Will Bullpen Decay & The Mets' Success Against Relievers Define This Postseason?
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
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4.7 • 875 Ratings
🗓️ 15 October 2024
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Eno and DVR discuss the Dodgers' altered bullpen game approach in Game 2 of the NLCS which included an earlier usage of Landon Knack, who surrendered a critical second-inning grand slam to Mark Vientos. Plus, they examine the Mets' success against relievers throughout the year as highlighted by Robert Orr of Baseball Prospectus, a few potential fits for Alex Bregman and Willy Adames in free agency, and the success of Carlos Rodón in Game 1 of the ALCS against the Guardians.
Rundown
1:41 The Mets Slug Against the Dodgers' Bullpen to Take Game 2
7:16 Mark Vientos' 2024 Breakout
12:23 How Will Alex Bregman's Defense Age?
18:01 Willy Adames' Foray Into Free Agency
22:55 Did the Dodgers' Hold Back Their Top Relievers in Game 2 to Limit the Mets' Looks?
26:39 Robert Orr's Breakdown of the Mets' Success Against Relievers
35:20 What Would You Put on Your Hitters Skills Checklist?
39:55 Can the Guardians Begin to Turn Good Hit Tools Into More Power?
47:51 What Changed for Carlos Rodón in Game 1 of the ALCS?
52:37 Will Luis Severino Add Wrinkles for the Dodgers' Lefties in Game 3?
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| 0:00.0 | Order to Rates and barrels. It's Tuesday, October 15th. Derek Minreper, Eno, Sera, |
| 0:16.7 | is here with the Brian Smith producing on the ones and twos in the background. Almost was on the show. I forgot to put him in the background before hitting the record button. We'll get Brian on camera one of these days. We appreciate all the hard work he's doing for us behind the scenes. On this episode, we discussed the Mets drawing level in the NLCS with some success against the Dodgers bullpen. We're going to look at a bigger picture question around teams that hit bullpens effectively. Yes, there was a Robert Orr story in there that got us thinking about this a little bit as well. So we'll connect a few dots there. Had a few follow-ups to our Tigers Vuelogy that I thought were pretty interesting. So we'll get to those. And of course, we'll talk about the ALCS, which has Game two getting underway on Tuesday night. We're not going to preview game two because it's going to be happening by the time many people hear this podcast, but we've got some interesting observations about Carlos Rodan, who pitched effectively in game one as the Yankees took the opener of that series. Edo, how's it going for you on this Tuesday? |
| 1:11.6 | Going good. |
| 1:13.9 | All the family's out of the house now. |
| 1:17.6 | So we're back to just the regular zoo that we've got going here. |
| 1:19.9 | Yeah, like the movie. |
| 1:21.0 | We built the zoo. |
| 1:22.1 | Yeah. |
| 1:26.6 | Two kitties, two dogs, six fish, two sons. |
| 1:28.0 | Everybody's happy. |
| 1:28.6 | That's the key. |
| 1:31.8 | You can join our Discord with the link in the show description, by the way. |
| 1:34.9 | Get some more lively chatter going as these playoffs continue. |
| 1:37.0 | But let's start today with the Mets. |
| 1:41.1 | The bulk pen game backfired on the Dodgers. |
| 1:43.0 | The Mets slugged their way to even the series. A Mark Vientos grand slam really punctuated a five-run second inning for the Mets. |
| 1:48.2 | That's all they ended up needing in that game. |
| 1:50.4 | And a lot of ways to pick this one apart. |
| 1:53.3 | But the thing that surprised me was that the Dodgers went to land a knack so early in this game |
| 2:00.3 | compared to the usage in the bullpen game of, |
| 2:03.8 | I think it was game four of the NLDS against the Padres. |
| 2:07.1 | We thought we'd see NAC this early then. |
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