The Dodgers Advance to the NLCS & Brewers-Cubs Heads to Game 5
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
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4.7 • 873 Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Eno, Britt and DVR discuss the Dodgers' series-clinching win over the Phillies in an NLDS matchup that featured excellent pitching. They also examine a few key questions in Philadelphia this winter with several important players hitting free agency, before digging into the Cubs' Game 4 win that sends their series with the Brewers back to Milwaukee for a decisive Game 5. How will each team alter their pitching plans from Game 2, when bullpens were heavily involved on both sides?
Rundown
0:54 Dodgers Advanced to NLCS with 2-1 Win over Phillies
4:55 DS Matchups All Worthy of Seven-Game Series This Season?
9:10 A Heartbreaking Ending for Orion Kerkering and the Phillies
13:11 Changes on Tap in Philly
23:27 Kyle Schwarber's Fascinating Free Agent Case
25:01 Cubs Shut Out Brewers, Force Game 5 in Milwaukee
35:25 Final Thoughts on Friday's M's-Tigers Matchup
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| 2:00.3 | The Dodgers have advanced the NLCS. |
| 2:03.0 | We'll talk about how they got there and what's next for a Phillies team that has been close several times, but will look different in a few |
| 2:08.5 | ways, maybe several ways in 2026. The Cubs extended their season by shutting out the Brewers, setting |
| 2:15.0 | up a game five in Milwaukee on Saturday. So we will preview that. |
| 2:19.3 | We'll get a few thoughts from Britt on tonight's game five between the Mariners and Tigers because |
| 2:23.2 | Britt was on the road covering that series in Detroit earlier this week. |
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