The March Toward Opening Day

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

The Athletic

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Eno and DVR share a few show-related updates -- two live episodes on Mar. 27-28 at Barebottle Brewing Co. in San Francisco! -- and ask for feedback on a format option for the 2025 listener league before digging into a round of spring news and notes. Plus, they look at DVR's builds from last week's Tout Wars ('Solds and IP instead of Wins) and Mixed LABR draft where a conscious decision to lean into IL spots was made. The show wraps with a round of Monday Mailbag questions, including a question about zone contact rates and the belief in a Matt Wallner breakout. Rundown 0:24 Eno Brews Beer for Our Live Shows in San Francisco! 7:08 Sean Murphy's Injury & Opportunity for Drake Baldwin 10:21 Minor Injuries for Corbin Carroll & Gunnar Henderson? 15:42 Luis Gil: Awaiting MRI Results (Update: High-Grade Lat Strain) 18:27 Parker Meadows: Slowed by Nerve Issue in Right Arm 24:10 Jose Altuve's Move to Left Field 30:57 DVR's Injury-Risk Heavy Approach in Tout Wars 39:34 Another Pitching Risky Build in Mixed LABR 51:47 Value of Spring Training MaxEV? 54:34 Shohei Ohtani's Dollar Value in Daily Moves League 59:44 Matt Wallner's Sleeper Status & Low Z-Contact% Profiles Follow Eno on Bluesky: @enosarris.bsky.social Follow DVR on Bluesky: @dvr.bsky.social 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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