MLB's latest attempt to reduce foreign substances on the ball, spring velocity risers & 2021 pitching management
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
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4.7 • 873 Ratings
🗓️ 24 March 2021
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Eno and DVR discuss MLB's latest plan to crack down on the use of foreign substances on the ball,
Rundown
2:11 MLB’s Attempt to Crack Down on Foreign Substances
11:21 Fantasy Adjustments; Great Straight Changeups
21:13 Spring Velocity Risers
30:24 Pitching Management
36:28 Interest in Rich Hill?
45:20 Garrett Crochet as a Future Starter?
48:47 Non-Closer Relievers of Interest
53:42 In-Season Projections & Player Valuations
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Rates and barrels. It is Wednesday, March 24th. |
| 0:18.3 | Derek Van Riper here with Enosaris on this episode. |
| 0:21.7 | We have a few big stories to get to. |
| 0:24.1 | The biggest one is an attempt by Major League Baseball to crack down on foreign substances on the baseball. |
| 0:29.9 | So we'll discuss the attempts in what they're going to try and do and whether or not this is actually going to work. |
| 0:36.1 | We had a great question about spring velocities and a few general pitching thoughts, |
| 0:39.8 | as well as some specific player questions. |
| 0:42.3 | So we're going to try to get to as many of those as we can over the course of the next 45 minutes or so. |
| 0:49.1 | Edo, how's it going for you on this Wednesday? |
| 0:52.0 | I'm like this because if I go like this, I go like this. |
| 1:00.0 | Sorry, that was a YouTube moment. |
| 1:01.8 | I am just, I am just slaughtered. |
| 1:04.9 | I don't know, man. |
| 1:05.7 | I just, I've had a really couple of bad nights sleep, and it's like, I'm just a baby, man. |
| 1:10.8 | It's like just a little bit of snot sleep but just and it's like I'm just a baby man it's like |
| 1:11.3 | just a little bit of of snot like sore throat in the back of the throat and I just can't sleep |
| 1:17.7 | man oh god it's it's just been terrible last couple nights I hope I think I'm past it it doesn't |
| 1:24.6 | doesn't seem like it doesn't even seem like that bad of a cold but it's like my first |
| 1:27.7 | one in 14 months so I'm like oh I'm an old man I'm gonna take a nap today and then I'll be |
| 1:34.4 | better but you guys get this cracked out crazy version of myself so I'm sure I will say something |
| 1:41.9 | a dumb and B that I shouldn't say. So, hey, hey, let's go along |
| 1:49.4 | with the ride. More work for me as the editor. All right. Sweet. Sorry, dude. Fantastic. Let's test those |
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