Walker Buehler's Stuff Plays Up & The October Struggles of Catchers

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

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Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Eno and DVR discuss Walker Buehler's outing in Game 3 of the NLCS and the overall uptick in pitch movement at Citi Field on Wednesday night. Plus, they examine the struggles of catchers at the plate this postseason -- and in recent years -- before discussing publicly available defensive metrics following the release of Gold Glove finalists earlier this week. Rundown 1:13 Was That Walker Buehler's Best Stuff of the Season? 9:29 David Fry's Injury-Driven Defensive Limitations 11:53 Are Catcher Ground Into Stumps by October? 20:06 Will Smith's Slight Downturn in 2024 30:06 How Does This Guardians Team Compare to Other Recent LCS Clubs? 41:20 The Gold Glove Finalists Made Us Wonder: How Do We Feel About Currently Available Defensive Metrics? Follow Eno on Twitter: @enosarris Follow DVR on Twitter: @DerekVanRiper 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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1:20.8	baseball and how catchers might be particularly affected by the grind of the long season.
1:27.2	We're going to take a look at Gold Glove finalists and talk a bit about public-facing
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