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Fantasy Podcast: First-Year Player Draft Rankings For 2025 Jul 24, 2025

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This week on the Baseball America Fantasy Podcast, Dylan and Geoff welcome college writer 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 a chance to be a 30+ home run bat.
(26:00) Steele Hall risk/reward.
(35:00) Jojo Parker and Gavin Fien hit tool and power.
(38:00) Seth Hernandez might have the highest upside in the draft?
(42:00) Eli Willits better for real life than fantasy.
(45:00) How fast could Kyson Witherspoon move?

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MLB Trade Deadline: Matching Fascinating Teams, Prospects Jul 23, 2025

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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 bad 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

(18:45) Why the Cubs should be aggressive

(21:45) Do the Dodgers or Cubs have better trade ammo to land pitching?

(26:30) A Dodgers pitching prospect to watch

(28:00) Would you trade Yankees prospect Spencer Jones in a deal?

(36:30) Would you trade Phillies prospect Justin Crawford in a deal?

(43:00) What would you do if you were running the Mariners?

(47:00) What would you do if you were running the Brewers?

(55:30) Which AL East team will help themselves the most?

(1:00:00) Analyzing a viewer's Rays-Guardians trade proposal

(1:04:00) What would you do if you ran the Guardians?

(1:09:15) What would you do if you ran the Braves?

(1:19:00) Geoff's Prospect Soapbox: Jace LaViolette

(1:27:00) JJ's Prospect Soapbox: Nate George

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College Podcast: Best Portal Classes, Way Too Early 2026 Preview Jul 22, 2025

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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

(34:34) Most underrated portal classes

(42:24) Adjusting the college baseball calendar

(52:00) Summer ball snippets

(56:41) Final thoughts

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Recapping MLB Draft Signings & Looking Ahead To 2026 | Hot Sheet Show Ep. 65 Jul 21, 2025

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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 and look ahead to the 2026 player crop.

We also discuss which top prospects are blocked at the big league level and might be on the move at the trade deadline.

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(0:45) Draft picks that have signed already
(4:30) Did the Nationals make the right pick at 1-1
(6:45) The Angels' Tyler Bremner pick
(9:30) The Orioles' draft class
(13:00) Will a 2025 draft pick make the big leagues in 2025?
(16:00) The Braves' draft class
(17:15) Looking ahead to 2026
(21:45) Do the Angels move pitchers quickly?
(23:00) Blocked MLB prospects
(27:15) Could a team trade for Jordan Lawlar?

We stream the Hot Sheet Show every Monday at 3:30 p.m. ET on YouTube.

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Reviewing EVERY 2025 MLB Draft Class | Future Projection Podcast Jul 19, 2025

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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.

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(12:00) Nationals
(21:00) Angels
(29:00) Mariners
(34:00) Rockies
(39:25) Cardinals
(42:55) Pirates
(47:30) Marlins
(49:50) Blue Jays
(52:30) Reds
(57:00) White Sox
(1:02:00) Athletics
(1:05:00) Rangers
(1:10:50) Giants
(1:14:25) Rays
(1:22:20) Red Sox
(1:26:40) Twins
(1:32:00) Cubs
(1:38:20) Diamondbacks
(1:35:30) Orioles
(1:49:20) Brewers
(1:53:30) Astros
(1:56:20) Braves
(2:02:15) Royals
(2:05:50) Tigers
(2:14:00) Padres
(2:16:15) Phillies
(2:21:00) Guardians
(2:27:00) Mets
(2:30:30) Yankees
(2:33:20) Dodgers

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Fantasy Podcast: Reviewing The 2025 Draft For Fantasy Jul 18, 2025

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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 Anderson
(13:00) Eli Willits
(16:00) Tyler Bremner
(19:00) Ethan Holliday
(23:00) Liam Doyle
(27:00) Seth Hernandez
(32:00) Aiva Arquette
(37:00) JoJo Parker
(40:00) Steele Hall
(44:00) Billy Carlson

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Why The Nationals Drafted Eli Willits No. 1 Overall & More MLB Draft Reactions | Hot Sheet Show Ep. 64 Jul 14, 2025

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On this week's Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Peter Flaherty and Scott Braun react to the 2025 MLB Draft. We share thoughts on a number of picks, including the Nationals' selection of Eli Willits in the 1-1 spot.

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(0:30) The state of the game—Futures Game & MLB Draft
(10:20) Peter's favorite picks from Day 1
(13:20) Why the Nationals took Eli Willits 1-1
(18:00) How teams view draft prospects' ages
(21:00) Tyler Bremner goes second overall to the Angels
(23:30) Red Sox pitching haul
(25:15) Nationals interim GM
(27:30) More picks we like

We stream the Hot Sheet Show every Monday at 3:30 p.m. ET on YouTube.

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Surprising Picks, Top Players & Day 1 MLB Draft Reactions Jul 14, 2025

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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.

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The Ultimate 2025 MLB Draft Preview Show Jul 11, 2025

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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 player debates.

Whether you’re a full-fledged draftnik or just want some insight on what your team might do, this podcast should have you covered for draft day.

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Time Stamps:

(2:10) Nationals
(17:30) Angels
(24:50) Mariners
(32:30) Rockies
(37:15) Cardinals
(43:30) Pirates
(50:00) Marlins
(1:01:45) Reds
(1:07:00) White Sox
(1:13:30) A’s
(1:15:00) Rangers
(1:22:00) Giants
(1:25:00) Rays
(1:29:20) Red Sox
(1:33:00) Twins
(1:39:30) Cubs
(1:44:00) D-backs
(1:50:00) Orioles
(1:57:30) Brewers
(2:01:00) Braves
(2:06:00) Royals
(2:09:30) Tigers
(2:12:00) Padres
(2:16:30) Phillies
(2:22:20) Guardians
(2:30:25) Mets
(2:35:00) Yankees
(2:40:00) Dodgers

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MLB Draft Stats To Know Jul 11, 2025

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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 pre-draft stats bonanza to share insights and draft stats you probably didn't know.

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