Welcome to Rates and barrels.

It's Thursday, February 26th, Derek Van Riper, Unoceris, and Trevor May here with you on this episode.

We dig into some things we're watching now that spring games are underway.

We're already seeing some pretty big changes with the Washington Nationals that have caught

our eye.

We'll dig into some other things like a day in the life of a big leaguer in spring training.

How exciting is it to be in the big leagues this time of year?

Trying to make your way from the end of February

to opening day in late March. We got some baseball news you should know as well. Let's get

started with this one, Trevor. Mack Scherzer is back. He is re-uped with the Blue Jays. It's a one-year

deal, $3 million guaranteed, up to $10 million in incentives.

So looking at the depth they have right now,

thinking about the timelines that Max might have been on to contribute this year anyway,

kind of seems like this is more for later than for anything at the beginning of the season. And as you were pointing out before the show,

the value might be more than just the innings that Max Scherzer

eventually gives his team.

First of all, I like it.

It seems like it was a place he really liked to be, like the group.

He likes the young guys that he got to kind of work with and be around.

But when you see a deal like this where it's so incentives based,

it's,

for a veteran,

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