Prospect Rankings We'd Like To Do Over
Thankfully the vast majority of top players in the majors these days were Top 100 Prospects when they were minor leaguers, but not everyone was. Today on the Prospect Podcast, Jacob Rudner and JJ Cooper are taking a look at four prospects who didn't rank in the Top 100, but we wish had. We try to see what we missed and what lessons can be learned from each one. (00:00) Where BA staffers are on...
1hr 2m Sep 17, 2025
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College Podcast: Underrated Portal Classes, Players To Watch In 2026
Baseball America college writer Jacob Rudner and national reporter Peter Flaherty break down underrated transfer portal classes, particularly at the mid-major level, and take a look ahead at the 2026 season with notable players to keep an eye on. (2:45) Underrated portal classes (11:45) How a portal class can change a mid-major's outlook (18:28) Incoming freshmen to watch (27:01) Sophomores...
58m Sep 16, 2025
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Trey Yesavage, Bryce Eldridge Called Up To MLB | Hot Sheet Show Ep. 73
On this week's Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Geoff Pontes and Jesús Cano discuss some exciting recent callups in the Blue Jays' Trey Yesavage (https://www.baseballamerica.com/players/20967-trey-yesavage/) and the Giants' Bryce Eldridge (http://www.baseballamerica.com/players/21122-bryce-eldridge/) . We also discuss rookies that have stood out this season. Who are the rookie of the year candidat...
28m Sep 15, 2025
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Reviewing 2025 Preseason Draft Teams
Carlos, Jacob and Peter review our preseason draft teams for the 2025 class. Who did well, who did poorly, which picks do we love and which do we regret with the benefit of hindsight? Perhaps more importantly, what are the lessons we can learn from this exercise and put towards the 2026 class? You can see each of the three teams drafted below, as well as the “best of the rest” of the highest d...
53m Sep 12, 2025
53m
Arizona Fall League Roster Surprises
Josh Norris and JJ Cooper analyze the just announced Arizona Fall League rosters. Who are the names to know and who is a surprise addition? We break it down. (00:00) Why we are excited (01:30) Who we are most excited to see (06:15) Which team has the best/most interesting roster (10:00) Why Kevin McGonigle's inclusion is unusual (17:30) Non-Top 100 Prospects in the AFL to watch Go to http...
34m Sep 11, 2025
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Fantasy Podcast: Pitching Prospects Who Added And Lost Stuff In 2025
The Baseball America Fantasy Podcast returns this week with an in-depth discussion centered around how to target pitching prospects in fantasy. We dig into some of the recent promotions of pitching prospects and how late season promotions can propel you in deeper leagues down the stretch. In the second half of the show we dig into a handful of pitchers who added stuff and a few who saw diminish...
42m Sep 11, 2025
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Busting Pitching Myths
This week on the Prospect Podcast, Geoff Pontes and JJ Cooper take a look at some pitching myths that have been busted, and what teams know nowadays. (00:00) Geoff is working on a pitching project (06:00) Velocity can be taught and developed (16:00) JJ goes on a rant about how pitchers are throwing harder. It's not just the radar guns. (27:30) With changeups movement matters as much as velo...
1hr 5m Sep 10, 2025
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Andrew Painter's Struggles, Marlins Pitching Prospects & Transfer Portal Tampering | Hot Sheet Show Ep. 72
On this week's Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Geoff Pontes, Jacob Rudner and Scott Braun discuss a number of pitching prospects, including the Phillies' Andrew Painter (https://www.baseballamerica.com/players/8658-andrew-painter/) and his struggles and the rise of arms in the Marlins' system. We also break down the transfer portal conundrum (https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/tampering-defi...
27m Sep 08, 2025
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Complex League Prospects To Know
On this week's Prospect Podcast, Josh Norris and JJ Cooper discuss Josh's travels to the Arizona, Florida and Dominican Summer Leagues. We try to explain what to look for in the lowest levels of the minors, but more importantly we talk about prospects who stood out at those levels. (00:00) Explaining the differences between the Complex Leagues and the upper levels (03:30) Why fans should care...
