The Halos Waive a Trade Deadline Haul & Late-Season Rebound Potential
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
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4.7 • 873 Ratings
🗓️ 30 August 2023
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Eno and DVR discuss the group of players placed on waivers Tuesday -- including five members of the Angels -- and try to determine if there is a need to alter the timing of the Trade Deadline, or if a return to the 'waiver trade deadline' era is necessary. Plus, they discuss causes for the recent struggles of Lucas Giolito, Alex Cobb's brush with a no-hitter, and the potential for a final month rebound in the face of disappointing 2023 performances at the plate.
Rundown
1:25 The Angels Trade Deadline Additions Get Placed on Waivers
8:03 Is a Roster Rules Refresher Needed?
10:57 What's Causing Lucas Giolito's Recent Struggles?
17:45 Finding Viable Contributors Among Other Waived Players
32:50 Alex Cobb's Brush with a No-Hitter
40:48 Evaluating Potential September Rebounds (Hitters)
55:09 Join Us in Arizona for Baseball HQ's First Pitch Event in November!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Rates and barrels. |
| 0:16.3 | It is Wednesday, August 30th. |
| 0:18.2 | Derek Van Riper here with Enososaris on this episode. We will discuss |
| 0:22.6 | the many players that popped up on waivers, about half of them were actually from the Los Angeles |
| 0:29.0 | Angels of Anaheim. We'll dig into what value those players might have, where they might end up as a result |
| 0:34.4 | of the waiver system, and whether this might be a problem in the future that |
| 0:38.5 | needs to be addressed. We had some other stuff that happened on Wednesday, including Alex |
| 0:42.7 | Cobbs brushed with a no-hitter. Eno wrote an article last week that we really didn't talk about |
| 0:47.0 | on the show, about late turnarounds. What are the odds of players who have struggled up to this point, |
| 0:51.3 | actually coming back and playing really well during the final |
| 0:54.2 | month of the season. So we got that plus a few other things. Maybe even some Jay Kuda tweets |
| 0:59.4 | along the way, although the worst thing you can do on a podcast is describe someone's timeline. |
| 1:05.1 | Especially a visual artist like Jay Kuda. Yeah, just follow Jay Cuda on Twitter if you don't already. |
| 1:11.4 | He's got more followers than I do. |
| 1:12.9 | I think he's got as many followers as Eno and I put together. |
| 1:15.6 | So chances are if you're following one of us, |
| 1:17.6 | you're probably already following Jay. |
| 1:19.5 | But you'll get some chuckles out of that. |
| 1:22.5 | Let's start with the Angels. |
| 1:23.9 | The Angels put their trade deadline additions on waivers. |
| 1:27.2 | That means Lucas Gilito, Ronaldo Lopez, Randall Gritchick. The Angels put their trade deadline additions on waivers. |
| 1:33.9 | That means Lucas Giolito, Ronaldo Lopez, Randall Gritchick can be claimed by any other club, |
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