Torpedo Bats, A Yankees Home-Run Parade & First Weekend Takeaways

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

The Athletic

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Eno and DVR discuss a weekend filled with homers in the Bronx, 'Torpedo' bats, Mookie Betts' two-homer game and other takeaways from the first weekend of the 2025 season. Plus, an early look at bat speed risers and fallers, and where the money was spent in pursuit of fantasy baseball roster upgrades this weekend. Rundown 4:37 Rule 3.02: Bats 10:07 An Attempt to Properly Account for the Impact of the 'Torpedo' Bat in Yankees-Brewers series 14:05 Mookie Betts' Surprising Two-Homer Game 19:27 Colton Cowser's Thumb Injury; Opportunity for Heston Kjerstad 27:08 Spencer Strider Progresses in Rehab Assignment 31:59 How Many PAs to Determine Bat Speed Changes? 42:47 Where the Money Went -- Weekend Fantasy Baseball Pickups 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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0:52.8	Derek Ben-Riper, Eno Seris here with you recapping a busy first weekend in the Major League Baseball season.
0:59.5	We have allegations of juiced balls.
1:02.3	We have torpedo bats.
1:03.9	We have another fab runs.
1:06.2	We have some players on the move.
1:07.7	We have new closers.
1:08.7	We have all sorts of things that are kicking around
1:10.9	from the last few days to talk about. Torpedo bats. Torpedo bats. Like, that's the only
1:16.0	thing anyone's really talking, writing, expressing any sort of emotion about right now around
1:22.4	baseball. It's all about the torpedo bat. So we'll dig into what the torpedo bat is and why it exists.
1:29.3	And there's going to be a lot of bat talk on the show this week.
1:31.9	Let me just put that out there right now on this Monday morning.
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