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How The Rays Scouted Joe Ryan Sep 13, 2021

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Braves crosschecker Alan Hull joins the podcast to discuss how he signed and scouted Joe Ryan as an area scout for the Rays. He also talks about signing his first big leaguer, Sammy Long, and how he got into scouting.

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College Podcast: Breaking Down Recruiting Rankings Sep 09, 2021

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On this episode of the Baseball America College Podcast, presented by Rapsodo, Teddy Cahill and Joe Healy discuss the recently-released final recruiting ranking of 2021 classes, topped by UCLA. Note that recruiting rankings take into account incoming freshmen and junior college transfers but do not include four-year transfers.

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Minor League Player Housing and Other Issues Sep 03, 2021

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On the latest Baseball America Podcast, JJ Cooper spoke with Jeremy Wolf, a former minor league player who is now the co-founder and director of outreach for More Than Baseball, a group that works to provide assistance, guidance and other help for minor league baseball players. They discuss the difficulties MiLB players face when it comes to securing in-season housing as well as a number of other issues that MiLB players are facing now, as well as some of Jeremy's suggestions for how that can be improved.

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College Podcast: Talking College Sports Business With Matt Brown Sep 01, 2021

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On this episode of the Baseball America College Podcast, presented by Rapsodo, Teddy Cahill and Joe Healy are joined by Matt Brown, proprietor of the Extra Points newsletter, which covers the business of college athletics, to discuss that topic and issues that might affect college baseball now or in the future.

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College Podcast: Mississippi State's Chris Lemonis On National Title Aug 26, 2021

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On this episode of the Baseball America College Podcast, presented by Rapsodo, Teddy Cahill and Joe Healy are joined by Mississippi State coach Chris Lemonis to look back on his team's national title in 2021, discuss the performances that made lifting the trophy possible and take a peek ahead at fall practice, which is just around the corner.

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Draft, International, Minors and Majors Talk Aug 25, 2021

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Kyle Glaser and JJ Cooper discuss the top of the 2022 High School draft class, bounce over to which Olympic stars could see their way to the States in upcoming years, then look at the breakout prospects of 2021 and wrap up with a look at which teams had the best and worst trade deadlines, now that we have nearly a month of post-trade data.

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Organization Talent Rankings Aug 20, 2021

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JJ Cooper and Matt Eddy get together to talk about our newly released midseason Organization Talent Rankings. We take a look at every team in our Top 5, and then look at some of the other notable rankings including the Rays, Marlins, Cubs, Astros and White Sox.

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College Podcast: Louisiana Tech's Lane Burroughs On Breakout 2021 Aug 19, 2021

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On this episode of the Baseball America College Podcast, presented by Rapsodo, Teddy Cahill and Joe Healy are joined by Louisiana Tech coach Lane Burroughs to discuss his team's breakout 2021 season, the opening of the new "Love Shack" in Ruston, fan support for the Bulldogs and where he'd like to see his program grow from here.

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College Podcast: New Cal State Fullerton Coach Jason Dietrich Aug 11, 2021

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On this episode of the Baseball America College Podcast, presented by Rapsodo, Teddy Cahill and Joe Healy are joined by new Cal State Fullerton coach Jason Dietrich to discuss his excitement about taking over a historic program, what he gained from the last two seasons spent at East Carolina, his history coaching under some of the great coaches in college baseball and his take on the strength of the Big West now that he's returning to the conference after some time spent away from it.

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How The Red Sox Scouted And Signed Jarren Duran Aug 06, 2021

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Red Sox special assistant Justin Horowitz joins the podcast to talk about the process of scouting and signing Jarren Duran in 2018, and how Duran went from a light-hitting second baseman in college to a power-hitting center fielder as a professional.

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