59m Sep 03, 2025
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MLB Callups Making Impacts & Young Arms Affecting Playoff Races | Hot Sheet Show Ep. 71
On this week's Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Jacob Rudner and Scott Braun kick things off by chatting about some recent impact callups, including the Reds' Sal Stewart (https://www.baseballamerica.com/players/19979-sal-stewart/) and the Mariners' Harry Ford (https://www.baseballamerica.com/players/8677-harry-ford/) . We also discuss young pitchers being thrown into the playoff push, such as Pay...
30m Sep 02, 2025
30m
College Podcast: Fall Ball Teams To Watch, Potential Breakout Players
On this episode of the Baseball America College Baseball Podcast, national college reporter Jacob Rudner and national writer Peter Flaherty take a look ahead at fall ball, breaking down teams to follow, possible breakout players and more. Rudner and Flaherty also revisit the topic of tampering, examine what to look for when finding fall breakout players and touch on the college baseball calenda...
49m Sep 02, 2025
49m
Top College Uniforms & Area Codes Standouts
Carlos and Peter hop on the draft podcast to talk about some standout Area Code Games performances—but before that the two break down Peter and Jacob’s top 25 college baseball jersey rankings. What makes a good jersey in the first place? Which were the hard calls? After that the two get a bit more serious and talk about a number of standout hitters and pitchers from the summer, think through se...
55m Aug 29, 2025
55m
Fantasy Podcast: Exploring Late Season Roboscout Standouts
This week on the Baseball America fantasy podcast we're talking prospects who have surged in the second half of the season. Host Geoff Pontes and Dylan White talk through a handful of standouts that Roboscout has identified as top names to know. (2:30) Jonah Tong called up. What are your expectations? (7:00) McLean continues to dominate. (12:00) Rank them for 2026 Jacob Misiorowski, Chase Burn...
38m Aug 28, 2025
38m
Prospect Podcast: Could These Prospects Impact Playoff Races?
September callup season is almost upon us, so on this week’s prospect podcast, Geoff Pontes and Mark Chiarelli dive into their wish list of potential callups that could impact the 2025 postseason. The guys start with Tuesday’s news that the Mets are adding Jonah Tong into their rotation, then springboard into other coveted prospects they’d love to see, however unlikely it may be. The guys close...
1hr 22m Aug 27, 2025
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Rays No. 5 Prospect Brody Hopkins Joins, Plus We Talk Samuel Basallo & Jonah Tong| Hot Sheet Show Ep. 70
On this week's Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Geoff Pontes and Jacob Rudner welcome Rays No. 5 prospect Brody Hopkins (https://www.baseballamerica.com/players/369033-brody-hopkins/) . We also discuss which pitching prospects excite us ahead of possible September callups (https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/20-mlb-september-callups-wed-love-to-see-in-2025/) ad why Orioles prospect Samuel Basa...
28m Aug 25, 2025
28m
Early Looks At 2025 Draftee Pro Debuts
Carlos and Peter take an early—perhaps too early—look at who’s making noise in their pro debuts from the 2025 draft class. — Time Stamps (0:00) Intro (2:00) Lack of playing time for debut players (6:15) Marek Houston (9:00) Devin Taylor (14:50) Other hitters off to hot starts (24:00) Joey Volini and other arms Our Sponsors: * Check out Indeed: https://indeed.com/BASEBALLAMERICA * Check out ...
34m Aug 22, 2025
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Fantasy Podcast: Looking Forward To 2026 Top Rookies
This week on the Fantasy Podcast we welcome Jacob Rudner as our cohost with Dylan White on vacation. Don't worry, we put Jacob's college knowledge to good use looking forward to 2026 rookies from the last two college draft classes. (2:30) Bubba Chandler called up and the concerns we have. (16:00) Are there any 2025 draftees who could debut in 2026? Who are the potential difference makers? (25:...
