The Dodgers and Blue Jays Head to L.A. Tied Up at 1-1
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
The Athletic
4.7 • 873 Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2025
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Eno and DVR discuss the first two games of the Dodgers-Blue Jays series, including the nine-run outburst from the Jays' bats in the sixth inning of Game 1, Yoshinobu Yamamoto's latest postseason heroics in Game 2, and a few questions from each game including the Dodgers' bullpen management when Blake Snell ran into trouble in the sixth inning of Game 1, and another possible instance of 'He's Dealing" paired with a low pitch count keeping Kevin Gausman on the mound into the seventh inning of Game 2. They also preview Game 3 of the series, as Max Scherzer and Tyler Glasnow draw starting nods.
Rundown
0:45 The Jays' Nine-Run Outburst in the Sixth Inning of Game 1
7:18 Emmet Sheehan's Surprising Postseason Struggles
14:05 Daulton Varsho's Game-Tying Homer Against Blake Snell
21:55 Yoshinobu Yamamoto Tosses a Complete Game in Game 2 Win; "But, He's Dealing!"
26:00 So, Did the Blue Jays Make an Actual Mistake Leaving Kevin Gausman In for the Seventh Inning?
31:06 But Wait, Was Leaving Yamamoto In the Right Process?
37:06 Where Does Yamamoto Rank Among Starting Pitchers for 2026 Fantasy Drafts?
40:22 Game 3 Expectations: Max Scherzer vs. Tyler Glasnow
49:40 Bo Bichette: Returned to Start Game 1, Entered Off the Bench in Game 2
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Rates and barrels. It is Sunday, October 26th, nice little Sunday afternoon here in the Midwest. Derek Van Riper, |
| 0:22.9 | Enoceris here with you recapping the first two games of the World Series and getting you ready |
| 0:27.6 | for game three on Monday. We figured, you know, why not? Why not use the off day to get the show |
| 0:32.8 | out a little bit early for everybody? Be a part of that Monday morning commute or the effort to ward off |
| 0:39.0 | the Sunday scaries. I mean, it's been a great series so far. We'll dig into all the happenings so |
| 0:44.4 | far. Let's start where it began. Game one. What a game. What a surprising game too, because |
| 0:52.1 | the Js patched together a nine run sixth inning. |
| 0:57.2 | Just doing kind of typical Blue Jays stuff, knocking Blake Snell out of the game in that |
| 1:04.6 | inning, getting into the underbelly of the Dodgers bullpen, and doing a lot of damage along the way. |
| 1:13.1 | I think it's interesting because the first thing about this game that stood out to me |
| 1:18.2 | was that Blake Snell went back to a more regular level of Blake Snell command where he |
| 1:25.5 | didn't have everything working. |
| 1:27.5 | His fastballs up. |
| 1:28.6 | He was missing kind of often with elevated fastballs. |
| 1:31.6 | That was a problem. |
| 1:33.1 | The change he had, he was dotting those down and away when he wanted to. |
| 1:36.5 | But this was like more of a fair battle. |
| 1:41.0 | The Blue Jays bats against Snell in game one felt like an actual, like, |
| 1:45.4 | even tug-of-war sort of matchup for the better part of five innings. |
| 1:50.8 | Yeah, and the pesky Toronto approach of fouling pitches off actually worked for them |
| 1:56.5 | as I thought it might. |
| 1:58.3 | And that start there, he had 22 foul balls, Blake Snell did. |
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