Chase Burns Is Headed to Cincinnati & Injuries Are Piling Up

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

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Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Eno and DVR discuss a busy weekend around the league including the announcement that Chase Burns will make his Reds debut Tuesday night against the Yankees. Plus, key injuries to Chris Sale and Adley Rutschman, awaiting MRI results on Corbin Carroll, Francisco Alvarez's demotion to Triple-A, and where the money went with pickups in fantasy baseball leagues over the weekend.

Rundown

2:18 Chase Burns to Debut on Tuesday v. Yankees

6:59 Corbin Carroll's Thumb Injury; D-backs' Offense Continues to Roll

12:16 Chris Sale's Fractured Rib Cage; Opportunity for Didier Fuentes

18:29 Adley Rutschman's Absence Through the All-Star Break

20:15 Francisco Alvarez Optioned to Triple-A

27:30 Injury Follow-Ups and Other News

32:08 Moving Quickly Ranking Rookie Pitchers

40:00 Where the Money Went, Brady House's Interesting Approach

53:49 Lingering Concern About Max Scherzer's Thumb?

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1:15.1	It is Monday, June 23rd.
1:17.4	Derek Munryper, Eno Seris here with you on this episode.
1:20.4	Lots of baseball news to get to over the course of this episode.
1:23.9	We are awaiting the results of an MRI for Corbyn Carroll.
1:27.2	We have an anticipated debut of
1:29.5	another pitcher coming up. Chase Burns joins the Reds. We'll talk about what he brings to the
1:33.9	table and some expectations for him. Unfortunately, some other injuries though. Chris Sale down
1:38.6	with a rib fracture. We'll get to that a little bit later on. It does create an interesting
1:42.8	opportunity for a prospect that has flown through the Atlanta system this year in Dider Fuentes.
1:47.5	But more to come on that in just a bit.
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