The Angels’ Surprise Call-Up and Masyn Winn’s Arrival
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
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4.7 • 874 Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2023
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
DVR and Al discuss their expectations for the two latest top prospects to be called up to make their major league debuts, Nolan Schanuel and Masyn Winn. They also identify other prospects who could be promoted soon, including Jordan Lawlar and Pete Crow-Armstrong. DVR and Al also discuss some outfielders seeing increased playing time, a healthy cohort of streamable pitchers, and the bullpen situations for the Mariners, Mets, Diamondbacks and Rays.
Rundown
0:52 The big prospect debuts: Nolan Schanuel and Masyn Winn
16:59 More big stories from this week
22:53 Other hitters to consider
32:45 Streamers and two-start pitchers
47:37 Closer corner
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Rates and barrels. It's Friday, August 18th. |
| 0:17.8 | Derek and Riper here with Al Malkier on this episode. |
| 0:21.4 | We'll discuss the big stories of the week as they impact fantasy baseball. |
| 0:26.1 | Dig into a few players that we learned are on the way to the big leagues. |
| 0:30.4 | And there may be more coming. |
| 0:31.6 | We'll talk about why that is over the course of this episode. |
| 0:35.5 | Got a few players moving on and off the aisle that are shaking things up on depth charts around the league. |
| 0:40.9 | We'll have our usual group of other hitters to consider some streamers, some two-start pitchers, |
| 0:45.9 | and a few bullpen names as well as we get ready for another weekend on the waiver wire. |
| 0:52.2 | Probably the most surprising thing that I've seen so far today. |
| 0:56.3 | And I'm saying this at just after noon on the East Coast, |
| 1:00.2 | the Angels are promoting Nolan Shaniel to the big leagues. |
| 1:04.9 | He is joining the big league lineup. |
| 1:07.5 | And this is a guy who was the 11th overall pick in this year's draft. |
| 1:12.6 | So 96 played appearances in the minors on his way to the big leagues. |
| 1:17.3 | A total of 16 games at the level he played the most. |
| 1:20.5 | That was with AA Rocket City. |
| 1:22.2 | Yes, that is the trash pandas. |
| 1:24.6 | At that level, Shaniel hit 339 with a 480 OBP, 475 slug, popped a homer, drove in 12 runs, and probably most notably drew 16 walks against nine strikeouts during his time there. |
| 1:37.5 | So certainly looks like a player with an advanced eye, but this is even more aggressive than the angel's progression for Zach Netto |
| 1:46.5 | who crues to their system. |
| 1:49.3 | Yeah, so that's something to tuck away in the future, I guess, as we see prospects come into |
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