Emerson Hancock Debuts and Oakland’s Rebuild Continues
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
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4.7 • 875 Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
DVR and Al discuss where to add recently-promoted Mariners pitching prospect Emerson Hancock and what changes to expect in the Orioles’ rotation in the coming weeks. They also consider whether the ranks of teams to stream pitchers against has changed over the course of the season, and whether Matthew Liberatore has earned our trust in favorable matchups. DVR and Al talk about the growing ranks of young players on the Athletics’ roster, and they conclude by looking for saves in the Tigers’ bullpen.
Rundown
0:46 This week’s biggest news items
7:29 Should we be streaming against the same teams we streamed against earlier in the season?
17:48 More news items from the past week
26:53 Hitters of note
43:29 Two-start pitchers and streamers
48:37 Closer corner: Should we add Beau Brieske?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Rates and barrels. It's Friday, August 11th. |
| 0:18.8 | Derek Kent Hyper here with Amelke. You're on this episode. |
| 0:22.4 | We dig into some of the biggest news of the week, |
| 0:24.9 | trying to find some waiver-wire goodness as the weekend approaches. |
| 0:29.5 | We've got a few promotions. |
| 0:30.5 | We've got a few teams changing up their rotations. |
| 0:33.1 | We get some guys working their way back from injuries. |
| 0:35.7 | We have a Lodem favorite looking really good in a, well, previously tough spot, at least, |
| 0:42.8 | against the Tampa Bay Reyes. |
| 0:44.1 | So tons of ground to cover. |
| 0:46.3 | We begin with a promotion in Seattle. |
| 0:48.6 | Emerson Hancock has joined the Mariners rotation. |
| 0:51.9 | This one was spoken into existence while we're recording Project Prospect on Tuesday. |
| 0:58.0 | It was literally the moment the Emerson Hancock's name was mentioned. |
| 1:02.5 | We saw that tweet that he was actually going to come up and make his debut. |
| 1:05.9 | It was five innings, one earn run, two hits, three Ks, three walks, and an announcement that the Mariners |
| 1:12.0 | may actually turn to a six-man rotation once Brian Wu comes off the IL with a forearm injury, |
| 1:18.6 | or if Brian Wu comes off the IL with a forearm injury. |
| 1:22.0 | But Al, we're always looking for pitching. |
| 1:24.7 | Emerson Hancock, former first rounder back in 2020. He's been a pitcher on the |
| 1:28.6 | keeper and dynasty league radar for a long time. What do you think he brings to the table in |
| 1:33.8 | redraft leagues? I definitely bring something for 15 teamers. I think when you're looking at |
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