Welcome and friends to Rates and barrels right here on the athletic.

I am Chris Welsh.

That is, you know, Saris.

It's Saris. Called out on the athletic i am chris welsh that is you know saris it's saris called out on the internet you know you got to correct me on things i was putting some english

on your last i do too many radio spots i you know it's fine i know how it's it's you know

well i'm not the paragon of pronunciation so yeah i don don't necessarily try to be unless I, like, right. That's true. I also do, I'm not doing this as a bit. I do not think it's funny to mispronounce people's names. I've just, I speak German and French and, you know, yeah, that's my, that's my excuse. It's excuse. I don't really have an excuse.

Like I try, but I do get like, I do get super excited when I have someone's name that everybody else says wrong and I know I can do it right.

Like it is a very exciting moment.

And that actually was like Jared Kelnick.

Jared Kelnick was like that for many years because I, I, I, who shout to Welsh, I talked to him like 2019. I'm doing my thing, my callbacks. And I asked him this exact question. I was like, it's Kelnik. And he was like, yeah, it's Kelnik. But everyone would go Kalinik was a very popular one. Kellenick was one. So it's a very exciting moment.

Your eyes screwed it up many times.

Yeah, everybody in the planet.

It's just a, it's like super exciting when you have that. And, but it's also probably very exciting for listeners when we do something wrong that they get to tell us. It's like the most exciting thing of their day to call us out on it. So it's Eno Seris and Chris Welsh today on the episode talking about a lot of the latest news.

Of course, what happened over the weekend. Ironically, way more stuff than we

probably expected just over a couple days of being off. And Eno has got some WBC stuff plus numbers,

which would be very interesting to talk about we're going to do. But I do want to remind you guys to

come and check us out over at the athletic. Theathletic.com slash rates and barrels. $2 a month is going to get your subscription set and you get access to all of the things, like the draft kit. This is the last opportunity for you to take advantage of the draft kit. I don't know, unless you're crazy and you do like one that's two weeks into the season, which is still great. It's still great. You're going to have access to it, but sign up now, get access to that. You get all of Eno's work. My dynasty ranks are up there and a gajillion other awesome things. So go to the athletic.com slash rates and barrels. And we would very much appreciate it. And for everybody wondering, I do believe we are in a

week and a half countdown to the great Derek Van Riper returning. I know people are probably

patiently waiting. Derek has been spending time with his wife and his child, as you should.

I wish for him back. Every show I have to host, I wish for him back.

I heard that wrong.

I thought it was like, every show I do, I wish for him back. I'm like, dang, me and Alex. No, no, no. Every time I have to host, I'm such a terrible host. I thank very much for your hosting abilities. Well, I appreciate it. Well, I think you undercut yourself. You do a really great job.

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