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Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

Project Prospect - Optioned, But Not Forgotten

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

The Athletic

Baseball, Sports, Mlb, Fantasy Baseball

4.7875 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Eno and Welsh react to Roki Sasaki's electric stuff in the WBC. Project Prospect continues as the guys look at players that were optioned, but could still be up soon, as well surprising names still in camp.


Rundown

3:20 - Roki Sasaki reactions

14:35 - Brandon Pfaadt

23:10 - Christian Encarnacion-Strand

27:12 - Addison Barger

33:37 - Kyle Manzardo

38:52 - Gavin Stone

41:52 - Bryce Miller

47:09 - Ben Joyce


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Transcript

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0:00.0

The weather. Tomorrow, expect a biting cold front. Hmm, how naughty. I wonder what I'll be

0:06.8

wearing or taking off. The night will be wild and untamed. Expect heavy, lashing rain

0:13.0

that'll soak you to the skin. By Monday, temperatures will rise slowly but surely reaching

0:18.7

their peak in the afternoon.

0:23.0

Not in the mood for miserable weather?

0:25.8

Fly cheaply to Turkey with Sun Express.

0:28.7

Sun Express, non-stop sunshine. Music Well, hello, friends, and welcome into rates and barrels right here on the athletic.

0:51.3

I am Chris Welsh, who you can find on Twitter.

0:53.3

That is Enosaris on Twitter at Enosar as well look at us we're here today to talk to you about some

0:59.9

prospects it's project prospect if you will uh we're going to be talking about guys that were option

1:05.4

but not counted out there's also some still in camp surprises that we've got to get to you so lots

1:10.5

of prospect talk even though we're in like a weird space of time before prospect things are going to really kick off because there's all these minor league things going on.

1:17.8

Plus, Mr. Eno, Saris, how about an incredible WBC game that we had last night where Japan came back?

1:26.2

And now we are getting Japan versus USA tonight as we are recording this.

1:31.4

I am pretty excited, my friend.

1:34.1

Yeah.

1:34.4

Yesterday was such a back and back and forth affair that it was just really fun and riveting.

1:39.5

I thought all the way to the end.

1:42.0

Just looking at Shoheo Tani celebrating on second was just another example of how, you know,

1:48.6

Intuit these players are.

1:50.1

I loved Randy Rezorana mean mugging after he stole that, Homer.

1:55.1

I loved him signing autographs while the game was on.

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