Is It a Career Year, or a New Level?

from Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

Eno, DVR and Jed discuss Tyler Glasnow's excellent outing Monday after a recent scratch due to back tightness, and the waning importance of the regular season for a team that is built to win the World Series. Plus, they examine several hitters having career years in hopes of determining which seasons are peaks, and which are the beginning of a new, sustainable level.Rundown1:20 Tyler Glasnow's Back Appears to be Fine5:00 A Nice Outing for Chase Dollander; The Usual 'Coors' Problem12:14 Downside of 'World Series or Bust'?Craig Goldstein of BP 'The Dodgers Are Ruining Baseball' ($):https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/10135229:15 Career Years v. Sustainable Growth for Hitters48:50 50+ Homers From Cal Raleigh Probably Isn't a New Level1:03:14 A Follow-Up on Bats, Taylor Trammell's 'Illegal' BatKen Rosenthal of The Athletic 'A former major-leaguer’s next pitch: Develop a bright baseball future for Native American players' ($):https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6610874Follow Eno on Bluesky: @enosarris.bsky.socialFollow DVR on Bluesky: @DVR.bsky.sociale-mail: [email protected] our Discord: https://discord.gg/FyBa9f3wFeSubscribe to The Athletic: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrelsHosts: Eno Sarris & Derek VanRiperWith: Jed LowrieProducer: Brian SmithExecutive Producer: Derek VanRiper Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Eno, DVR and Jed discuss Tyler Glasnow's excellent outing Monday after a recent scratch due to back tightness, and the waning importance of the regular season for a team that is built to win the World Series. Plus, they examine several hitters having career years in hopes of determining which seasons are peaks, and which are the beginning of a new, sustainable level.Rundown1:20 Tyler Glasnow's Back Appears to be Fine5:00 A Nice Outing for Chase Dollander; The Usual 'Coors' Problem12:14 Downside of 'World Series or Bust'?Craig Goldstein of BP 'The Dodgers Are Ruining Baseball' ($):https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/10135229:15 Career Years v. Sustainable Growth for Hitters48:50 50+ Homers From Cal Raleigh Probably Isn't a New Level1:03:14 A Follow-Up on Bats, Taylor Trammell's 'Illegal' BatKen Rosenthal of The Athletic 'A former major-leaguer’s next pitch: Develop a bright baseball future for Native American players' ($):https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6610874Follow Eno on Bluesky: @enosarris.bsky.socialFollow DVR on Bluesky: @DVR.bsky.sociale-mail: [email protected] our Discord: https://discord.gg/FyBa9f3wFeSubscribe to The Athletic: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrelsHosts: Eno Sarris & Derek VanRiperWith: Jed LowrieProducer: Brian SmithExecutive Producer: Derek VanRiper Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.