Ranking the Top Rotations in Baseball

By The Athletic

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

13/03/25·1h

Eno, Trevor, and DVR discuss spring news including an opportunity for Brett Baty at second base (!?) before sharing their top-10 rotations for the upcoming season and the unique challenges of grading pitching groups this way. Plus, Eno shares a few new training tools he's seen and heard about while in Arizona this spring.

Rundown

1:35 Spring News & Notes: Max Scherzer, Lucas Giolito & Jeff McNeil

10:24 Our Picks for the Top 10 Rotations in Baseball

14:00 Eno's Three Category Approach (The Dodgers Third?!)

21:01 Disagreement About the Rangers

27:08 Do You Buy Trevor's Concerns About the Braves' Rotation Depth?

36:30 A Would You Rather Toss-Up Steeped in Regression

45:04 New Things and Unique Processes Being Implemented This Spring

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