Matt Mervis and Brandon Pfaadt Arrive At Last

By The Athletic

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

05/05/23·1h 1m

DVR, Eno and Al discuss the latest round of prospect callups, including Matt Mervis, Bryce Miller, Brandon Pfaadt and Gavin Stone, and share their approaches for determining FAB bids. They also talk about the two latest additions to the Twins’ rotation and assess the coming week’s cohort of streamable pitchers.

Rundown

1:04 This week’s big callup news

16:59 Deeper-league hitter callups

22:33 Should we stash Christian Encarnacion-Strand?

26:24 Lineup developments

28:35 Notable pitchers

45:10 Streamers/two-start pitchers

55:42 Bullpen report

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