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Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

Shōta Imanaga's Debut, Monitoring Pitcher Workloads & Mailbag Questions

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

The Athletic

Sports, Mlb, Fantasy Baseball, Baseball

4.7874 Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Eno and DVR discuss several injury updates, including a longer-than-expected timetable for Josh Jung's return following wrist surgery,Justin Verlander's progress to a two-start rehab assignment, Walker Buehler's rehab work, and a pair of prospects that avoided scares. Plus, Shōta Imanaga's debut against the Rockies, listener league strategy and roster rates, and several mailbag questions about Luis Gil, monitoring pitcher workloads, and Triston McKenzie's fastball velocity drop


Rundown

2:17 Josh Jung: Lengthier Absence Than Initially Anticipated

5:41 Justin Verlander: Two Rehab Starts on Tap

10:38 Junior Caminero: Avoids Major Injury

15:52 Norfolk & Charlotte Light Up the Scoreboard in the International League

23:25 Shōta Imanaga's Debut

29:10 Listener League Strategy; Notable High & Low Roster Rates

39:15 Luis Gil: No Innings Limit From Yankees?

45:37 How Would a Forward-Thinking Organization Handle RP to SP Shifts?

55:42 Triston McKenzie's Fastball Velocity Drop in Start No. 1


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