Welcome to rates of barrels. It is Tuesday, June 17th. Derek and Riper, Inno, Sarah, here with you. Today, we are talking about a few under-discusseders after we get to a few noteworthy returns,

maybe one of the most over-discussed players.

But for good reason, Shohay Otani returned as a pitcher on Monday night against the Padres.

We also got Logan Gilbert back, 10Ks in his first start off the aisle.

So certainly some good things there.

So news first, you know, show hey Otani.

Start number one.

It was only one inning.

The Dodgers did not deceive us in this instance.

I looked at the numbers of 120 stuff plus overall, a 90 location plus, 110 pitching plus.

That location number is really not that surprising surprising given the duration of his layoff

and considering that without the benefit of a rehab assignment

facing MLB hitters live in-game action

is actually a pretty tough way to get back to pitching.

Yeah, I mean, normally one of the things you have to overcome is fear that it's not fixed

or fear that you're going to blow it out.

And so, you know, just getting over that hump is a big deal.

Maybe they felt he'd already been over that hump, but if he was effectively rehabbing in front of our eyes, then that takes quite a bit of intestinal fortitude,

especially when, you know, you throw a hundred mile hour fastball and Fernando Tatis puts in the

outfield for a base hit. You know, then you start hitting the doubt that's coming in. You know,

from my test, you know, the Velo was obviously good, although in a one-inning stint, you

wouldn't expect a different type of V-Lo than you would in five innings. I do think that it's

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