A Strange Second Day of the MLB Season & Tough Hitter Ranks w/Mike Petriello (Live at Other Half Brewing -- Domino Park)

Rates & Barrels

Eno and DVR are live in Brooklyn for their second show at Other Half Brewing to discuss a slugfest in Game 2 of the Dodgers-Padres series in Korea and a developing story around the swift firing of Shohei Ohtani's interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara. Plus, they're joined by Mike Petriello of MLB.com to discuss several groups of tough hitters to rank, and much more before an excellent round of listener questions.

Rundown

0:51 A Slugfest in Game 2 Between the Dodgers-Padres; Yamamoto's Debut

3:22 Continuing Struggles for Joe Musgrove

6:43 Dodgers Fire Shohei Ohtani's Interpreter Amidst Illegal Gambling Allegations

11:52 Mike Petriello of MLB.com Joins the Show!

17:02 Tough Rankings: Aging Veterans Still Producing (Paul Goldschmidt, Salvador Perez & George Springer)

22:56 Tough Rankings: Younger Players We Still Believe In (Ke'Bryan Hayes, Jeremy Peña & Andrés Giménez)

34:24 Tough Rankings: Big-Side Platoon Risk (Edouard Julien, Gavin Lux, Colt Keith)

44:22 Mike's Favorite Stats

52:08 Listener Q&A

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