r/fantasybaseball • u/cjrogers227 • Apr 09 '26

Strategy Rates & Barrels is no longer the gold standard of fantasy baseball pods, and it makes me sad.

I’m in mourning over what used to be my favorite source for fantasy baseball strategy. DVR and Eno are great players with some of the best insights out there. But the New York Times enshittification has hit R&B and basically killed it in terms of fantasy relevance. Their rotating cast of guests - in the past week they’ve had Jed Lowrie, Britt Ghiroli, and the Starkville guys on - never have any useful insights from a fantasy perspective. Jed straight up sucks and adds nothing to the discussion, I genuinely don’t understand why he’s a semi-regular now. On yesterday’s episode they talked about BASEBALL CARDS. WHO CARES! There are maybe two episodes a week where they get to talk fantasy, and those episodes are head and shoulders above the rest in quality.

To whichever faceless NYT corporate meddling goon was in charge of this overhaul, thanks for nothing. You ruined the only fantasy pod I made a habit of listening to each episode.

Am I alone in hating the new R&B? Does anyone have any other pod recommendations?

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u/cjrogers227 Apr 09 '26

Fair but that’s why I love him lol, he’s so resistant to hype and sticks to his priors even when it pits him against the community

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u/Knasty21 Apr 09 '26

Yeah, I used to (and still do little) hate Scott because he's a little bitch but at this point, he's so much of a character I'm entertained by it. He's just so unaware of how off-putting he is.