Opening Weekend Observations: Disappointing Aces, Committee Madness & Electric Firemen
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
The Athletic
4.7 • 874 Ratings
🗓️ 11 April 2022
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Eno and DVR discuss a busy Opening Weekend including a few disappointing performances from fantasy aces, more confusion with multiple teams deploying closer committees, in-season tools they use for managing their rosters, and much more.
Rundown
Disappointing Aces: Brandon Woodruff, Shane Bieber & Julio Urías
Do Foul Balls Matter in Pitching Performances?
More Committee Questions & Electric Firemen
Weekend Starting Pitcher Stuff+ Leaders
Bigger Leadoff Bats
In-Season Management Tools & Projections
Plate Discipline & Quality of Contact
Steven Kwan's Power Ceiling
Hector Neris Appeal w/Ryan Pressly's Velo Dip
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Rates and barrels. It is Monday, April 11th. |
| 0:19.7 | Derek Van Riper here with Enoseres on this episode. |
| 0:23.0 | We will share some opening series observations, |
| 0:26.1 | including a few disappointing performances from Aces, |
| 0:29.6 | their first time through the rotation. |
| 0:31.6 | Committees in action. |
| 0:33.2 | We'll try to make sense what we saw some of the bullpens around the league do. |
| 0:36.4 | Had a great question about some larger hitters in the leadoff spot to begin the season. |
| 0:43.1 | This subject line was Burley Beef Boys batting leadoff, probably a top five subject line from |
| 0:48.7 | the Rates and Barrel's email box. |
| 0:50.8 | We get some other problem players we're going to discuss and what we're looking for for in-season management tools this time of year. What are we using to make these micro decisions? Because it seems like I sweat these toss-ups in the lineup more now than I do at any point other than maybe the last two weeks of the season when we're possibly closing |
| 1:11.7 | in on titles. |
| 1:12.8 | So what goes into our decision-making process as we make these micro decisions that we're |
| 1:18.0 | going to make for the better part of the next 25 weeks? |
| 1:21.6 | You know, welcome back. |
| 1:22.7 | It looks like you had a good time in San Diego. |
| 1:25.2 | I did. |
| 1:26.3 | It was expensive. |
| 1:29.6 | But I had a good time. Did Diego. I did. It was expensive, but I had a good time. |
| 1:30.7 | Did you go to Legoland? |
| 1:32.8 | I did not do Legoland. |
| 1:36.1 | I did not do Lego Land because the season started right after Disneyland. |
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