Round 1 of Dodgers-Padres delivers, and examining reach rate risers and fallers
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
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4.7 • 874 Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2021
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Eno and DVR discuss Round 1 of Dodgers-Padres, the Jays' surprisingly effective pitching, and reach rate risers and fallers -- including Victor Robles, Cedric Mullins, Keston Hiura, and Javier Báez, among others.
Rundown
2:04 Round 1 of Dodgers-Padres Delivers
12:36 The Jays’ Surprising Early Pitching
22:37 An Excuse to Talk About Victor Robles?
27:19 Buying Into Amed Rosario’s Shifting Approach
32:01 Omar Narváez & Colin Moran Are Exceeding Expectations
35:51 Cedric Mullins’ Quiet Improvement
40:43 Carlos Santana’s Increased Reach Rate
44:33 Another Look at Keston Hiura’s Flaws
50:43 Javier Báez Finds Rock Bottom
58:56 Confident in Randy Arozarena Despite Low Z-Contact%?
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| 0:48.9 | It is Monday, April 19th. |
| 0:51.2 | Derek Van Riper here with Enosaris on this episode. We talk about round one of the Dodgers and Padres. |
| 0:58.7 | It was a win for the Dodgers, but a fun series nonetheless, so we'll dig into that. We're going to take a look at some early play discipline concerns. |
| 1:07.9 | We're seeing some pretty ugly patterns for some players that have us |
| 1:11.5 | worried, so we're going to outline those concerns as we dig into some leaderboards. Eno, |
| 1:16.2 | how's it going for you on this Monday? It's good. It's good. I was at the beach yesterday. I could |
| 1:24.6 | still be at the beach. It's hard to beat that. |
| 1:35.2 | Although I tore through all my data on the trip to the Grand Canyon. |
| 1:38.6 | I've never been this far over on my data. |
| 1:43.1 | So I couldn't watch a game while at the beach. |
| 1:45.5 | It's probably okay. Actually, actually had to put the phone away for a little bit. |
| 1:48.5 | But we played, you know that game, 500? |
| 1:51.3 | Yeah, where you throw a football into a crowd, usually of, you know, children. |
| 1:57.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:57.9 | See if anyone catches it. |
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