Jacob deGrom's Elbow Injury, Alek Manoah's Reset & A Barreling Surprise

Eno and DVR discuss Jacob deGrom's upcoming elbow surgery, the outlook for his future as he tries to return in late 2024 or early 2025, the Blue Jays' attempt to press the reset button for Alek Manoah, the struggles of slow tempo starting pitchers in Year 1 of the pitch clock, the rebound of José Berríos, Austin Hays' big barrel rate improvement, and looking at recent snapshots of Statcast data in hopes of spotting trends.  Rundown 0:53 Jacob deGrom to Have Another Elbow Surgery 6:14 Planning for the Eventual Comeback 13:10 Injury Risk Tolerance is Relative 15:33 Examining Slow Tempo Starting Pitchers 20:33 Who Else Has Struggled This Much and Made It Back? 27:03 Losing Stuff & Recovering It 32:56 Buying the José Berríos Rebound? 36:03 Austin Hays' Big Barrel Rate Improvement 48:36 Splitting Statcast Numbers Into Smaller, Most Recent Samples Follow Eno on Twitter: @enosarris Follow DVR on Twitter: @DerekVanRiper e-mail: ratesandbarrels@theathletic.com Subscribe to The Athletic at $2/month for the first year: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrels Subscribe to the Rates & Barrels YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RatesBarrels Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices