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Derek VanRiper @dvr.bsky.social · 8h

🎙️ Rates & Barrels ⚾

@enosarris.bsky.social, @brittghiroli.bsky.social and I discussed the finale of the Dodgers-Phillies NLDS matchup, a big offseason on tap for the Phillies, and Brewers-Cubs going to Game 5 in Milwaukee on Saturday.

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Episode thumbnail for the Oct. 10th episode of Rates & Barrels featuring Dodgers pitcher Tyler Glasnow.

Tyler Glasnow Photo: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 13h

New column from me

This time the Phillies can’t run it back.

Not after another season of beautiful dreams ended in the most painful, most unfathomable way possible, even by Phillies standards.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/670...

This time the Phillies can’t run it back

Orion Kerkering’s panicked 11th-inning meltdown Thursday night didn’t just end the Phillies’ season. It ended an era. Now what?

www.nytimes.com

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Britt Ghiroli @brittghiroli.bsky.social · 13h

www.nytimes.com/athletic/668... don’t ask Cal Raleigh if he’s OK

Cal Raleigh's on-field feats are well known. How he prepares for them is just as impressive

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Britt Ghiroli @brittghiroli.bsky.social · 2d

www.nytimes.com/athletic/670... Longtime Nationals executives depart under new president of baseball ops: Sources

Longtime Nationals executives depart under new president of baseball ops: Sources

The Nationals have not had a winning season since they won the World Series in 2019.

www.nytimes.com

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Britt Ghiroli @brittghiroli.bsky.social · 2d

www.nytimes.com/athletic/670... Longtime Nationals executives depart under new president of baseball ops: Sources

Longtime Nationals executives depart under new president of baseball ops: Sources

The Nationals have not had a winning season since they won the World Series in 2019.

www.nytimes.com

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Britt Ghiroli @brittghiroli.bsky.social · 2d

This was such a wholesome moment! Mariners fan Jameson Turner who caught Cal Raleigh’s homer with these incredible handmade shirts. Cal got him a bat and told him to keep the ball.

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Britt Ghiroli @brittghiroli.bsky.social · 3d

www.nytimes.com/athletic/669... What I’m hearing about MLB’s current managerial openings

What I’m hearing about MLB’s current managerial openings

There are currently seven vacant manager jobs across the league. Nick Hundley is considered the favorite for the Giants' opening.

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Hannah Keyser @hannahrkeyser.bsky.social · 4d

here's something different: I wrote about the women of the Harlem Globetrotters. How they pack, train, and approach motherhood while playing against and alongside men. www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ar...

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Britt Ghiroli @brittghiroli.bsky.social · 8d

Kevin Brown and Ben McDonald have worked together for seven years on Orioles broadcasts.

Before the game, and before's McDonald's viral comment about hockey, they both separately told The Athletic they were joking about McDonald disappearing. More:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6683350/2025/10/02/ben-mcdonald-espn-mlb-nhl-hockey/

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Britt Ghiroli @brittghiroli.bsky.social · 8d

Impressed you know how to make one !

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Derek VanRiper @dvr.bsky.social · 10d

🎙️ Rates & Barrels ⚾

@enosarris.bsky.social, @brittghiroli.bsky.social and I have full playoff predictions in Part 2 of our preview.

Plus, @timbritton.bsky.social joined to discuss the Mets' collapse.

Happy Wild Card Day (v 1.0)!

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Episode thumbnail from the Sept. 30th episode of Rates & Barrels featuring Shohei Ohtani.

Shohei Ohtani Photo: Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images

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Britt Ghiroli @brittghiroli.bsky.social · 10d

Chris Koras, the head of baseball for Klutch Sports Group, abruptly resigned last week, according to three industry sources.

Chris Koras, head of division for Klutch Sports baseball, suddenly resigns: Sources

Klutch's list of clients includes Rafael Devers, Devin Williams, Andrés Giménez, Gabriel Moreno, Starling Marte and Freddy Peralta.

