Welcome to Rates and barrels. It's Tuesday, August 27th.

Derek Van Riper, Enoceros, Berteroli, all here with you on this episode.

We discuss the Yankees visiting the Nationals and late August.

What has us interested in that series?

There's some pretty interesting stuff happening with Aaron, Judge, and Juan Soto.

Plus, it's a return to D.C. for Juan Soto.

Oh, and the arrival of Dylan Cruz.

So a lot is actually happening in that series.

Some news that happened last week that we have not discussed on the show, Perry Manajun extended by the

Angels. So we'll discuss what the Angels could do to try and get back into postseason contention

in these next two seasons. It's a two-year extension.

And we're going to build off that and look at some other front office groups that might be on the hot seat as this season winds down. And as we look ahead to 2025 or some teams that look like they're going to be on the outside looking in at playoff spots this year.

So we begin today with the aforementioned Yankees Nationals series.

Now, Dylan Cruz's arrival is something we talked about from a skills perspective yesterday.

And I think when you look at the big picture, when you see the lineup as it's written out,

you see like half of a really good

big league lineup or at least half of a lineup you can get excited about. CJ Abrams looks like a

great piece from that Juan Soto trade. We talked about that a lot. James Wood looks like a potential

superstar. It's having a great rookie season so far. It's great to see him there. You add crews.

You have your catcher in Kibbert Ruiz.

You're starting to find some secondary pieces that might be around that young core. And there's

still more to come in that system. Brady House isn't far away from joining them. So it does

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