Weekend Roster Decisions & Waiver Wire Considerations

From Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball The Athletic

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.

Rundown

2:17 News & Notes: Kyle Tucker, Francisco Lindor, Josh Naylor, Brandon Woodruff, and Shane Bieber

12:48 Hitters of Interest for Jac Caglianone Week

14:39 Royce Lewis & Matt McLain Falling Off Shallow League Rosters

20:09 Parker Meadows Comps From ATC

25:33 Cole Young and Jacob Melton as Deep League Targets?

28:31 Eury Pérez's Upcoming Return & Shallow League Movers

33:59 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 All

1:18:15 Deeper League Pitchers on the Radar

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