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College Podcast: Reviewing The 2025 Season & 2026 Predictions Jun 23, 2025

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Baseball America college baseball writers Jacob Rudner and Peter Flaherty convened to look back on the rollercoaster of the 2025 college baseball season, LSU's march to glory and Coastal Carolina's historic season. Rudner and Flaherty also broke down their final Top 25 of the season and made way-too-early predictions for the 2026 national title.

(2:57) LSU's incredible run

(13:50) What made Coastal great? Is it sustainable?

(27:28) Non-Omaha teams that impressed

(38:01) Final Top 25 breakdown

(44:30) Way-to-early 2026 national championship predictions

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Rising, Falling MLB Farm Systems So Far In 2025 Jun 18, 2025

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On this week's Prospect Podcast, JJ Cooper and Geoff Pontes take a look at three farm systems that have made strides in the first half of the season and one that's headed in the wrong direction.

(00:00) JJ's back from a baseball vacation

(03:15) The Blue Jays are better and deeper

(09:00) The Tigers are rolling at every level

(19:30) The Mets pitching development has made strides

(24:30) It's been bleak for a while for the Angels, but it's getting worse

(33:45) The best basestealer in the minors

(37:00) The craziest hitting stat in MiLB

(42:30) Geoff's Prospect Soapbox is a Red Sox's hitter

(45:00) JJ's Prospect Soapbox is a look at at Tigers' bounce back

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Red Sox Trade Rafael Devers To The Giants | Hot Sheet Show Ep. 60 Jun 16, 2025

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On this week's Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Geoff Pontes and Scott Braun unpack the Red Sox trading Rafael Devers to the Giants.

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(0:30) Initial reactions to the trade
(7:45) Digging into the prospect return: James Tibbs & Jose Bello
(13:15) Did the Red Sox get enough back in the deal?
(17:50) Breaking down the trade from the Giants' perspective
(21:10) How Devers fits with SF
(24:00) Will the Sox sign their prospect core long-term now?
(25:15) Will Boston make another move this season?
(27:00) Aidan Miller

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College World Series Day 3 Reactions: Arizona Eliminated, Coastal One Win From Title Series Jun 16, 2025

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Baseball America national college reporter Jacob Rudner breaks down Day 3 of the College World Series from Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, where Louisville defeated Arizona 8-3 to eliminate the Wildcats and Coastal Carolina beat Oregon State 6-2 to advance to the semifinals.

(1:34) Louisville vs. Arizona

(4:04) Coastal Carolina vs. Oregon State

(7:20) A look ahead at Day 4

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College World Series Day 2 Reactions: UCLA Freezes Murray State Run, Kade Anderson Dazzles Jun 15, 2025

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Baseball America college baseball writers Jacob Rudner and Peter Flaherty offer their reactions to the Day 2 action at the 2025 College World Series in Omaha, where UCLA defeated Murray State 6-4 and LSU beat Arkansas 4-1.

(0:58) Day 2 in Review

(4:13) UCLA vs. Murray State recap

(8:43) Breaking down UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky

(13:01) Answering viewer questions

(18:21) Kade Anderson's dominance

(23:06) Will LSU win it all?

(26:14) Previewing Day 3

(30:24) Final thoughts

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College World Series Day 1 Reactions: Oregon State, Coastal Carolina Open With Wins in Omaha Jun 14, 2025

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Baseball America college baseball writers Jacob Rudner and Peter Flaherty break down Day 1 action from the College World Series in Omaha. Oregon State and Coastal Carolina advanced to the winner's bracket with victories over Louisville and Arizona, respectively.

(4:23) Coastal Carolina vs. Arizona

(11:16) Oregon State vs. Louisville

(18:08) Louisville outlook

(20:37) Answering viewer questions

(23:42) Looking ahead to Day 2

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Mock Draft 4.0: Uncertainty, Helium Names & Pool vs. Pick Capital Jun 13, 2025

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Carlos and Peter hop on the draft podcast to talk about the fourth edition of the BA mock draft for the 2025 class. The two talk about the process, the players moving up, the challenging plates to place and a fun theoretical question about whether teams would prefer pick capital or bonus pool capital if they had the choice.

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Time Stamps

(4:00) Kade Anderson up top
(6:30) The uncertainty of the mock
(13:00) Ike Irish inside the top 10
(17:00) Brendan Summerhill’s well rounded profile
(19:30) JoJo Parker helium
(24:00) Would you rather have pool money or pick capital?
(34:30) Gage Wood and the next tier of college arms
(38:00) Caden Bodine; Luke Stevenson vs. Jace LaViolette
(46:30) Orioles draft strategy
(48:00) Surprising picks or players left out?

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Roman Anthony and Jacob Misiorowski Called Up, ACL Standouts and Red Sox Breaking Ball Usage Jun 11, 2025

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This week on the Prospect Podcast Geoff Pontes fills in for J.J. Cooper and is joined by fellow prospect writer Jesus Cano. The two discuss the recent promotions of Roman Anthony and Jacob Misiorowski, before diving into a trio of players that have the Arizona complexes buzzing. It's a packed show this week!

(4:30) Roman Anthony callup

(12:00) Is Bubba Chandler next?

(14:00) Chase Burns ETA

(16:00) Andrew Painter ETA

(21:00) Brewers promote Jacob Misiorowski.

(24:30) Aregnis Cayama (Giants)

(30:00) Tyson Lewis (Reds)

(35:00) Enyervert Perez (D-Backs)

(39:00) Geoff's prospect soapbox, Red Sox heavy breaking ball usage

(43:00) Jesus’ prospect soapbox on Sal Stewart

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College Podcast: College World Series Preview and Predictions with Chris Lemonis Jun 10, 2025

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Baseball America college writers Jacob Rudner and Peter Flaherty are joined by 2021 national champion head coach Chris Lemonis to break down super regional action and make College World Series prediction. Rudner, Flaherty and Lemonis talked the eight team field, scouting top draft prospects and much more.

(0:35) Super regional review with Chris Lemonis

(7:15) College World Series preview with Chris Lemonis

(15:30) Scouting top draft prospects

(24:24) The impact of NIL and portal

(28:25) Are college exit velos out of control?

(32:00) Chris Lemonis’ pick to win it all

(33:00) Coastal vs. Arizona

(34:33) Oregon State vs. Louisville

(37:38) UCLA vs. Murray State

(39:43) LSU vs. Arkansas

(41:13) Flaherty and Rudner make picks to win it all

(42:28) Picks to Click

(47:50) Final thoughts

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Roman Anthony Called Up, MLB Mock Draft 4.0 & Brody Hopkins Joins | Hot Sheet Show Ep. 59 Jun 09, 2025

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On this week's Hot Sheet Show, Geoff Pontes, Carlos Collazo, Jacob Rudner, Jesús Cano and Scott Braun welcome Rays pitching prospect Brody Hopkins.

We also break down BA's Mock Draft 4.0 and explain why competing college pitchers still have room to improve their draft stocks during super regionals and the College World Series. Plus, we offer some live reaction to the Red Sox calling up baseball's top prospect, Roman Anthony.

Time Stamps

(0:40) What will the Nationals do with the 1-1 pick?
(3:30) Who can use the CWS to make a draft board leap?
(6:40) Bats catching Carlos' eye
(8:30) This draft has good offensive depth
(10:15) Rays RHP Brody Hopkins joins
(23:45) Roman Anthony called up to Boston

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