2025 Prospect Sleepers w/James Anderson

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

The Athletic

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

James Anderson of RotoWire joins DVR to discuss a few news items from the weekend including Mookie Betts' absence from the Japan Series and the playing time outlook for Andy Pages, an early-season IL trip for Royce Lewis, and another pitching injury to watch coming out of Yankees camp. Plus, they discuss several under-the-radar prospects capable of making an impact in 2025 -- including one of James' favorites climbing the organizational depth chart in Minnesota -- an ETA for Chandler Simpson, and keeping an open mind about pitching development for non-elite prospects. Rundown 1:57 Mookie Betts' Japan Series Absence; Andy Pages' 2025 PT Outlook 7:04 Royce Lewis: Will Begin Season On the IL 12:57 Clarke Schmidt: Should Be Ready for Regular Season 15:40 Balancing Ceiling with Proximity in Top 100 Rankings 22:07 Which Prospect Hitters Could Make a Surprisingly Large Impact in 2025? 38:56 Chandler Simpson's ETA 45:14 Which Prospect Pitchers Could Make a Surprisingly Large Impact in 2025? 1:01:42 A Few Pitching Stashes for 2026? Follow James on Bluesky: @[email protected] Follow DVR on Bluesky: @dvr.bsky.social Follow Eno on Bluesky: @enosarris.bsky.social e-mail: [email protected] Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/FyBa9f3wFe Subscribe to The Athletic: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrels Hosts: Derek VanRiper With: James Anderson Producer: Brian Smith Executive Producer: Derek VanRiper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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