Starting Pitcher Rankings: Tough Calls in June
6/16/20261 hr 8 min
Who are the toughest starting pitchers to rank right now? Eno and DVR dig into a group of arms that defy easy placement, including Jared Jones, Chase Burns, JT Ginn, Trey Yesavage, and more, breaking down the factors that make each of them such difficult evaluations. Then, they're joined by Chris Gill of MLB The Show to discuss how the iconic franchise has evolved over the past two decades and the challenge of creating a baseball game that mirrors the real thing.
Rundown:
1:04 Jared Jones’ Slow Start
7:14 Chase Burns’ Dominance
17:34 Logan Gilb...
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First 90 secondsDerek Van Riper· Host0:00
Today on Rates and Barrels, we're discussing a few difficult starting pitchers to rank, including Jared Jones, who's hit a few roadblocks in his first few starts coming back from Tommy John surgery.
Eno Sarris· Host0:09
It's tough to rank Jones. It's tough to rank Trey Esavage, Walbert Urreina, JT Ginn. We discuss them all. And when we discuss them, we use the same metrics that are under the hood in a popular game. We've got an expert from MLB The Show coming by to tell us what's going on when we face pitchers in the game.
Derek Van Riper· Host0:28
[upbeat music] Welcome to Rates and Barrels. Tuesday, June 16th. Derek Van Riper here with Eno Sarris, digging into some pitching performances, many of which happened on Monday because Eno has new rankings dropping later this week. So we're gonna focus a lot on some tough ranks. We'll mix in some news along the way as well. We'll start with one of the few disappointing pitching performances from Monday. There were a lot of good ones actually. Jared Jones has now made four starts since coming off the IL, Eno. He's making a return from Tommy John surgery. We see rust plenty of times with guys coming off of the lengthy absence like that. It's a 6.23 ERA, 162 whip on the season against the A's in West Sacramento. Five earned on eight hits over four innings, four K's, one walk, just 75 pitches. Ultimately, though, like, I think his stuff