How Quickly Will Chandler Simpson's Game-Changing Speed Make an Impact?

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

The Athletic

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Eno and DVR discuss the promotion of Chandler Simpson by the Rays and attempt to determine how his short-term outlook for playing time and long-term ceiling will come together. Plus, they dig into mailbag questions about the early struggles of Devin Williams and Emmanuel Clase, making the choice between slow-starting bats and surging waiver-wire options in shallow leagues, and where the money went (beyond Chandler Simpson) with fantasy aseball pickups from the weekend. Rundown 4:11 Chandler Simpson Gets the Call 11:24 Finding Roto Comps for a Unique Set of Skills 15:41: Other Injury News & Notes From the Weekend 24:56 A Wild Friday Afternoon at Wrigley 30:44 Struggling First Basemen v. Potential Waiver-Wire Upgrades 41:55 The Slow Starts of Devin Williams & Emmanuel Clase 51:29 Where the Money Went: Making Sense of Weekend Waiver Pickups Follow Eno on Bluesky: @enosarris.bsky.social Follow DVR on Bluesky: @dvr.bsky.social e-mail: [email protected] Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/FyBa9f3wFe Subscribe to The Athletic: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrels Hosts: Derek VanRiper & Eno Sarris Producer: Brian Smith Executive Producer: Derek VanRiper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Adobe Express is the quick and easy Create Anything app.
0:05.0	It has taken my content to the next level,
0:08.0	making it simple to create everything I need to promote my business.
0:11.0	From Instagram and TikTok posts to logos and flyers,
0:15.0	all in just a few clicks.
0:17.0	Build your brand with Adobe Express.
0:20.0	Search for Adobe Express to find out more and get the app for free.
0:24.0	Adobe Express, the quick and easy create anything app.
0:30.2	Whoa, there.
0:33.5	Victoria's had a Friday night to remember.
0:36.1	But now she's outside in the pouring rain
0:38.6	And what?
0:39.8	You are joking
0:40.6	I've got no data
0:41.8	How are we going to get home?
0:43.3	But then she remembers she's with EE
0:45.5	Yes, Uber still works
0:47.5	So then she
0:48.5	Uber's on me guys
0:50.5	Should we get a kebab?
0:51.7	Use essential apps like Uber and WhatsApp
0:53.8	Even when you run out of data.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 3 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Athletic, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Athletic and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.