The Dodgers Are One Win Away & More Second-Half Takeaways

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

The Athletic

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Eno and DVR discuss the Dodgers' commanding lead over the Yankees after a 4-2 win in Game 3. Plus, they wonder if the TV strike-zone box is ready for an overhaul, and discuss why Brusdar Graterol doesn't strike more hitters out. Away from the World Series, they discuss several notable second-half performances including Blake Snell, Yusei Kikuchi and Hunter Brown with an eye toward early 2025 drafts. Rundown 3:55 Another Strong Start From Walker Buehler 10:29 A Closer Look at Strike Three Against Gleyber Torres in the Seventh Inning 18:02 The Multi-Year Success of Dodger Bullpen Games 26:25 Why Doesn't Brusdar Graterol Get More Strikeouts? 30:48 Giving Blake Snell & Gerrit Cole the SP1 Treatment in 2025? 43:41 Eno's Lingering Concerns About Kevin Gausman 47:55 Is Hunter Brown an SP2 Now? (Top 30 Pitcher) 53:36 Buying 2023-2024 Improvements From Yusei Kikuchi? 56:42 Second-Half Hitter Questions: Josh Lowe's K%, Lars Nootbaar's Health & Sean Murphy's Productivity Follow Eno on Twitter: @enosarris Follow DVR on Twitter: @DerekVanRiper e-mail: [email protected] Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/FyBa9f3wFe Subscribe to The Athletic: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrels Hosts: Derek VanRiper & Eno Sarris Producer: Brian Smith Executive Producer: Derek VanRiper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.1	Welcome to rates of barrels. It is Tuesday, October 29th. Derek Van Riper, Idozeris, here with you on this episode. We wonder, will the Dodgers sweep the Yankees on Tuesday night and take the Dream World Series and turn it into a nightmare for fans in the Bronx.
1:29.2	The Dodgers are going to try to use a bullpen game to close it out.
1:31.5	We'll talk about the historical success they have had.
1:34.6	Eno did a deep dive for the athletic that went up on Tuesday.
1:37.9	So we'll talk a bit about that.
1:39.6	Walker Bueller pitched well again in game three.
1:42.3	We'll figure out if the stuff kind of lines up with what we've seen overall in the last couple of weeks,
1:47.2	or if it was just an outlier where he still pitched well.
1:49.9	There was a really interesting call that went against Gleibor Torres that has pushed me all the way
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