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Britt Ghiroli @brittghiroli.bsky.social · 11d

Exactly why it needs a to be a rule 😝

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Britt Ghiroli @brittghiroli.bsky.social · 11d

One of the things I would enact if I ever was commissioner is to make team owners speak publicly, at least once a quarter. (You want to be an anonymous billionaire, don't buy an MLB team.)

Anyways, good on Steve Cohen. The sport needs more accountable owners.

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Britt Ghiroli @brittghiroli.bsky.social · 11d

A.J. Preller is baseball’s Dos Equis Man. On the man in charge in San Diego and his uncertain future: www.nytimes.com/athletic/666...

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Derek VanRiper @dvr.bsky.social · 11d

🎙️ Rates & Barrels ⚾

@enosarris.bsky.social and I break down the four Wild Card Round matchups in Part 1 of our 2025 MLB Playoff Preview!

(Part 2 with full playoff predictions coming Tuesday with @brittghiroli.bsky.social.)

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Episode thumbnail for the Wild Card Round Predictions episode of the Rates & Barrels podcast featuring Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge.

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Will Sammon @willsammon.bsky.social · 12d

The New York Mets' collapse is one of the worst you'll ever see. Despite being 21 games over .500 in June and owning baseball's best record at the time, the Mets failed to make the playoffs. Making things worse, no one "chased" them down. They just blew it.

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Britt Ghiroli @brittghiroli.bsky.social · 16d

No he was an AGM along with several others. Boston reporters said he was a finalist to be promoted there to No 2.

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Britt Ghiroli @brittghiroli.bsky.social · 16d

Paul Toboni will be named president of baseball operations for the Nationals and will hire a GM under him, sources say. A huge jump for Toboni, who was the AGM in Boston.

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Ken Rosenthal @ken-rosenthal.bsky.social · 16d

Nationals naming Red Sox executive Paul Toboni their new head of baseball operations. Story with @Britt_Ghiroli. First: @JeffPassan. www.nytimes.com/athletic/665...

Nationals to name Red Sox assistant GM Paul Toboni as head of baseball operations: Sources

Toboni, 35, has moved quickly through the Red Sox organization, moving to senior VP/assistant GM in November 2023.

www.nytimes.com

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Britt Ghiroli @brittghiroli.bsky.social · 17d

After the Nationals won in 2019, pxp guy Bob Carpenter pushed for and bought World Series rings for some of his MASN staff. During Covid, he got 60 gift cards for people out of work.

Carpenter is retiring this year. On a legacy far beyond baseball:

www.nytimes.com/athletic/664...

Longtime Nationals broadcaster Bob Carpenter leaves legacy beyond D.C. baseball

The beloved play-by-play announcer is making his final call this week after 20 years in the Nationals' broadcast booth.

www.nytimes.com

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Britt Ghiroli @brittghiroli.bsky.social · 17d

After the Nationals won in 2019, pxp guy Bob Carpenter pushed for and bought World Series rings for some of his MASN staff. During Covid, he got 60 gift cards for people out of work.

Carpenter is retiring this year. On a legacy far beyond baseball:

www.nytimes.com/athletic/664...

Longtime Nationals broadcaster Bob Carpenter leaves legacy beyond D.C. baseball

The beloved play-by-play announcer is making his final call this week after 20 years in the Nationals' broadcast booth.

www.nytimes.com

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Britt Ghiroli @brittghiroli.bsky.social · 22d

My revenge ?

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Britt Ghiroli @brittghiroli.bsky.social · 22d

Another interesting name in this is Royals AGM Scott Sharp, who went to George Washington University, where the Lerner family has strong ties.

Britt Ghiroli @brittghiroli.bsky.social · 22d

Red Sox AGM Eddie Romero interviewed for the Nationals GM job, according to an industry source. Washington is aiming to make a decision on the job by season’s end.

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Britt Ghiroli @brittghiroli.bsky.social · 22d

Red Sox AGM Eddie Romero interviewed for the Nationals GM job, according to an industry source. Washington is aiming to make a decision on the job by season’s end.

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