Spring Things, Leveling Up with New Pitches & Platoon Considerations

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

The Athletic

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Eno, Trevor, and DVR discuss a few spring news items including ongoing shoulder woes for Rafael Devers, tennis elbow in both arms for Giancarlo Stanton, and a slimmed down Eloy Jiménez at Rays camp. Plus, they discuss factors that teams should consider when deciding to platoon a player and wonder if Kerry Carpenter might see an expanded role in 2025. They also bring the first installment of 'Level Up' giving a new pitch a handful of pitches that could use a boost in their arsenals, and the first 'Name! That! Dude!' of 2025. Rundown 0:53 Are You In the Best Shape of Your Life? 2:33 Rafael Devers: Still Dealing With Shoulder Soreness? 11:59 Giancarlo Stanton: Tennis Elbow in Both Arms?! 18:40 Eloy Jiménez: Down 25-30 Pounds; Primed for Rebound with Rays? 27:23 Factors to Consider When Platooning a Player 35:46 Level Up! What New Pitch(es) Are You Handing Out This Spring? 59:46 Name! That! Dude! Follow Eno on Bluesky: @enosarris.bsky.social Follow DVR on Bluesky: @dvr.bsky.social Follow Trevor on Bluesky: @[email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/FyBa9f3wFe Subscribe to The Athletic: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrels Hosts: Derek VanRiper & Eno Sarris With: Trevor May Producer: Brian Smith Executive Producer: Derek VanRiper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	With 132 million users and an unrivaled selection of sports trading cards and memorabilia,
0:06.9	eBay is the home of collectibles.
0:09.7	Premium trading card singles, live card breaks, unique game-used memorabilia, all the epic
0:15.4	finds you need are right here on eBay.
0:18.0	Collect with confidence by downloading the eBay app on the app store or by going
0:22.4	straight to eBay.com slash The Athletic. That's eBay.com slash The Athletic. Start building your
0:29.6	collection today. Race the rudder. Raise the sails. Raise the sales. Captain, an unidentified ship approaching. Over.
0:39.7	Roger that. Wait. Is that an enterprise sales solution?
0:45.3	Reach sales professionals, not professional sailors.
0:49.1	With LinkedIn ads, you can target the right people by industry, job title and more.
0:53.4	To get £100 off your first campaign, go to LinkedIn.com slash lead to claim your credit.
0:58.7	That's LinkedIn.com slash lead. Terms and conditions apply.
1:02.3	At Betfair, we're about finding different ways to play, like with our 90-minute guarantee.
1:07.1	We've all been there. The clock ticks over into 90 minutes and then a speculative cross into the box,
1:12.9	ricochets off a knee and goes in,
1:15.0	ruining your bet.
1:16.1	But with Betfair's 90 minute guarantee,
1:18.6	if your bet is winning at 90 minutes
1:20.4	or full time, we pay out.
1:22.6	BetFair. Play different.
1:25.9	Applies the match odds 90 market
1:27.3	or markets with the 90 icon, sportsbook exclusive.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Athletic, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Athletic and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.