Aaron Judge Update & Weekend Waiver Preview
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
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4.7 • 874 Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2026
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Bad news has arrived in the Bronx. Today, Eno and DVR break down what Aaron Judge’s fractured rib means for the Yankees and how the team will fare while he’s gone. Then, they discuss the return of Corey Seager and react to the shock of hearing Noelvi Marte has a new position. Later, the guys dive into the waiver wire, including the latest options in the ever-changing closer market.
Rundown:
0:42 Aaron Judge Out At Least 4-6 Weeks
10:44 Brayan Bello Optioned to Triple-A
17:59 Corey Seager is Back!
21:43 Noelvi Marte Recalled
24:42 Ezequiel Tovar: DVR Admits 2026 Defeat
31:05 Edwin Arroyo Getting a Look at Second Base
34:00 Royce Lewis is Crushing Triple-A Pitching
37:53 Intriguing Corner Options: Curtis Mead and Spencer Horwitz
42:24 Lars Nootbaar is Back
47:12 Jorge Mateo’s Heater
49:10 Karson Milbrandt: Worth a Stash for the Marlins?
54:15 Closer Corner: Brewers, Royals & A Few of the Usual Suspects
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| 0:00.0 | Today on Rates and Barrels, it's Fantasy Friday. |
| 0:02.2 | Plus, we have an injury update on Aaron Judge, and it's not great. |
| 0:05.2 | And what do you do when you have a profile that you do not like? |
| 0:09.3 | Ezekiel Tovar, Noel A Marte, versus a profile you do like Curtis Mead? |
| 0:15.1 | Tough decisions are always made on the waiver wire. |
| 0:18.1 | Let's go. |
| 0:32.2 | Welcome to rates and barrels. It's Friday, June 5th. Derek Benriper and Eno Seris here with you on a fantasy Friday. We've got our weekend waiver preview and |
| 0:36.5 | some stock watch talk as we move |
| 0:39.2 | through this episode. If you caught our show on Thursday, you may have heard the news that |
| 0:44.1 | Aaron Judge was sent for a series of tests midweek to figure out what's going on with his |
| 0:49.1 | upper torso, let's say. And as it turns out, he's got a stress fracture of his first rib on the right |
| 0:56.3 | side. I was reading a Chris Kersner story this morning, you know, they sent the images to Dr. Gregory |
| 1:02.4 | Pearl in Dallas, and Pearl's specialty is vascular surgery and the thoracic outlet world. So |
| 1:10.1 | they're trying to probably make sure there's not a thoracic issue going on here. |
| 1:14.9 | But the main takeaway really is that they're going to look at a four to six week window before |
| 1:20.4 | judge gets imaged again. |
| 1:22.2 | And once that happens, then we'll have a better sense of when exactly he's going to |
| 1:26.4 | return. |
| 1:26.8 | So I think the takeaway is out at least four to six weeks, |
| 1:30.2 | and the severity of the injury beyond the stress fracture of that rib is still a little bit unclear. |
| 1:36.4 | Yeah, it's too bad that this is part of the story for Aaron Judge so far in his career. |
| 1:41.6 | It's a large man that swings the bat fast. You know, I did, I did guess |
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