🎙️ Rates & Barrels ⚾ @enosarris.bsky.social and I discussed the Marlins' side of the Edward Cabrera trade, NL Central staff ranks, fantasy prep we've adopted, and the Tarik Skubal arb filing gap. Plus, Amir Garrett drops by.... YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/RatesBarrels Audio: pod.fo/e/37589e

Max Kepler? Das kann doch nicht war sein!

Tommy Pham got better as the season went on, adding positive Contact and Power contributions to his consistently plus Swing Decisions. He faced a brutal slate of challenging pitches at the start of the year, then gradually crept up to a more league-average quality of competition.

early returns are that Pham faced a league-average collection of pitchers per DRA/cFIP basically on the button. Also that the spread for DRA- is ~97-103, so just not a substantial gap, broadly speaking.

Tommy Pham wants more context accounted for in baseball stats. Some of that context is already included in available metrics, some not. But watch out @fangraphs, he's got a name for it: PhamGraphs. w/ @willsammon.bsky.social t.co/bUWUAsJlMN

Re: the Phamgraphs article, in which I'm mentioned, and this sentence: "If WAM can measure this for homers, perhaps they can measure it for outfield fly balls, as well." @weatherapplied.com does measure the wind impact of every fly ball. Also, for every pitch. www.nytimes.com/athletic/694...

🎙️ Rates & Barrels ⚾ @enosarris.bsky.social, @brittghiroli.bsky.social and I discuss Tyler Soderstrom's extension and the A's growing position player core, Ryan O'Hearn to the Pirates, a new closer in Miami, and a few 2025 favorites.... YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/RatesBarrels Audio: pod.fo/e/36f43d

Happy Setting Electronics Up and Cussing And RealizIng What Else You Need to Buy to Make it Work Day!

lost all my tabs in an OS update, guess that counts as my spring cleaning

🎙️ Rates & Barrels ⚾ @enosarris.bsky.social and I catch up on signings and trades as Michael King stays in SD, Willson Contreras heads to Boston, the Rays make two intriguing deals, and Munetaka Murakami ends up with the White Sox.... YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/RatesBarrels Audio: pod.fo/e/36bcee

🎙️ Rates & Barrels ⚾ @enosarris.bsky.social and I discussed the D-backs' reported interest in Alex Bregman, Ha-seong Kim's return to Atlanta, and few lessons learned in first paid drafts for 2026.... YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/RatesBarrels Audio: pod.fo/e/368a23

Found this from Sean Doolittle in 2018 as a pitcher, thought some of you pitch and swing modelers might enjoy parts of it.

🎙️ Rates & Barrels ⚾ @enosarris.bsky.social, Jed Lowrie and I get caught up on the post Winter Meetings news including Eno's story about MLB's plans to regulate data and tech in the minor leagues.... YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/RatesBarrels Audio: pod.fo/e/367369

Baseball will now centralize all in-game data & tech at minor league level as they have with Statcast at the major league level. This will bring the bottom up, but critics say it's anti-spending, anti-innovation, and punitive to the teams that have invested in the future of the game. t.co/0UuQei8EtW

Very happy with this article, it’s been a long time coming: www.prospectslive.com/a-new-angle-...

🎙️ Rates & Barrels ⚾ @enosarris.bsky.social and I from the Winter Meetings in Orlando -- Day 1! We discussed Jeff Kent to Cooperstown, changes for the Rockies & Nats, and rumors on the free agent and trade front.... YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/RatesBarrels Audio: pod.fo/e/36255e

Oh man yep that grey square that’s where we are at wheeeeeee

Tony Freitas is an MiLB pitching legend. His 342 career Ws are fourth best ever. He struck out Babe Ruth, he went 17 innings against Dizzy Dean. Oh, and there's that time he got let out of jail, pitched a complete game, and then went back to jail again. www.mlb.com/news/tony-fr...

Doesn't Jeff Kent have a better Hall case than Murphy & Mattingly? Kent: 56 fWAR, 55 bWAR, .290/.356/.500, 377 HR, 124 wRC+, MVP, 5xAS Murphy: 44 fWAR, 47 bWAR, .265/.346/.469, 398 HR/161 SB, 119 wRC+, 2x MVP, 7xAS Mattingly: 41 fWAR, 42 bWAR, .307/.358/.471, 222 HR, 124 wRC+, MVP, 6xAS

As Hall of Fame standards change, voters must recalibrate with them. Column: www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...

Inside how MLB teams evaluate player makeup — from top prospects to big-time free agents. With @enosarris.bsky.social - www.nytimes.com/athletic/643...

Why Dylan Cease got that bag t.co/hwtoQxCssE

good stuff here, Steele being up there is fascinating blogs.fangraphs.com/too-much-mat...

🎙️ Rates & Barrels ⚾ @enosarris.bsky.social and I returned from Thanksgiving break to discuss the Nimmo-Semien deal, Sonny Gray to Boston, Dylan Cease to the Jays, Ryan Helsley to the Orioles, and Raisel Iglesias' return to Atlanta. YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/RatesBarrels Audio: pod.fo/e/35df59

I mean whatever, put a catcher in that spot. But the Luis Matos spot is super intriguing... Marco Luciano, Jerar Encarnacion, Matos, no options: pick your defensively-challenged right-hander! Want contact, power, or youth? Can't have even two of those things in one guy.

