Robert & Bichette Are Mets, Carlos Beltrán & Andruw Jones Get to Cooperstown
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
The Athletic
4.7 • 874 Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2026
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Eno, Jed, and DVR discuss the Mets' recent flurry of activity including a trade for Luis Robert Jr., and the addition of Bo Bichette on a three-year deal with the plan to move him to third base. Plus, they discuss Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones' election into the Baseball Hall of Fame, why the competitive edge of pitch modeling has waned over time, and the adjustments of Geraldo Perdomo in his 2025 breakout at the plate.
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Rundown
3:44 Luis Robert Jr. Traded to Mets in Three-Player Swap
9:19 Bo Bichette Gets Three-Year, $126M Deal with Mets; Fit at Third Base?
20:33 Carlos Beltrán & Andruw Jones Elected to Baseball HOF
29:26 Which Players Currently on the Ballot Will Make Biggest Leap?
39:18 'They Don't Make Pitch Models Like They Used To'
Davy Andrews' article at FanGraphs: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/they-dont-make-pitch-models-like-they-used-to/
50:24 Geraldo Perdomo: What Changed at the Plate in 2025?
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| 0:00.0 | Buck the Rates and barrels. |
| 0:16.2 | It is Wednesday, January 21st, Derek Van Riper, Enosaris, Jed Lowry here with you on this episode. |
| 0:21.5 | We get caught up on some big news around baseball. |
| 0:25.0 | The Mets have been a lot more active over the past week or so. |
| 0:28.8 | We'll talk about the trade for Luis Robert that went down on Tuesday. |
| 0:33.2 | We'll dig into the signing of Bo Bichette and their plans to play him at third base. |
| 0:37.9 | We're going to take a deep dive into Geraldo Pardomo later in the show, a switch hitter that's |
| 0:42.4 | made some adjustments and got to more power than ever last year. |
| 0:45.5 | We're going to have Jed Help us break down what went right and whether or not that is actually |
| 0:49.9 | sustainable in 2026 and beyond. |
| 0:53.1 | And we're going to dig into a really interesting piece over at |
| 0:55.7 | Fangraphs from Davey Andrews. Probably hooked a lot of people listening to this show and watching |
| 1:00.6 | this show. It was called, they don't make pitch models like they used to. Caught our attention |
| 1:05.1 | right away. So we'll dig into that over the course of the next hour or so as well. |
| 1:12.4 | Jed, how's it going for you, man? |
| 1:14.2 | I can't complain. |
| 1:18.1 | Just we're, I'm deep into a club volleyball season. |
| 1:23.4 | So we're, we're, we're starting to travel and, and, you know, I'm trying to not let, you know, |
| 1:27.5 | my anxiety as a parent get the best of me while watching my kid compete. |
| 1:30.0 | Don't yell at them. |
| 1:37.2 | She reminds me regularly that I know nothing about volleyball. |
| 1:39.5 | That's a good point. |
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