praise. |
| 0:57.7 | We've tried to make the Pirates off season. |
| 1:00.7 | I got my Pirates yellow on. |
| 1:02.2 | Here we go. |
| 1:02.9 | Let's go. |
| 1:03.8 | Jed, when's the last time you think the pirates had an interesting offseason? |
| 1:07.5 | What year was it? |
| 1:08.3 | Were we alive? |
| 1:10.4 | We were children, most likely. |
| 1:13.8 | I mean, I don't remember one. Yeah, there you go. So it's been a minute. We'll see if we can do it, though. I believe in us. That's the important thing. And you probably believe in us, too, if you're listening to this podcast, you can join our Discord at the link in the show description like this video if you're watching |
| 1:31.0 | us on YouTube or subscribe to the YouTube channel if you've never been there before. It's a good time. |
| 1:36.4 | Let's talk about this trade though. Grayson Rodriguez gets traded to the Angels for Taylor Ward. |
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