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Paul Skenes' Recent Struggles, Trade Targets & Weekend Waiver Wire Preview

7/3/20261 hr 4 min

As America celebrates its birthday, fantasy managers are getting ready for the second half of the baseball season. This week, Eno and DVR take a closer look at what's behind Paul Skenes' recent struggles, and whether his declining fastball velocity helps explain the dip in results. Then, they size up several players around the league to determine who could be worth targeting in a trade. Plus, they wrap up the show by highlighting the best waiver-wire pickups on both the hitting and pitching sides ahead of the holiday weekend.

Rundown:

2:52 Concerns About Paul Skenes

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Clips

Spin Rate Red Flag
Skeens-for-Gunnar Proposal
Winning With A Bold DeGrom Deal
Cheesehead Origin Revelation

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Derek Van Riper· Host0:00

    Today on Rates and Barrels, we've passed the midway point in the season, which means trade windows are wide open And what do you do with Paul Skeens?

  2. Eno Sarris· Host0:09

    And beyond Paul Skeens, what kind of pitching would you trade for, and what kind of pitching would you trade away?

  3. Derek Van Riper· Host0:14

    We've got trade targets and a few waiver wire targets for the holiday weekend as well. [upbeat music] Welcome to Rates and Barrels. It is Friday at long last. Friday, July 3rd. Derek Van Riper, Eno Sarris here with you. About to get into some baseball news you should know before the holiday weekend. Eno, how are things tracking for you on this Friday?

  4. Eno Sarris· Host0:45

    Eh, yeah, I got a summer cold right in time for the 4th. It's great. It's great. I love it.

  5. Derek Van Riper· Host0:52

    That is unfortunate timing.

  6. Eno Sarris· Host0:55

    Blame my children. Yeah.

  7. Derek Van Riper· Host0:57

    [chuckles] It's always, always the kids' fault. Um, I learned something today, which is maybe surprising because of where I've lived for most of my life. The cheesehead that you see frequently at Packer games was actually first worn to a Brewers game at County Stadium in 1987.

  8. Eno Sarris· Host1:16

    Whoa. It's actually a Brewers thing.

  9. Derek Van Riper· Host1:20

    This is a baseball hat. This is a baseball hat, sir. [laughs] And it just... And I just feel like it just captures the, the energy of the week. I think we're both probably running on

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