44m Aug 21, 2025
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Prospect Podcast: Low-Risk And High-Risk Top 100 Hitting Prospects
On this week's Prospect Podcast, Geoff Pontes, JJ Cooper and Mark Chiarelli take a look at some Top 100 hitting prospects who are extremely low risk, and some who have a flaw that could trip them up. And Mark takes a look at what's going on with Pirates RHP Bubba Chandler. Plus Prospect Soapboxes. (00:00) When we talk about risk with hitting prospects, what are we looking at? How Has It Change...
1hr 7m Aug 20, 2025
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College Podcast: Highlighting Summer Standouts, Looking Ahead At Fall Ball
Baseball America national college reporter Jacob Rudner and national writer Peter Flaherty review the best of summer ball action with players returning to campus from their summer assignments. Rudner and Flaherty also look ahead at some big fall storylines to follow. (2:42) The challenges of summer ball (9:50) Incoming freshmen summer standouts (15:02) Is summer performance a good predictor ...
53m Aug 19, 2025
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Samuel Basallo, Nolan McLean MLB Debuts, Farm System Rankings & More | Hot Sheet Show | Hot Sheet Show Ep. 69
On this week's Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Mark Chiarelli, Jacob Rudner and Scott Braun discuss Samuel Basallo’s (https://www.baseballamerica.com/players/8911-samuel-basallo/) big league debut. Just how good can the Orioles' top prospect be? We also break down the dominant start from Nolan McLean (https://www.baseballamerica.com/players/8593-nolan-mclean/) with the Mets this past weekend, exp...
27m Aug 18, 2025
27m
The State of The Cape Cod League & Summer Standouts
Carlos and Peter hop on the draft podcast to talk about the Cape Cod League and how it has evolved over the years. The two then talk about some of the up arrow college names to know from the summer and Carlos hits on a handful of high school names who impressed at the Area Code Games. — Time Stamps (0:00) Intro (2:30) Cape talk (7:30) What is the utility of the Cape these days? (12:30) Up ar...
35m Aug 15, 2025
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Midseason Farm System Talent Rankings
We are a day late this week, but it's for a good reason. We waited to see could talk about the newly updated Top 100 Prospects rankings, Team Top 30 Prospect rankings and most importantly for this podcast/video, the farm system rankings based on those updated rankings. (00:00) Why JJ Wetherholt moved up? (07:30) What makes Jesus Made special (13:15) Why the Brewers are the No. 1 farm system ...
1hr 12m Aug 14, 2025
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Top 100 Prospects Update, Mets Callups & More | Hot Sheet Show Ep. 68
On this week's Hot Sheet Show, Ben Badler, Geoff Pontes and Scott Braun discuss the latest updates to the Top 100 prospects list, including which big names rose and fell in the last major update during the 2025 season. We also dive into seeing 16-year-olds pitching with upper-90s velos and question the direction of pitching health in the sport before talking about the Mets' recent promotions. ...
29m Aug 11, 2025
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Fantasy Podcast: August Dynasty Top 500 Up Arrow Players
With the dust of the trade deadline long since past we return with a new episode of the Baseball America fantasy podcast. Host Geoff Pontes and Dylan White breakdown how all of the recent moves have impacted the upcoming Top 500 dynasty ranking. We dive into some players moving way up the list as well. (4:00) Nick Kurtz keeps climbing. (7:00) Kyle Stowers the breakout player of 2025. (10:00) A...
38m Aug 07, 2025
38m
How Quickly Can These Trade Deadline Sellers Bounce Back?
On this week's Prospect Podcast, Geoff Pontes and JJ Cooper look at three teams that sold at the deadline. We peer into the crystal ball to look at their hopes for 2026 and beyond. (00:00) Analysing The Baltimore Orioles (15:50) Analysing The Minnesota Twins (31:30) Analyzing The Pittsburgh Pirates (46:00) Geoff's Prospect Soapbox (Victor Arias) (49:45) JJ's Prospect Soapbox (Bo Davidson) ...
