Surprising rebounds, year-over-year barrel rate risers, and overcoming less than elite stuff

Eno and DVR discuss several surprising 2021 rebounds, the limitations of using launch angle as a standalone stat, year-over-year risers in barrel rate and wOBA, and more. Rundown 3:00 Surprising 2021 Bouncebacks 10:43 Buying the 'new' Madison Bumgarner? 19:54 Launch Angle Changes: Kris Bryant, Mike Trout, and Ronald Acuña 27:24 Year-over-Year Barrel Rate Risers 35:47 DVR Sticking with JVM + Other Undervalued Bats 43:11 Great Deliveries & Spin Direction, Less than Elite Stuff Follow Eno on Twitter: @enosarris Follow DVR on Twitter: @DerekVanRiper e-mail: ratesandbarrels@theathletic.com Subscribe to the Rates & Barrels YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RatesBarrels Subscribe to The Athletic for just $3.99/mo to start: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrels Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.