Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Gets a 14-Year, $500M Deal with the Blue Jays
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
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4.7 • 873 Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2025
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Eno and DVR discuss the massive deal for Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Blue Jays -- 14 years, $500 million -- as extension season rolls further into April. They also wonder if the Jays will be able to supplement the face of their franchise effectively and snap a postseason losing streak that stretches back to 2016.
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Rundown
4:47 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Gets 14-Year, $500M Deal w/Blue Jays
10:31 What Else Will the Jays Do to Supplement the Roster Around Vlad?
17:56 Chase Dollander's Debut; Zac Veen Promoted by Rockies
26:52 Blake Snell to the IL with Shoulder Swelling
30:28 Ketel Marte to the IL; Tim Tawa Promoted over Jordan Lawlar
32:40 Other News & Notes: Nestor Cortes Jr., Sean Murphy & Iván Herrera
45:08 Handling Slow Starts in the NFBC (and Elsewhere)
51:05 Where the Money Went: Kyren Paris, Jake Mangum, 12-Team Starting Pitcher Targets & the Closer Carousel
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to rates and barrels. It is Monday, April 7th, Derek Van Riper, |
| 0:18.6 | Enoceris here with you on this episode. |
| 0:21.9 | Vladimir Guerrero Jr. gets a 14-year, $500 million deal with the Blue Jays. |
| 0:29.2 | We will dig into the implications of that. |
| 0:31.7 | The Rockies have been busy promoting prospects. |
| 0:34.4 | We saw Chase Dallender make his big league debut on Sunday. Zach Veen is up. |
| 0:39.1 | We'll dig into that. We got some injury news because it's been a few days. There are always players |
| 0:43.1 | injured. Fortunately, a few guys came back from their injuries as well. We have some mailbag questions. |
| 0:48.8 | And as we do every Monday, we'll take a look back at where the money went. Talk about some of the |
| 0:52.8 | players that have popped up on rosters over the last 48 hours or so. |
| 0:57.6 | You know, before we get started, how was your weekend? |
| 1:01.2 | It was good. My mother became an American citizen. Nice. |
| 1:05.6 | And what did I do? Nothing so grand. |
| 1:27.1 | I saw a concert with one of our listeners, Peter, who came to our live show and went to see a fish cover band. |
| 1:29.3 | So that was the thing I did. |
| 1:34.4 | And then I went to a little league game on Friday night, and I went to see Rintaro Sasaki at Stanford on Saturday, |
| 1:39.2 | and then capped it off with a Seattle Mariners Giants game on Sunday. |
| 1:45.2 | 20 second scouting report on Sasaki? |
| 1:47.9 | Oh, he chunky. |
| 1:49.7 | Okay. |
| 1:50.9 | He's a big boy. |
| 1:52.3 | I think they have enlisted at 6'0 275. |
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