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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