Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball · The Athletic
World Baseball Classic Preview w/Stephen Nesbitt
March 3, 2026·1 hr 19 min·5 clips
Shohei Ohtani threw a 102 mph fastball past Mike Trout to clinch Japan's World Baseball Classic title.
As heard by us
A sharp look at how tournament baseball choices get made when every arm matters.
World Baseball Classic preview here is less interested in bracket drama than in whether the U.S. arms can keep their edge once mistakes start costing runs.
Why you'd press play
Trying to map the U.S. pitching plan before the bracket tightens and every outing starts to matter?
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