Struggling Stars & The Sophomore Slump
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
The Athletic
4.7 • 875 Ratings
🗓️ 10 September 2020
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Eno and DVR discuss several struggling stars -- including a mix of hitters and pitchers -- the 'Sophomore Slump', an intriguing pitching prospect with very good command, and more.
Rundown
4:29 Hitters Are Missing In-Game Video Availability
9:10 Swing Rate Variations Over Time
13:43 Kris Bryant & Long-Term Ailments
20:35 Making Sense of Adalberto Mondesi’s Ugly 2020
26:19 J.D. Martinez Bounceback Potential
30:33 Marcus Semien & Regression
37:28 Pete Alonso & ’Sophomore Slumps’
44:03 Matthew Boyd’s Slide
47:41 Concerns About Luis Castillo’s Inflated WHIP
50:09 Flaws for Chris Paddack
53:41 Patrick Corbin's Step Back
55:54 The Sixto Sánchez Hype is Deserved
59:05 George Kirby, Ljay Newsome & Mariners’ Command-Heavy Prospects
64:42 Triston McKenzie and Fading Velocity
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Rates and Beryl's episode number 136. |
| 0:18.5 | It is Thursday, September 10th. |
| 0:20.3 | Derek Van Riper here with Enoseres. On this episode, we're going to discuss struggling stars, the idea of sophomore slumps. Are they real? Are they like the Loch Ness monster? Wait a minute. The Loch Ness monster could be real. We haven't ruled that out completely just yet. We'll talk about that. We'll talk about some struggling pitchers as well. |
| 0:38.3 | So stars really on both sides in the wake of Eno's piece that went up on the |
| 0:41.7 | athletic on Thursday. |
| 0:43.3 | And we had a good follow-up email related to Command that we talked about on our episode |
| 0:48.1 | on Tuesday. |
| 0:48.8 | So we'll talk about that as well. |
| 0:51.6 | Eno, how's it going for you on this Thursday? |
| 0:53.7 | That's good. |
| 0:54.4 | I woke up with a dog, a puppy dog, and two boys in the bed with me and my wife. |
| 1:02.5 | I think there was maybe a smoke inhalation related bloody nose for one. |
| 1:10.0 | The other one said his room was too dark and his belly was |
| 1:16.1 | growling because he was hungry. And I think the dog was puking or something. So, you know, |
| 1:23.4 | a great way to start your day. One of those mornings. And I just, I love them all to death, but, uh, I love my sleep too. |
| 1:31.8 | And I was, uh, for a long period of time, an only child with a single parent. |
| 1:37.3 | So I got a lot of sleep. |
| 1:40.4 | Yeah. |
| 1:41.6 | And there was nobody in the bed with me. |
| 1:43.8 | And there was none of this nonsense so i try not to be |
| 1:47.5 | uh too too much of a growling um upset dad on these days because it's still cute and you know |
| 1:57.1 | they need their love but at the same time, err, get out of my bed. |
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