Breakout Bats & Tough Hitter Rankings for 2025
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball · The Athletic
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Show Notes
Eno and DVR discuss a few news-related takeaways from the first weekend of spring training action including the return of Sandy Alcantara, an oblique injury for Sean Manaea, and Dustin May's push back toward a place in the Dodgers' rotation mix. Plus, they examine a few potential breakout hitters from Eno's recent story looking for bats primed to take a leap in 2025, tough rankings on the hitting side as DVR puts the final touches on his Top 300 hitters, and a few mailbag questions.
Rundown
3:03 Sandy Alcantara Is Back (and Touching 99 mph)
9:54 Sean Manaea's Oblique Strain & Growing Opportunities in Mets' Rotation
14:27 Excitement Around Tylor Megill's 2024 Adjustments
22:51 Dustin May's Return to the Mound; 2025 Outlook
25:25 Eno's Search for Breakout Hitters
41:06 Tough Hitter Rankings
51:55 Are Projections Missing on Jung Hoo Lee?
59:04 Mailbag Questions!
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