Spring Games Begin! | Team Previews: Yankees, A's & Angels
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
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4.7 • 875 Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
Eno and DVR catch up on a spring injury for Joe Ryan before continuing their team preview series with the Yankees, Athletics and Angels. First, Brendan Kuty joins the show to discuss a Yankees’ position player group that is nearly identical to 2025, then Melissa Lockard drops by to examine the A’s as they try to navigate the unique challenges of Sutter Health Park in Sacramento for a second season.
Check out the current win totals projected by PECOTA here: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/standings/
Rundown
3:05 Joe Ryan: MRI Shows Back Inflammation
4:21 Jackson Holliday: Falling in Drafts Following Hamate Injury
9:45 JR Ritchie: Impressive Spring Debut
12:13 New York Yankees Team Preview
36:45 (Sacramento) Athletics Team Preview
59:44 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Team Preview
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Hosts: Derek VanRiper & Eno Sarris
With: Brendan Kuty & Melissa Lockard
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Rates and barrels. |
| 0:14.0 | February 23rd. |
| 0:16.1 | Derek Van Riper here with Enosaris, getting caught up on some action from spring |
| 0:20.7 | games this weekend around the |
| 0:22.8 | league. We also continue our team preview series and we got some help with a couple of those |
| 0:26.8 | teams. Brendan Cuddy joins us to talk Yankees. Melissa Locker joins us to talk A's and Eno and I will do the |
| 0:33.4 | two-man booth to cover the 26 Los Angeles Angels ofaheim, who will be at the end of this episode |
| 0:41.2 | because they have the lowest Pocoda projection. |
| 0:43.7 | And they continue to be a mystery wrapped in a riddle covered in something disgusting that I'm not even going to. |
| 0:52.0 | You can choose the thing that grosses you out a little bit. |
| 0:54.6 | Artie Moreno quotes. |
| 0:56.2 | Yeah, I mean, Artie Moreno quotes are just the absolute best. |
| 0:59.8 | So we'll get to that in just a little while. |
| 1:03.0 | But, you know, how's it going for you on this Monday? |
| 1:05.3 | Good. |
| 1:05.9 | Got to see the Stanford baseball home opener. |
| 1:09.3 | Our beefy boy, Rintaro Sasaki. |
| 1:12.6 | We were big fans of didn't do anything for us in that game, but that was a fun moment |
| 1:18.5 | and drafted my Bay Area Roto Fantasy League, barf, in which I just got |
| 1:28.7 | totally decimated in saves. |
| 1:31.9 | I think I have |
| 1:32.8 | Kenley Jansen and Robert Stevenson. |
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