A Promotion-Filled Weekend, Maximizing Development & Chasing the Second Tier

Eno and DVR discuss a promotion-filled weekend including the debuts of Hurston Waldrep, Adael Amador and Tyler Locklear, and the expected arrival of Carlos F. Rodriguez to the Milwaukee rotation this week. Plus, they look back at where the free-agent bids were directed over the weekend.
Rundown
0:00 Intro Start
2:41 Hurston Waldrep's Debut Against the Nationals
8:06 Adael Amador Joins the Rockies
16:37 Tyler Locklear's Short-Term Fit in Seattle
21:15 Carlos F. Rodriguez: On Track for Tuesday Debut
28:05 Is Player Development Too Narrowly Focused in Some Organizations?
37:02 Promotions by Necessity Rather Than Desire?
41:06 Freddy Peralta's Poor Outings & Connection to Velocity Drops
44:50 Heliot Ramos Joins the Shallow League Fray
49:13 Finding Value in Max Meyer, Jake Irvin, Simeon Woods Richardson, David Peterson and JP Sears
56:53 Chas McCormick: The Healthy Drop of the Week
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Locklear's exit velos in AAA look decent though and has a chance to stick in the lineup IMO if he keeps that K rate controlled like you guys mentioned. 2/3 batted balls were already considered hard hit (1 barrel). Lines up with his AAA batted balls on baseball savant (albeit 40 AB sample size)... .444 xwOBA and 12.5 barrel/PA%, .315xBA....seems like he's flying under the radar but rose quickly this year in the minor leagues. Agreed on watching his whiff rates, but everyone Ks on the Mariners right now lol, so if he can still hit the ball hard and get on base he may stick around.

[@DerekDominoes]

Amador is coming off hamate surgery last August so I think he should be cut some slack for his performance earlier this season.

[@DerekDominoes]

If Seattle pushes Garver back to just catching, he'll almost never play.

[@mistanightmare]

Waldrep will be fine. It. Was. One. Start.

[@Beefbananas]

For real, they’re talking about him as a bullpen option in the future lol. I love these guys but what. He was drafted in the first round LAST YEAR and this was his first start. Let’s pump the brakes boys.

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