Project Prospect - Post-Hype Bats to Target
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
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4.7 • 875 Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2023
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
DVR and Welsh are looking at post-hype prospect bats to target that have exhausted their prospect eligibility, plus Ceddane Rafaela's outlook and more.
Rundown
Ceddane Rafaela - :57
Rafael vs P. Meadows - 5:17
Kyle Harrison - 7:09
Miguel Vargas - 13:46
Brett Baty - 21:45
Pete Alonso potential trade - 27:23
Matt Mervis - 29:30
Henry Davis - 34:56
Estevan Florial - 38:05
Easier in Triple-A? - 46:40
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Rates and Burrells. |
| 0:17.9 | It's Tuesday, August 29th, Derek Van Riper here with Chris Welch. |
| 0:21.7 | Eno Seris trying to troubleshoot his internet. |
| 0:24.2 | So all the best to Eno as he tries to deal with modern technology in a way that probably is overwhelming, to be completely honest. |
| 0:32.6 | But lots of ground for us to cover today. |
| 0:35.1 | We got a promotion in Boston. |
| 0:37.1 | We got Kyle Harrison pitching really, |
| 0:39.8 | really well in his second big league start. Then we're going to focus on some players who have |
| 0:44.0 | used their prospect eligibility over the course of 2023 that we actually like going into |
| 0:50.5 | 2024. Also a couple mailbag questions, time permitting. |
| 0:54.4 | But let's begin with that promotion in Boston. |
| 0:57.3 | Saddam Rafael, up now for the Red Sox. |
| 1:00.9 | Expectations here, I think, are pretty clear for me, Welsh. |
| 1:04.6 | I think it's just steady playing time. |
| 1:07.5 | He is a great defensive center fielder. |
| 1:09.7 | This is a team that needs a center |
| 1:11.4 | fielder. I think the bigger questions are all focused on what you get out of the box |
| 1:17.3 | from Sadan Rafael at the plate. So looking at what he has done and having watched him a bit on video, |
| 1:24.0 | what do you see Raphaela bring to the table initially as he tries to make adjustments |
| 1:28.6 | against big league pitching for the first time? Yeah, I mean, one of the biggest things is |
| 1:32.3 | going to be the ability to be a five tool player out there to compete for power. He's going to |
| 1:38.5 | be able to run. He made an interesting adjustment. And I would love to know like the the full |
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