Jasson Dominguez’s Arrival and Reds’ Waiver Pickups
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
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🗓️ 1 September 2023
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
DVR and Al discuss where they are looking to add several prospects who have made or are about to make their major league debuts, including Jasson Dominguez, Austin Wells, Ceddanne Rafaela and Ronny Mauricio. They also look at how Lucas Giolito, Hunter Renfroe and Harrison Bader might fare with their new teams and sort out a thin week for pitching on the waiver wire.
Rundown
1:22 Jasson Dominguez and a bevy of prospect debuts
18:02 The other news, including players waived by the Angels
27:21 Other hitters to consider
31:38 Pitching developments
39:43 Streamers and two start-pitchers
49:14 Closer corner
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Browell's |
| 0:16.1 | Friday, September 1st, Derek Van Riper here with Al Malkur on this episode. |
| 0:23.3 | We dig into recent promotions. |
| 0:25.4 | Another wave of prospects has landed in the big leagues, including the Martian, Jason |
| 0:30.9 | Dominguez. |
| 0:31.7 | He is now part of the big league roster for the Yankees. |
| 0:34.4 | We'll talk about those promotions. |
| 0:36.2 | We'll talk about some waiver claims and |
| 0:38.4 | where those players landed. Eno and I talked about the possibilities with the likes of Lucas Gialito |
| 0:43.1 | and Harrison Bader and Hunter Renfro and Alanoa Lopez. We learned on Thursday where those players |
| 0:47.6 | are going. Spoiler alert, Ohio. But we'll talk about their roles with their new clubs. |
| 0:54.3 | Josh Donaldson is a brewer. |
| 0:56.6 | We'll see if he actually gets up to the big league roster soon, |
| 0:59.3 | but we've got some other hitters to consider, |
| 1:00.7 | and of course our pitching segments as well. |
| 1:02.9 | So plenty of ground to cover as we get ready for another busy weekend on the waiver wire. |
| 1:08.8 | Perhaps one of the more robust weeks we have remaining because of all of these moving parts, |
| 1:15.1 | especially if you're playing in a Mono League, get some players crossing over this late in the season. |
| 1:19.5 | That is pretty nice. |
| 1:20.8 | But I think the biggest story of the week out has to be Jason Dominguez getting the call from the Yankees. |
| 1:26.6 | He's played really well in the second |
| 1:28.4 | half of this season. Considering his age, I think the performance is even a notch above what we've |
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