Round 1 of Dodgers-Padres delivers, and examining reach rate risers and fallers

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

The Athletic

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2021

⏱️ 67 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%? Follow Eno on Twitter: @enosarris Follow DVR on Twitter: @DerekVanRiper e-mail: [email protected] Subscribe to the Rates & Barrels YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RatesBarrels Subscribe to The Athletic for just $3.99/mo to start: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrels Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.6	Music Welcome to Rates and barrels, it is Monday, April 19th, Derek Van Riper here with Enosaris on this episode.
0:52.6	We talked about round one of the Dodgers and Padres.
0:56.5	It was a win for the Dodgers, but a fun series nonetheless, so we'll dig into that.
1:02.8	We're going to take a look at some early plate discipline concerns.
1:05.6	We're seeing some pretty ugly patterns for some players that have us worried, so we're going to outline those
1:11.0	concerns as we dig into some leaderboards.
1:13.8	Eno, how's it going for you on this Monday?
1:16.0	It's good.
1:17.1	It's good.
1:18.4	I was at the beach yesterday.
1:21.7	I could still be at the beach.
1:23.6	It's hard to beat that.
1:26.9	Although I tore through all my data on the trip to the Grand Canyon.
1:33.2	I've never been this far over on my data.
1:37.1	So I couldn't watch a game while at the beach.
1:41.9	It's probably okay.
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