Jordan Westburg Gets the Call & Checking In on Second-Year Hitters

Eno and DVR discuss the promotion of Jordan Westburg and expectations for his offensive performance throughout the second half of the season, the 2023 success of Braxton Garrett, and several second-year bats.  Rundown 4:24 Jordan Westburg Gets the Call to Baltimore 12:39 Would You Rather? (Westburg Edition) 19:17 Concerns About Tim Anderson's Shoulder 22:39 Braxton Garrett's Improved K% and BB% 31:26 Another Atlanta Rotation Flip-Flop? 36:42 Julio Rodríguez: Still a First-Rounder for Second-Half Drafts? 43:05 Bobby Witt Jr.: More AVG + OBP Coming Soon? 47:10 Michael Harris II: Getting Back on Track 49:21 Corbin Carroll: Top-10 Overall Player? 53:29 Adley Rutschman & Gunnar Henderson 59:14 Josh Jung: Everything Is Better 1:04:30 Spencer Torkelson: Big Second Half Coming? 1:08:09 A Pod Divided! CJ Abrams' Outlook 1:11:56 Shea Langeliers: Better Than Surface Numbers Suggest? 1:14:38 Nick Pratto: Some Good News in KC? Follow Eno on Twitter: @enosarris Follow DVR on Twitter: @DerekVanRiper e-mail: ratesandbarrels@theathletic.com Subscribe to The Athletic at $1/month for the first year: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrels Subscribe to the Rates & Barrels YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RatesBarrels Check out these offers from our ad partners.... Right now, Nuts.com is offering new customers a free gift with purchase and free shipping on orders of $29 or more at Nuts.com/rates Go to zbiotics.com/rates to get 15% off your first order when you use RATES at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices