Opportunity for Cristian Javier, Hard-Hit Surprises & Another Eloy Injury
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
The Athletic
4.7 • 873 Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2022
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Eno and DVR discuss their weekend roster churn -- including another low-cost closer dart in the wake of a poor outing Sunday -- early hard-hit rate surprises, another major injury for Eloy Jiménez, whether the ball has historically been in a state of flux, and more.
Rundown
- Taking a Chance on Tanner Scott in the Face of a Sunday Meltdown
- Cristian Javier Moves Back Into the Houston Rotation
- Early Hard-Hit Ball Leaders
- Admiration of the Yankees' Pitching Depth
- Keeping the Faith in Brandon Marsh (& Christian Yelich)
- Has the Ball Always Been Fluctuating?
- Micro Decisions: Daily League Lineups
- Opportunities in the White Sox's Lineup with Injuries
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| 0:29.1 | It's Octor. It's OCTA. Welcome to rates and barrels. |
| 0:49.2 | It's Monday, April 25th. |
| 0:51.1 | Derek Van Riper, Unoceris, here with you on this episode. |
| 0:55.5 | We recap the weekend, |
| 0:59.3 | talk about a few players that were added, a few players that were dropped, what we expect for those players going forward. We're also going to take a look at early hard hit rates and try and find |
| 1:04.0 | some players with some shifting values, focusing mostly on players going in the right direction. |
| 1:09.0 | Also a couple opportunities with the White Sox as injuries are piling up yet again. |
| 1:13.8 | Unfortunately, Elohimenez, the latest White Sox player to go down with a significant injury. |
| 1:20.2 | We got a question about the ball. |
| 1:21.4 | We got a question about micro decisions and maybe even if we have time, a question about the value of foul balls. |
| 1:29.1 | So a lot to get to, you know, how was your weekend? |
| 1:32.2 | I was good. |
| 1:33.2 | We finished the last birthday party for the 10-year-old. |
| 1:37.6 | But it was cool. |
| 1:39.2 | He's kind of, it's changed now. |
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