Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball The Padres Stay Busy, Willson Contreras Heads to Boston & The Rays Make Two Interesting Trades
Eno and DVR catch up on a busy half-week of moves including Michael King's return to the Padres, a trade that sent Willson Contreras to the Red Sox, a three-team swap involving the Pirates, Rays, and Astros, Shane Baz to the O's in a five-player trade, and Munetaka Murakami's somewhat surprising two-year deal with the White Sox.
Rundown
3:48 Michael King: Re-Ups With Padres; Complicated Deal w/Two Opt-Outs
6:55 Sung-mun Song: Gets Three-Year Deal with Padres
13:14 Fantasy Implications of Song's Arrival in San Diego and King's Return
16:22 Willson Contreras to the Red Sox
27:31 Increasing Clarity in Cards' Position Player Group?
32:09 A Pirates-Astros-Rays Three-Team Deal
52:15 Shane Baz to the Orioles
1:02:45 Munetaka Murakami: Heads to the White Sox (Two-Year, $34M)
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