56m Aug 06, 2025
56m
College Podcast: What We Know About Tampering
Baseball America national college reporter Jacob Rudner and national writer Peter Flaherty tackle one of the biggest issues in college baseball: tampering. Rudner and Flaherty break down what exactly tampering involves, possible solutions and how it's impacting the mid-major level. They also explore what it takes to be successful in roster building and the evolution of the offseason coaching ca...
46m Aug 05, 2025
46m
Trade Deadline hauls, Leo De Vries & More | Hot Sheet Show Ep. 67
On this week's Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Geoff Pontes and Scott Braun discuss our favorite and most puzzling trade deadline hauls now that the dust has settled. That includes why the Padres, A's and Twins all did well, and two big-market contenders who didn't do enough. The guys then close by specifically dive deep on the A's and Giants' performances at the deadline, and the trajectory of bo...
27m Aug 04, 2025
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Reviewing The 2025 Draft Signing Deadline & Looking Ahead To 2026
Carlos and Peter talk about the completion of the 2025 draft with the passing of this year’s signing deadline. The two talk about the picks that surprised us, the bonuses that stood out to us and the draft classes that made us think. After putting a bow on the 2025 class, the two give their general thoughts on the 2026 class as we look ahead to next year’s draft. — Time Stamps (2:30) Signing...
45m Aug 01, 2025
45m
MLB Trade Deadline Reactions
Baseball America managing editor JJ Cooper, prospect writer Geoff Pontes and national college reporter Jacob Rudner recap a thrilling 2025 MLB trade deadline. They talk winners and losers, react to the Padres-A's blockbuster that saw A's closer Mason Miller and San Diego top prospect Leodalis De Vries, among others, change uniforms, and much more. Our Sponsors: * Check out Indeed: https://inde...
1hr 27m Jul 31, 2025
1hr 27m
Leo De Vries trade reaction! Breaking down the A's-Padres blockbuster
AJ Preller has done it again. The Padres landed A's closer Mason Miller and LHP JP Sears for a package of prospects headlined by Leo De Vries, the No. 5 prospect in baseball. J.J. Cooper, Geoff Pontes, Josh Norris and Jesús Cano jumped on YouTube to discuss the ramifications of the deal, including whether this was the best possible package De Vries could've netted, plus answered some fan questi...
32m Jul 31, 2025
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Best, Worst Values From 2025 MLB Draft
Using the Baseball America Top 500 Draft Rankings, Carlos Collazo and JJ Cooper take a look at what teams got great draft values with their picks, and which teams went in very different directions. Full story: https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/the-best-worst-values-of-the-2025-mlb-draft/ Our Sponsors: * Check out Indeed: https://indeed.com/BASEBALLAMERICA * Check out Indeed: https://ind...
28m Jul 31, 2025
28m
Which Prospects Have Bounced Back, Which Ones Are Slumping
On this week's Prospect Podcast, Geoff Pontes and JJ Cooper take a look at prospects who got off to awful starts, but have turned it around in the past two months. And we also look at prospects who were off to fast starts, but have seen their seasons start to get derailed in June and July. Prospects Who Are Turning It Around (01:00) Colson Montgomery, White Sox (07:40) George Wolkow, White S...
57m Jul 30, 2025
57m
Breaking Down The 2025 MLB Trade Deadline & New No. 1 Prospect | Hot Sheet Show Ep. 66
On this week's Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Geoff Pontes, Jesús Cano and Scott Braun talk all things MLB trade deadline. We discuss Spencer Jones' hot streak and wonder if he could be moved before Thursday's trade deadline (https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2025-mlb-trade-deadline-tracker/) . We also break down the latest Top 100 Prospects (https://www.baseballamerica.com/rankings/2025-t...
31m Jul 28, 2025
31m
Fantasy Podcast: First Year Player Draft Rankings For 2025 With Jacob Rudner
This week on the Baseball America Fantasy Podcast Dylan and Geoff welcome on Jacob Rudner to discuss the 2025 draft class. We debut our first FYPD ranking of the season, talking through a muddled top ten and much more. (5:00) Kade Anderson and the benefit of the for with the Mariners. (8:00) Liam Doyle's upside and question marks. (14:00) Is Aiva Arquette a safe bet? (20:00) Ethan Holliday has...
