Jackson Holliday's Arrival, Ceddanne Rafaela's Early Struggles & Looking Ahead at Weekend Pickups
Eno and DVR discuss recent progress in the Ippei Mizuhara story, as Mizuhara is in the process of negotiating a guilty plea with federal prosecutors with evidence suggesting that Mizuhara may have stolen more than $4.5 million from Shohei Ohtani. Plus, they consider the arrival of Jackson Holliday and his 2024 comps before taking a look at several minor league injury updates, the early-season struggles of Ceddanne Rafaela, waiver-wire targets, and a few mailbag questions.\n\nRundown\n2:07 Movement in the Ippei Mizuhara Case\n5:25 Jackson Holliday Gets the Call to Baltimore; Debuts Wednesday\n15:17 Spencer Arrighetti: Promoted by Astros to Fill Rotation Vacancy\n18:16 Minor League Injury Updates: Junior Caminero, Jeferson Quero, Robert Gasser, River Ryan & Walker Jenkins\n27:42 Ceddanne Rafaela's Ongoing Struggles at the Plate\n37:22 Good News (Nick Pivetta), Bad News (Yo\xe1n Moncada)\n43:13 Early Waiver Wire Outlook: Colton Cowser, Cody Bradford, Bryce Elder and Jos\xe9 Soriano\n55:30 Mailbag Questions: Pitching+, David Bednar's Hold on the Closer Role, and JP Sears\n\nFollow Eno on Twitter: @enosarris\nFollow DVR on Twitter: @DerekVanRiper\ne-mail:\xa0ratesandbarrels@gmail.com\n\nJoin our Discord:\xa0https://discord.gg/FyBa9f3wFe\n\nJoin us on Fridays at 1p ET/10a PT for our livestream episodes!\xa0https://www.youtube.com/c/ratesbarrels\n\nSubscribe to The Athletic for just $2/month for the first year:\xa0theathletic.com/ratesandbarrels\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices