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Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

The end for Albert Pujols in Anaheim, John Means business, and digging into pitcher injuries

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

The Athletic

Baseball, Sports

4.9746 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Eno, Britt & DVR discuss a tough exit for Albert Pujols in Anaheim, his dominant decade upon arriving in the league in 2001, John Means' ascent to the top of the Baltimore rotation, pitcher injuries as a result of sitting too close to max velocity, and DVR faces the music in the wake of V*ctor Robles' slow start.  Rundown 1:15 Albert Pujols Doesn't Really Fit on Another Team 5:37 On Deserving a League-Wide Parade into the Sunset 11:07 The Machine's Greatness & Humble Beginnings 15:49 John Means Business 20:54 Pitcher Injuries & Sitting Too Close to Max Velocity 36:53 DVR Eats Crow 41:27 Who/What Do We Collect? 49:19 Congrats, Britt! Follow Eno on Twitter: @enosarris Follow Britt on Twitter: @Britt_Ghiroli Follow DVR on Twitter: @DerekVanRiper e-mail: [email protected] Subscribe to the Rates & Barrels YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RatesBarrels Subscribe to The Athletic for just $3.99/mo to start: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrels Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:52.5

Derek Van Riper, Bridgeroli, Enoceros, here with you on this Friday.

0:56.9

And on this episode, we will discuss the possible end of a great career for Albert Pujols,

1:02.1

as he was designated for assignment by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Thursday.

1:08.5

See, I'm going to be very proper with this name. John Means threw a no

1:12.7

hitter earlier this week, so we'll talk about what he has done to reach this point. A little bit of

1:17.2

a victory lap, I think, for Eno on this one as probably the biggest John Means fan that I know

1:22.2

outside of John Means' actual family. We had a great question come in about pitching at Max's effort and injuries in the wake of what happened to Dustin May.

1:31.3

So we'll tackle that.

1:32.3

We've got a few other questions we'll get to as well.

1:34.0

And I'll probably eat some crow about the slow start of Victor Robles again, which is becoming sort of a daily thing on this show.

1:39.9

So really excited to get the milk out, pour it all over the crow, and shovel in some more crow.

1:45.7

But let's start with Albert Pooholes because the first thing people started to do yesterday when that news came out that he was getting designated for assignment by the Angels was, let's jam Albert Pooholes on another team.

1:56.7

And I just thought, no, let's not.

1:59.0

He's just not, he's not Albert anymore.

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