The White Sox Are the Worst Team In Baseball, But Which Team is Baseball's Best?
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
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4.7 • 873 Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2024
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Eno, DVR and Britt consider several options for the 'Best Team in Baseball' title, with just under two months before the playoffs. Plus, they discuss the White Sox as the current titleholder for 'Worst Team in Baseball' honors amidst the team's 21-game losing streak and wonder how things turned for the worse so quickly on the south side of Chicago where the future looked bright just four years ago.
Rundown
4:07 Who Is The Best Team in Baseball Right Now?
12:48 The Injury-Based Case for the Dodgers
21:13 Questions About the Yankees' Bullpen
25:24 What About the Royals?!
33:05 Eno Takes a Trip Down Narrative Street
37:16 The White Sox Are the Worst Team in Baseball
48:40 Eno's Case for the Rockies
55:58 Have the A's Escaped This Conversation?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Rates and barrels. |
| 0:15.7 | It's Tuesday, August 6th. |
| 0:17.7 | Derek Van Riper, Rie, Noseris, |
| 0:19.2 | Rich Roli here with you today on this episode. |
| 0:21.5 | We try to answer the elusive question, who is the best team in baseball right now? |
| 0:28.7 | Does it matter for the postseason? |
| 0:30.4 | Eh, not necessarily, but it's fun to argue about it. |
| 0:33.3 | Nonetheless, we're going to dig into that. |
| 0:34.9 | We're going to take a look at the division races, which are all really still up for grabs |
| 0:39.0 | and discuss which ones we think are the most compelling for these final two months of the season. |
| 0:43.3 | And we're going to flip the first question upside down and ask who is the worst team in baseball right now. |
| 0:50.4 | With more of a future forward look, because look, a team on a 21 game losing streak sort of is the runaway winner as the |
| 0:58.0 | worst team in baseball at this moment. |
| 1:00.7 | But if we look at some of the teams that are contenders for worst team going for these |
| 1:04.1 | next three years or so, that opens up a few more interesting possibilities from around |
| 1:08.5 | the league. |
| 1:09.2 | So we're not just going to tear the white socks apart for 20 minutes, I promise. |
| 1:12.7 | We'll probably tear them apart for about five minutes if I had to guess how much time they're going to get on today's show. |
| 1:18.5 | But before we get started, a reminder, you can join our Discord. |
| 1:21.4 | The link is in the show description. |
| 1:24.3 | Britt, how's it going for you on this Tuesday? |
| 1:26.1 | Oh, it's going good, |
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