Weekend Roster Decisions & Waiver Wire Considerations
Weekend Roster Decisions & Waiver Wire Considerations  
Podcast: Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
Published On: Fri Jun 06 2025
Description: Eno and DVR discuss the recent struggles of Royce Lewis, Jorge Polanco's cool down in May following a torrid start to the season, comps for Parker Meadows now that he's returned from the IL, Ronny Mauricio's path to short-term playing time with Mark Vientos on the IL expectations for Eury Pérez as he returns from Tommy John surgery, and other weekend waiver-wire and roster decisions to consider, before checking in with Senior Hot Dog Correspondent Niv Shah about two recent 'Taste of the Majors' adventures at Nationals Park.Rundown2:17 News & Notes: Kyle Tucker, Francisco Lindor, Josh Naylor, Brandon Woodruff, and Shane Bieber12:48 Hitters of Interest for Jac Caglianone Week14:39 Royce Lewis & Matt McLain Falling Off Shallow League Rosters20:09 Parker Meadows Comps From ATC25:33 Cole Young and Jacob Melton as Deep League Targets?28:31 Eury Pérez's Upcoming Return & Shallow League Movers33:59 Lance McCullers: Will Approach With Limited Fastballs Work?47:57 Senior Hot Dog Correspondent Niv Shah Joins the Show!1:01:20 A Chicago Hot Dog at Nationals Park Isn't a Chicago Dog At All1:18:15 Deeper League Pitchers on the RadarFollow Eno on Bluesky: @enosarris.bsky.socialFollow DVR on Bluesky: @dvr.bsky.socialFollow Niv on Bluesky: @ottoneu.come-mail: ratesandbarrels@gmail.comJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/FyBa9f3wFeSubscribe to The Athletic: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrelsHosts: Derek VanRiper & Eno SarrisProducer: Brian SmithExecutive Producer: Derek VanRiper Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.