What Makes a Pitcher Role Change Work & Who Might Be Next to Move?

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

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4.7 • 875 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Eno, Trevor and DVR discuss an all-time no-hitter jinx, Willson Contreras' injury and the sharp increase in catcher's interference around baseball, pitchers going through role changes in 2024 -- and who they would like to see make a switch in the future -- plus their game plan for hitters facing Pirates pitcher Jared Jones.

Rundown

1:30 An All-Time Great No-Hitter Jinx?

5:48 Willson Contreras' Injury & The Rise of Catcher's Interference

15:05 Maybe Just Stop Erasing the Batter's Box?

19:48 Is It Time to Regular the Sliding Mitt?

25:41 Switching Roles Between Starting & Relieving

31:41 Adrian Morejón & Needing to Fix Splits Before Becoming a Starter?

36:00 From Long Relief to the Rotation (Bryse Wilson)

40:53 Luke Weaver's Success in the Bullpen

52:06 Game Planning to Hit Jared Jones

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0:00.0	Welcome to Rates and barrels. It is Friday, May 10th, Derek Van Riper, you know Sarah, Trevor May here with you. It's a live one if you're joining us. Thanks for being part of the live hive today on this episode. We dig into a bunch of different topics ranging from pitcher role changes. What is working so far this season? Pitchers moving in both directions. Some becoming starters for the first time
0:38.3	in a long time. Some guys moving to the pen for the first time having a lot of success. And we'll
0:42.5	talk about some guys that could be making role changes in the future that should pay off
0:46.9	if those rule changes come to fruition. We're going to talk about the injuries suffered by Wilson
0:51.2	Contreras earlier this week as part of a growing problem around the
0:55.0	game. Catchers interference happening quite a bit more than we've ever seen before, so we'll try and
1:00.1	dig a bit into that. And we're going to try and solve a very complex puzzle. How to hit Jared
1:05.7	Jones, the task in front of the Cubs on Friday night. What do you do against the guy that's got
1:10.1	everything working the way Jared Jones does right now? You know, Trevor, how are you guys doing today? I'm great. Doing good. I'm just glad it's Friday. It's time. It's time for another weekend. I need it badly. If you haven't jumped in the Discord, by the way, you can do that from the show description. I want to start today in a little bit of a different way.
1:29.6	We saw MLB Network's Greg Amsinger wake up the baseball gods earlier this week in a way that you don't often see.
1:39.4	And this is, we're just going to run this clip for a minute because it is fantastic.
1:44.1	Don't take this the wrong way, but we are already a no-hitter alert.
1:49.0	Yoshinobu Yamamoto before he throws a single pitch tonight against the Marlins.
1:53.5	We have a no-hitter alert.
1:55.7	Okay.
1:56.4	Enjoy what could be a no-hitter from Yamamoto.
1:59.7	You know jazz when your first pitch.
2:01.6	Right here on MLB Network for Harold.
2:03.6	You see why I'm Greg.
2:05.6	We have a no hitter alert.
2:08.6	Enjoy this game live on MLB Network.
2:10.6	This boy, you're great.
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