Tough Starting Pitcher Rankings for the Rest of 2025

Tough Starting Pitcher Rankings for the Rest of 2025 Eno and DVR wish FanGraphs a Happy 20th Birthday and discuss several tough rankings from Eno's final list for the 2025 season including Logan Webb, Dylan Cease, Shohei Ohtani, and Chase Burns, along with the surprising lefties -- Andrew Abbott, Jacob Lopez, and Trevor Rogers -- as the stretch run approaches. They also look at a few intriguing names on the waiver this weekend including the recently-promoted Owen Caissie, and Nolan McLean ahead of his MLB debut against the Mariners on Saturday.Plus, Niv Shah joins the show to discuss late-season ottoneu strategy with players unlikely to be kept and how to approach trading with loans versus dropping a player in hopes of a cascading effect that puts other interesting players onto waivers, and our Senior Hot Correspondent ranks the eight Taste of the Majors hot dogs from the season so far ($) Eno's Updated Starting Pitcher Rankings: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6549810 Rundown 4:12 Updates on Ronald Acuña Jr., Pablo López & Michael King 10:30 Padres-Dodgers & Great Weekend Series On Tap 21:09 Logan Webb: A Tough Rank Up Top? 25:22 Dylan Cease's Rebound & Cade Horton's Surge 31:50 Shohei Ohtani's Workload Increasing to Win Eligibility Levels 35:55 Chase Burns' Late-Season Limitations 40:40 Owen Caissie's Promotion & Playing Time Outlook 43:49 Nolan McLean Headed to the Mets' Rotation 48:18 Forrest Whitley is Pitching Well at Triple-A 53:07 LODEM Kings as Tough Rankings Too 55:02 Talking Keeper Trade/Drop Strategy w/Niv Shah 1:09:27 Taste of the Majors: Power Rankings in Mid-August Follow Eno on Bluesky: @enosarris.bsky.social Follow DVR on Bluesky: @DVR .bsky.social Follow Niv on Bluesky: @ottoneu.bsky.social e-mail: ratesandbarrels@gmail.com Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/FyBa9f3wFe Subscribe to The Athletic: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrels Hosts: Derek VanRiper & Eno Sarris Producer: Brian Smith Guest: Niv Shah Executive Producer: Derek VanRiper Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.