57m Jul 24, 2025
57m
MLB Trade Deadline: Matching Fascinating Teams, Prospects
On this week's Prospect Podcast, Geoff Pontes and JJ Cooper take a look at some of the prospects, buyers and sellers that could make news over the next week and a half until the MLB Trade Deadline. (00:00) JJ feels back for what he did last week (09:00) Will a Top 100 Prospect be traded? (11:30) Will A Top 25(ish) Prospect be traded? (16:00) Analyzing a viewer's Reds-Red Sox trade proposal ...
1hr 37m Jul 23, 2025
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College Podcast: Best Portal Classes, Way Too Early 2026 Preview
Baseball America college writers Jacob Rudner and Peter Flaherty review the 2025 college baseball offseason from MLB draft winners and losers to best and most-underrated transfer portal classes and more. Rudner and Flaherty also look way ahead at the 2026 season and talk early contenders. (2:10) Draft winners (11:27) Draft losers (19:07) Top portal players (26:00) Best portal classes (34:3...
1hr 3m Jul 22, 2025
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Recapping MLB Draft Signings & Looking Ahead To 2026 | Hot Sheet Show Ep. 65
On this week's Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Carlos Collazo, Ben Badler, Geoff Pontes and Scott Braun look back on the 2025 MLB Draft (https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2025-mlb-draft-live-analysis-scouting-reports-for-every-first-rounder/) and look ahead to the 2026 player crop (https://www.baseballamerica.com/rankings/2026-top-mlb-draft-prospects/) . We also discuss which top prospects ...
33m Jul 21, 2025
33m
Reviewing EVERY 2025 MLB Draft Class | Future Projection Podcast
The Future Projection pod goes deep on the 2025 MLB Draft. Check out each team below. Looking for more deep dives like this? Subscribe to Future Projection where you get your podcasts. Get 20% off your first Slab Pack or card purchase by going to ArenaClub.com/FOUL (http://arenaclub.com/foul) and use code FOUL Time Stamps: (12:00) Nationals (21:00) Angels (29:00) Mariners (34:00) Rockies (39...
2hr 49m Jul 19, 2025
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Fantasy Podcast: Reviewing The 2025 Draft For Fantasy
This week on the Baseball America Fantasy Podcast we dive into the Futures Game. As Geoff talks about the standouts from Futures Game Bp and other observations. We then jump directly into MLB draft talk in preparation for our first FYPD list of the season. We run through the Top 10 in the draft teasing our FYPD 1.0 rankings next week. (2:00) Futures Game recap (9:00) Draft review (11:00) Kade ...
51m Jul 18, 2025
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Why The Nationals Drafted Eli Willits No. 1 Overall & More MLB Draft Reactions | Hot Sheet Show Ep. 64
On this week's Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Peter Flaherty and Scott Braun react to the 2025 MLB Draft (https://www.baseballamerica.com/mlb-draft-tracker/) . We share thoughts on a number of picks, including the Nationals' selection of Eli Willits (https://www.baseballamerica.com/players/1354517-eli-willits/) in the 1-1 spot. Time Stamps (0:30) The state of the game—Futures Game & MLB Draft ...
33m Jul 14, 2025
33m
2025 MLB Draft Day 1 Reaction
Baseball America Editor-In-Chief JJ Cooper, Prospect Writer Ben Badler, National Reporter Peter Flaherty and National College Reporter Jacob Rudner break down Day 1 of the 2025 MLB Draft, including a surprising first overall pick, intriguing selections and much more. Our Sponsors: * Check out Indeed: https://indeed.com/BASEBALLAMERICA * Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com * Chec...
1hr 49m Jul 14, 2025
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The Ultimate 2025 MLB Draft Preview Show
Ben and Carlos are joined by Peter Flaherty in a hybrid Future Projection/draft podcast for our annual draft preview episode. The three work down the draft board and talk about all the latest rumors, profiles and players attached to each team. The group talks through most of the players we expect to see early on the first day of the draft, discuss different draft strategies and work through pla...
2hr 50m Jul 11, 2025
2hr 50m
MLB Draft Stats To Know
Do you know which MLB team almost never drafts lefthanded pitchers? Are you aware there is a team that drafts almost entirely lefthanded and switch hitters? Want to know which teams focus on picking pitchers and which teams stick to draft hitters? On a special draft preview podcast, Pramana Labs CEO Corey Patton and Baseball America's JJ Cooper use Pramana's Shift AI tool to fuel their regular...
51m Jul 11, 2025
51m
Prospect Podcast: True Sleeper Prospects To Know
Everyone's definition of a sleeper prospect is different. But we want to make sure when we talk about "sleepers" we aren't talking about prospects on the back half our Top 100 Prospects list. Having just updated our Top 30 Prospects rankings for all 30 MLB teams, Geoff Pontes and JJ Cooper discuss some sleeper prospects who are moving up on Top 30s. (03:00) An Astros Sleeper (05:45) A Rays Pi...
42m Jul 09, 2025
42m
Nationals Fire Manager, GM Before 2025 MLB Draft & Staff Draft 3.0 | Hot Sheet Ep. 63
On this week's Hot Sheet Show Carlos Collazo, Peter Flaherty and J.J. Cooper react to the Nationals dismissing Mike Rizzo and Dave Martinez (https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/with-draft-decision-looming-nationals-fire-mike-rizzo/) a week before selecting first overall in the MLB Draft. We also discuss the Baseball America Staff Draft 3.0 (https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2025-mlb-...
31m Jul 07, 2025
31m
Baseball America Staff Draft
With the 2025 MLB Draft just days away, Baseball America's staff held a mock draft with staff making the picks for the first 40 picks, at least one for each and every MLB team. We provide plenty of analysis as well, so this should be a very useful preview for the MLB Draft. (00:00) Setting The Stage (01:55) No. 1 Nationals (03:00) No. 2 Angels (05:15) No. 3 Mariners (06:30) No. 4 Rockies ...
1hr 30m Jul 07, 2025
1hr 30m
2025 Draft Prospects Who Could Move Quickly & Our Favorite Tools
Carlos and Peter hop on the draft podcast to talk about players they’re now more excited about than they were before finalizing draft reports. They talk about a few names then pick out a few candidates to be the quickest to the majors. Finally the two go back and forth and talk about some of their favorite individual tools or player traits in the class. — Time Stamps (2:00) Players we are mo...
40m Jul 04, 2025
40m
Fantasy Podcast: Young Prospects In The Majors Buy Or Sell
The Fantasy Podcast is back nestled in between Canada Day (Dylan) and the Fourth of July (Geoff) we bring you a patriotic rundown of the top happenings in dynasty baseball. The majority of the show is spent focusing on young prospects in the major leagues and whether they are a buy or sell. (2:30) Spencer Schwellenbach injury (5:00) Christian Moore Injured (7:30) Futures Game rosters Prospect ...
48m Jul 03, 2025
48m
Who Will Be Baseball America's Next No. 1 Prospect?
Over at BaseballAmerica.com we have a new and fully updated Top 100 Prospects rankings. Red Sox outfielder Roman Anthony remains the No. 1 prospect in the new rankings, but he is soon to graduate. With that in mind, Geoff Pontes and JJ Cooper take a look at who is the new No. 2 prospect, who will soon climb to become the new No. 1 prospect on this week's Prospect Podcast. (00:00) Futures Games...
56m Jul 02, 2025
56m
Breaking Down MLB Mock Draft 5.0 & Top 500 Draft Prospects Update | Hot Sheet Show Ep. 62
On this week's Hot Sheet Show Carlos Collazo, Ben Badler and J.J. Cooper break down the latest Baseball America MLB mock draft that published on Monday. We discuss names to know, how we could see history atop this year’s draft and how players opting out of the draft thanks to new NIL opportunities will add a new wrinkle in the draft landscape. Time Stamps (0:55) Who's going 1-1 to the Nation...
33m Jun 30, 2025
33m