March Extensions & Job Battle Winners
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
The Athletic
4.7 • 873 Ratings
🗓️ 24 March 2025
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Eno and DVR discuss a trio of March contract extensions including Tanner Bibee, Alejandro Kirk, and Justin Martinez -- all of whom received new five-year deals with their respective clubs. Plus, they catch up on other late spring news including a scare for Shane McClanahan, a trade that sent Nolan Jones back to Cleveland, a closer role up for grabs in Cincinnati, and a few takeaways from the first run of weekly pickups in 'Where the Money Went' as Opening Day approaches.
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Rundown
2:42 Tanner Bibee's Extension with Guardians
6:18 Alejandro Kirk: Signs Five-Year Deal with Blue Jays
13:04 Justin Martinez: Gets Long-Term Guarantee with D-backs
16:29 News Updates: Shane McClanahan, Zack Gelof, Freddie Freeman & Mookie Betts
24:48 Nolan Jones Traded *Back* to Cleveland for Tyler Freeman
34:08 News Updates: Vinnie Pasquantino, Alexis Díaz, Gunnar Henderson, Félix Bautista & Yu Darvish
38:47 A Sleeper in San Diego? Stephen Kolek's Opportunity
46:32 Kristian Campbell: Makes Opening Day Roster for Red Sox
52:13 Fifth Starter Battle Winner: AJSS, Matthew Liberatore & Logan Allen
1:00:37 An Attempt to Understand & Explain the Pirates' Initial Rotation Choices
1:05:38 Where the Money Went -- Week 1 Pickups
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| 0:45.8 | It is Monday, March 24th. |
| 0:49.3 | Derek Van Riper, Eno Seris, |
| 0:51.4 | Eno making sure his mic is positioned correctly. |
| 0:53.4 | If you're watching on YouTube |
| 0:54.3 | and trying to figure out what was happening as the show started, it was just one last second |
| 0:59.1 | microphone adjustment. On this episode, we will teach everyone how to make their own podcast |
| 1:04.6 | with proper mic technique. We will also go over a lot of spring training news and notes. |
| 1:09.6 | We have extensions. We have extensions. We have |
| 1:11.0 | injuries. We have conclusions to job battles, or at least the first wave of winners, because |
| 1:16.0 | those players could quickly become losers. Doesn't take much for a job battle winner to find |
| 1:20.4 | their way back to AAA. Trades. Trades. Trades. A player going back to a team that traded him a couple years ago who would have thought |
| 1:30.5 | that nolan jones was going back to cleveland so we'll get into all of that here in just a minute |
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