Tyler Fitzgerald has an option, new Giant Joey Wiemer does not. So I suppose the bench right now is all righties: Knizner, Koss, Wiemer, and Luis Matos (who is also out of options). If Matos could play a decent CF, they wouldn't need another OF on bench. This will probably change again. #Buildabench

"Mr. Manfred’s comments suggesting there’s ‘nothing to see here’ both mischaracterize the facts & are extremely revealing of the league’s general approach to labor negotiations. There is nothing 'business as usual’ about ... a ‘mole’ for the commissioner’s office" www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...

RIP Randy Jones, 75, one of the most beloved players in San Diego Padres history and the 1976 NL Cy Young Award winner. Here's his SABR bio: sabr.org/bioproj/pers...

Tatsuya Imai's fastball comps really well to Joe Ryan's fastball once you account for arm angle and movement. But it's faster. He's on my list of four free agents that could be bargains on their projected deals: www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...

Talked w/ @enosarris.bsky.social about all the trendy, young SPs going in the 100-200 range of early drafts + two must-draft sleepers going after pick 200 on today's @rotowire.bsky.social pod! 🎧 www.pod.link/838315493/ep... 📺 www.youtube.com/live/XVD8FzW...

🎙️ Rates & Barrels ⚾ @enosarris.bsky.social and I discussed Naylor's return to Seattle, Clase & Ortiz, more hardware for Ohtani, Judge, Skenes and Skubal, rumors and reports from the SP market, and my wild weekend activities.... YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/RatesBarrels Audio: pod.fo/e/354984

Important educational content

🎙️ Rates & Barrels ⚾ @enosarris.bsky.social and I are back from First Pitch Arizona to discuss several things we learned for our fantasy baseball seasons in 2025 as we begin prepping for 2026.... YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/RatesBarrels Audio: pod.fo/e/3525f5

The math behind what Emmanuel Clase's alleged actions cost the Guardians www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...

Alright, I wanna share some really interesting and cool stuff about hurricane Melissa from a weather nerd's perspective. There's SO much fascinating stuff i'll share. But first, Jamaica is in a major crisis. Here is their verified donation portal. supportjamaica.gov.jm

Coming to Bluesky for the first time in a long time to tell you that @dvr.bsky.social and @enosarris.bsky.social should have a buddy cop show

🎙️ Rates & Barrels ⚾ I think Kyle Tucker is very good and might turn out to be fine on those lofty contract projections. @enosarris.bsky.social does not. Our look at the top free agents in this winter's class.... YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/RatesBarrels Audio: pod.fo/e/34c79c

Well, since Eno brought this up... Here's my essay about the senseless murder of the forkball: open.substack.com/pub/robneyer...

On the things we might've learned this postseason about base running, pitch selection, and the importance of (hard) contact. Including this hilarious chart www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...

Well, that’s not good.

🎙️ Rates & Barrels ⚾ @enosarris.bsky.social, Jed Lowrie, and I discussed the instant classic Game 7 from Dodgers-Blue Jays and a series that had everything a baseball fan could ask for.... YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/RatesBarrels Audio: pod.fo/e/3492ed

Happy Halloween! (zoom formal aka business up top party down low)

🎙️ Rates & Barrels ⚾ @enosarris.bsky.social, @iamtrevormay.bsky.social & I turned around a pod last night after Game 5 'The Trey Yesavage Game'. (We were also unsure why Edgardo Henriquez was Dave Roberts' first choice out of the pen.) YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/RatesBarrels Audio: pod.fo/e/3473d9

I usually get questions this time of year asking if there is a charity or cause that I support. Jules has been a supporter of Rates & Barrels for years, and can definitely use a hand if you can help. 👇

World Series games used to start at 8:35 Eastern. Game 6 of the 1992 Series began at 8:44 local time, even though both teams (ATL-TOR) are Eastern. (And at 4 hours, it ended close to 1AM) That changed in 1993, when the now-standard 8 Eastern/5 Pacific became the norm. Do you know who you can thank?

If the Rogers Centre had a parking lot that covered the same surface area as the Dodgers' parking lot, it would stretch from Queen Street on one end to the Lake Ontario waterfront on the other

Average age of the ten managers from Opening Day 2025 who lost their jobs at some point between then and now: 60.7 Average age of the five hires made to replace them so far: 44.8 Average pre-2025 MLB games managed of the ten: 1,686 Average pre-2026 MLB games managed of the five: 89

🎙️ Rates & Barrels ⚾ @enosarris.bsky.social and I discussed the first two games of Dodgers-Blue Jays, two very different outcomes for starters that were "dealing" in Game 2, and a look ahead at Scherzer vs. Glasnow in Game 3.... YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/RatesBarrels Pod: pod.fo/e/344e1f

Went to punk show after the baseball game at subhumans