Rivalry Weekend Waiver Wire Preview

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

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Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Eno and DVR discuss several news and notes around Major League Baseball including another unfortunate injury for Byron Buxton and Carlos Correa, and potential improvement from the Royals' lineup in the months ahead before discussing 'Rivalry Weekend' and several players on the roster fringes in fantasy baseball leagues.

Rundown

0:57 Byron Buxton & Carlos Correa in Concussion Protocol

8:23 Maikel Garcia: Skills Growth *and* First Quarter Heater?

14:12 Spencer Strider: Returning During Nats Series: AJSS Sticking?

21:56 Other News & Notes: Eury Pérez, Tyler Glasnow, Spencer Horwitz, and Carson Palmquist

28:22 Rivalry Weekend: Anything You're Excited About?

37:38 Weekend Waiver Preview

50:20 Hitter Leaderboard: This Weekend's Bats to Consider

54:21 Intriguing Names on the Pitching Front

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Hosts: Derek VanRiper & Eno Sarris

Producer: Brian Smith

Executive Producer: Derek VanRiper

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0:00.0	Fancy a fever tree and vodka.
0:03.8	Yes, vodka, not gin.
0:06.7	Because this is fever tree Mexican lime soda.
0:10.0	Yes, soda, not tonic.
0:13.0	With Mexican lime and Japanese yuzu for a zesty, refreshing lime soda that's just sweet enough.
0:19.6	Delicious with vodka or on its own. Fever tree, Mexican lime soda that's just sweet enough. Delicious with vodka or on its own.
0:23.1	Fever tree Mexican lime soda mix with the best.
0:27.7	Hmm, now that hits the spot.
0:30.6	The weather. Tomorrow, expect a biting cold front?
0:34.7	Hmm, how naughty. I wonder what I'll be wearing or taking off.
0:39.1	The night will be wild and untamed.
0:41.3	Expect heavy, lashing rain that'll soak you to the skin.
0:45.1	By Monday, temperatures will rise slowly but surely reaching their peak in the afternoon.
0:51.3	Not in the mood for miserable weather?
0:53.5	Fly cheaply to Turkey with Sun Express.
0:56.4	Sun Express, nonstop sunshine.
1:15.1	Book the rates and barrels. It is Friday.
1:16.4	May 16th, Derek and Riper, Enoceros, here with you.
1:19.1	It's a fantasy Friday.
1:20.6	On this episode, we dig into some news and notes from around the league, and we get ready
1:24.8	for this weekend's waiver pickup, keeping the format we
1:28.2	adopted last week, taking a look at players moving in both directions, trying to figure out
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