The World Baseball Classic is Delivering!
Eno and DVR discuss the excellent games throughout pool play of the World Baseball Classic -- including a pair of walk-off homers over the weekend before digging into a few spring headlines with the first round of 'News or Noise' of 2026. Eno also drops a fresh Stuff+ leaderboard from spring games, featuring two largely overlooked pitchers in the NL Central.
Rundown
2:56 WBC Pool Play Has Delivered!
23:13 Spring News & Notes: Jackson Chourio, Rafael Devers & Lawrence Butler
28:25 News or Noise? Position Players Still in Competitions
36:05 Kodai Senga’s Velocity Jump
37:37 Bailey Ober’s Velocity Drop
40:28 Kyle Harrison’s Eight-K Performance Sunday
44:05 New Pitches for Hunter Barco
47:09 Didier Fuentes Returns to Spring Action
50:24 Spring Training Stuff+ Leaderboard
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