New Pitches & Triple-A Standouts with Lance Brozdowski

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

The Athletic

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Lance Brozdowski joins Eno and DVR to discuss new pitches that should make a big long-term difference including changes to Max Fried's sinker and a larger change to Max Meyer's overall arsenal, before looking at a few Triple-A standouts and explaining why it's so difficult to analyze pitching with different baseballs in play until pitchers reach Triple-A. Rundown 2:00 Max Fried's Adjusted Two-Seamer 7:05 Dylan Cease's New Changeup (and Sinker) 14:59 Projecting the Long-Term Outlook & Free Agent Contract for Cease 19:31 Max Meyer's Big Changes 27:35 Joe Boyle's Chances as a Long-Term Starter 32:52 The Value Added From New Pitches 38:22 Running Models with Missing Pieces 40:35 Intriguing Pitchers at Triple-A Right Now 52:09 Different Baseballs Prior to Triple-A 59:07 How Long Does an Edge Last at the Major League Level? Follow Eno on Bluesky: @enosarris.bsky.social Follow DVR on Bluesky: @dvr.bsky.social Follow Lance on Bluesky: @lancebroz.bsky.social e-mail: [email protected] Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/FyBa9f3wFe Subscribe to The Athletic: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrels Hosts: Derek VanRiper & Eno Sarris With: Lance Brozdowski Producer: Brian Smith Executive Producer: Derek VanRiper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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