Jackie Bradley Jr. joins The Crew, looking for Jake Odorizzi suitors, and spring training things we're excited about

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

The Athletic

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Eno, Britt & DVR discuss Jackie Bradley Jr. in Milwaukee, the Brewers' improved defense and loaded bullpen, how things are shaping up in a four-team NL Central battle, potential suitors for Jake Odorizzi, spring training things they are excited to see, and more. Rundown 1:03 Jackie Bradley Jr. to Milwaukee 10:55 A Four-Team Race in the NL Central 14:06 Jake Odorizzi to Houston? 20:26 Is Spring Training Worth the Risk? 26:04 What We're Hoping to See This Spring 33:59 Get Well Soon, Aaron Boone 36:42 Brad Hand and the Nats' Bullpen 39:58 Re-Thinking 90 Feet Between Bases Follow Eno on Twitter: @enosarris Follow Britt on Twitter: @Britt_Ghiroli Follow DVR on Twitter: @DerekVanRiper e-mail: [email protected] Please fill out our listener survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/athleticaudiosurvey Subscribe to The Athletic for just $3.99/month to start: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrels Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.6	Music Welcome to Rates and barrels, it's Friday, March 5th, Derek Van Riper, British Rolla, Enoceros here with you on this Friday.
0:51.6	We have a lot to talk about.
0:53.4	We have Jackie Bradley Jr.
0:55.3	joining the Brewers. We'll talk about the implications of that signing. Jake Oteriszie still needs a
1:00.1	team. We'll try and find a fit for him. We'll talk about some things we're hoping to see this
1:04.2	spring now that the spring games are completely up and running. We'll talk about Aaron Boone and his
1:10.0	recovery from surgery to receive a pacemaker. He's 47. What's a pacemaker at 47? That's terrifying for me as someone who's in my late 30s now. We also got a question about the Nats bullpen and one of many ideas that we received from our great listeners of how to save baseball. And I think how we could save baseball this
1:28.2	week is actually a pretty clever solution because it doesn't cost the owners any money. So it
1:32.5	might actually work. Let's get going right away, guys. Let's start with this Jackie Bradley Jr.
1:37.3	story. I'm glad you all wanted to talk about it. It wasn't just me saying, let's talk about the
1:41.6	Brewers. The Brewers is the most interesting thing in the world.
1:44.9	I'm just starting to wonder if the defensive upgrades with both Colton Wong and now Jackie
1:48.9	Bradley Jr. are really getting us to a point where some of the Brewers' pitchers might be
1:53.6	underrated. The impact that the defense has on that staff as a whole is significant, and those
1:59.7	were massive upgrades with both of those
2:01.9	players. Bradley, they have someone who can spell Lorenzo Kane in center field. He'll also
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