meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

Luis Arraez to San Diego, Hitters on the Rise & Christian Scott's Debut

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

The Athletic

Fantasy Baseball, Mlb, Baseball, Sports

4.7873 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Eno and DVR discuss the five-player trade that sent Luis Arraez to the Padres, the Marlins' return from the trade, a few hitters that made significant moves up in DVR's updated hitter rankings, and how aggressively Christian Scott was pursued in weekly leagues after an impressive weekend debut against the Rays. 


Rundown

3:35 Luis Arraez Traded to the Padres

8:05 Dillon Head & Betting on Best Long-Term Outcome

19:56 Injuries News & Notes: Trea Turner, Joe Musgrove, Wyatt Langford, Christian Yelich, Grayson Rodriguez

31:46 Is Robert Gasser the Next Pitching Prospect to Get the Call?

36:23 A Few Big Risers in DVR's Updated Hitter Rankings

($): https://theathletic.com/5344859/

44:59 Christian Scott & Massive Weekend Bids

59:59 Frequently Dropped Players From The Weekend


Follow Eno on Twitter: @enosarris

Follow DVR on Twitter: @DerekVanRiper

e-mail: ratesandbarrels@gmail.com


Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/FyBa9f3wFe


Join us on Fridays at 1p ET/10a PT for our livestream episodes!


https://www.youtube.com/c/ratesbarrels


Subscribe to The Athletic: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrels


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Welcome to rates and barrels. It's Monday, May 6th, Derek Van Riper, Inoser here with you on this episode. We have an early May trade to talk about. Luis Arias on the move since we last spoke. We'll dig into that, along with a few injuries. New hitter rankings dropped prior to the weekend. We'll talk about a few of the big risers from that update. We're also going to look at where the money went this weekend as far as fab leagues

0:38.3

and some of the players that were dropped.

0:40.1

We'll dig into why those moves were made in both directions.

0:43.7

Eno, how's it going for you on this Monday?

0:46.5

It's going good.

0:48.4

You know, an update on my elders' elder son's little league career

0:56.4

he got put into the game

0:58.6

in mop-up duty

1:00.3

but

1:01.2

struck out the first hitter he saw

1:04.5

or the only hitter he got

1:05.9

but he struck him out on three pitches

1:07.7

fastball fastball curve ball

1:10.1

and his team rushed out of the dugout to

1:15.0

give him high five so that's why you play right moments like that he was in he was in a great mood

1:21.9

Saturday was the fourth so we finished up the Mandalorian, which we hadn't finished. And we were hoping to get to

1:32.1

Asoka, but that's for another weekend. And then Sunday was, we were hoping to go to the batting cages.

1:38.3

And the closest batting cages I could find with an arcade attached to it was this place called

1:46.4

Scandia in like Vallejo. So we drove an hour, got there and they said, oh, because of all

1:52.2

the rain, the batting cages are flooded. So we played some mini golf and did some VR

1:58.8

arcading and had some fun anyway.

2:02.1

I did find it weird when I lived near you that there were not batting cages nearby.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

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.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.