Shane Bieber doubts, processing spring training news and auction strategy thoughts

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

The Athletic

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Eno and DVR discuss the first wave of March drafts — including their hesitation to draft Shane Bieber as a mid first-round pick — how to deal with news and other information during spring training, auction strategy thoughts ahead of this weekend’s LABR auctions, platoon splits for prospects, and more. Rundown 2:11 Early March Drafts Begin! 4:41 Why Do We Hesitate to Draft Shane Bieber in Round 1? 13:02 How Should We Handle Spring Training News? 22:39 What Else Moves the Needle in March? 33:49 Auction Strategy & Observations 50:02 Prospect Platoon Splits & Jarred Kelenic 57:27 A Failed Attempt at Bribery Follow Eno on Twitter: @enosarris Follow DVR on Twitter: @DerekVanRiper E-mail: [email protected] Please fill out our listener survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/athleticaudiosurvey Subscribe to The Athletic for just $3.99/mo: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrels Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:18.6	I'm going to do. Welcome to rates and barrels. It is Monday, March 1st.
1:20.9	Feels good to flip the calendar to a new month, especially given the prolonged
1:27.0	winter we've been dealing with here in Wisconsin.
1:29.8	Derek Van Riper here with Enosaris, and it feels like baseball season is actually just around
1:34.3	the corner. We've got spring games on TV, got games on the radio, we've got draft starting
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