Theo's future, Cano's suspension, Arenado trade rumors, and a Thanksgiving draft
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
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4.7 • 875 Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2020
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Eno, Britt & DVR discuss Theo Epstein's future, Robinson Canó's 162-game suspension, trade rumors swirling around Nolan Arenado, and the work ahead for Kim Ng with the Marlins' current roster before holding their first annual Thanksgiving sides and appetizers draft.
Rundown
1:52 What’s Next for Theo Epstein?
10:12 What’s Next for the Cubs?
16:46 2021 Unknowns
21:33 Robinson Canó’s Positive PED Test
33:27 Nolan Arenado Trade Fits
49:14 Kim Ng’s Path Forward with the Marlins
56:40 Thanksgiving Day Sides & Apps Draft
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Rates and barrels. It is Friday, November 20th, Derek Van Riper, |
| 0:20.0 | Enosaris, Britt Joli, here with you. |
| 0:22.2 | On this episode, we discussed Theo Epstein's decision to resign as the Cubs |
| 0:26.8 | president of baseball operations. |
| 0:28.8 | We'll talk about what might be next for Theo and what is next for the Cubs. |
| 0:33.7 | Robinson Kano gets suspended for the entire 2021 season. |
| 0:38.1 | Imagine, just imagine flushing a $24 million salary down the drain for a year because of a positive steroid test. |
| 0:45.6 | We'll discuss Nolan Aeronado trade rumors, some of the unknowns for the 2021 season, |
| 0:50.8 | which have real baseball implications and fantasy implications. |
| 0:55.1 | And stick around because we'll have our first annual Thanksgiving sides and appetizers |
| 1:00.8 | draft. |
| 1:01.6 | Yeah, I'm taking out the ambiguity. |
| 1:03.2 | I don't want people to say, deviled eggs aren't a side BBR. |
| 1:06.4 | They're an appetizer. |
| 1:07.3 | We're wiping that out right away. |
| 1:09.6 | So we're going to get to that a little bit later on. |
| 1:12.2 | I didn't know they were on the table. Ew, deviled eggs are gross. |
| 1:16.6 | Just leave right now. Devil's eggs are fantastic. You're tipping your hand. Now I know I can wait. |
| 1:23.8 | I can sit back a few rounds to get those devil legs. You can definitely draft that late in the rounds. |
| 1:30.0 | I should not have mentioned those. Edo didn't know they were on the board. |
| 1:32.6 | Britt hates them. So I would have got them with my last pick had I just kept my mouth shut. |
| 1:37.1 | I'm not even American. This will go really well, I'm sure. |
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