Pitching Archetypes & Top Bullpen Rankings
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball · The Athletic
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Show Notes
Eno, Trevor, and DVR discuss an interesting lawsuit around analytics a potentially lost competitive advantage, the benefits of building a 'brain' -- internal communications system -- of your own, organizational pitching archetypes, and a few different ways to grade the best bullpens in baseball as Opening Day approaches.
Rundown
3:54 An Interesting Lawsuit & A 'Lost Competitive Advantage'
Further reading from a Matt Gelb story at The Athletic($): https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6216672/2025/03/20/phillies-zelus-analytics-teamworks-lawsuit/
9:15 Benefits of Building 'The Brain' Internally
26:37 Pros & Cons of Organizational Pitching Archetypes
45:53 How Are You Grading & Ranking Bullpens Entering 2025?
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Hosts: Derek VanRiper & Eno Sarris
With: Trevor May
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