Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball · The Athletic
Fantasy Baseball Fixers, Listener League ADP & Catching Up w/Ron Shandler
March 13, 2026·1 hr 32 min·5 clips
Blake Snell's late April return could make him a draft-day steal for fantasy managers.
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A draft-room episode that treats player movement as a clue to value and organizational judgment.
The episode uses Tout Wars weekend as a clean way to talk about player value and how the market reacts in real time. Chandler Simpson's slide is the clearest warning sign, while Caleb Durbin's rise gives the hosts a case for trusting organizational judgment when the room starts…
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