More Bad Luck for the D-backs, Underperforming Indicators & Firing Up the Trade Master 3000

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

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Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Eno and DVR discuss Corbin Carroll to the IL as another injury hampers the D-backs, one benefit of choosing to trade away players ahead of the Trade Deadline, the Reds' decision to DFA Jeimer Candelario, and Kenley Jansen's abrupt exit Monday. Plus, the current league leaders in "Combo Meals", James Wood's first full year in the big leagues, Ben Brown's underperformance relative to ERA estimators, and a few trades we would like to see as a birthday present to Eno, courtesy of the Trade Master 3000.

Rundown

1:32 Corbin Carroll Headed to IL w/Chip Fracture in Wrist

7:57 Benefits of Deciding to Trade Players Away Early

14:55 Kenley Jansen's Early Exit, Jeimer Candelario DFA'd

17:58 Does Byron Buxton Leads MLB in Combo Meals?

24:54 Ben Brown and Falling Short of Indicators

40:27 Clay Holmes' Rest-of-Season Value, Fade Concerns?

48:04 Trade Master 3000: Jacob deGrom (assuming he would waive his No-Trade clause), Cedric Mullins & Taylor Ward

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0:21.0	Mmm, maybe you don't need the sunshine.
0:24.6	Viva tree majita mixer.
0:26.7	Mix with the best.
0:28.4	Please enjoy responsibly. Welcome to Rates and barrels.
0:44.8	It is Tuesday, June 24th.
0:46.9	Derekman Riper, Inoceros, here with you on this episode.
0:49.5	We get some baseball news you should know, including a follow-up on Corbyn Carroll,
0:53.1	who will be going on the
0:54.6	aisle with the wrist injury that we talked briefly about on our Monday episode. An early exit
0:59.9	for Kenley Jansen, a decision made by the Reds to part ways with Jamer Condolario. Got a nice
1:05.3	group of mailbag questions here covering a wide range of topics, and in celebration of Enos
1:10.2	birthday, we are going to put forward
1:12.2	a handful of trades that we would like to see as a gift to Eno for his birthday, the least
1:18.3	expensive gift you can give someone on their birthday. Happy birthday, you know.
1:22.1	Here you go, some work to do.
1:24.6	Trade scenarios that you worked on.
1:27.2	Yeah, right.
1:28.4	Wee.
1:30.7	It's going well.
1:32.0	Watch the little arcane with my older kid this morning.
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