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Breaking Down Arsenal Changes For MLB Draft Arms Apr 09, 2025

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Peter and Carlos hop on the draft podcast and talk through Wake Forest outfielder Ethan Conrad’s season-ending shoulder surgery before getting into the weeds on pitchers. The two talk about arsenal changes, usage patterns and stuff jumps for a number of college arms who could go in the first few rounds of the draft, including a pair of LSU starters, a lefty reliever turned legitimate three-pitch starter and the latest Wake Forest transfer and success story.

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(1:00) Wake Forest OF Ethan Conrad
(9:00) Getting Arsenal Analysis
(10:00) LSU RHP Anthony Eyanson
(15:00) Wake Forest RHP Logan Lunceford
(20:00) Texas LHP Jared Spencer
(27:00) LSU LHP Kade Anderson

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College Podcast: A New No. 1 Tops the Poll, Reassessing Our Preseason Award Selections Apr 08, 2025

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Baseball America College Writers Jacob Rudner and Peter Flaherty discuss the second in-season change at No. 1 in the Top 25 with Arkansas claiming the top spot in Week 9. Rudner and Flaherty also look back at their preseason award predictions and reassess the frontrunners at the midway point in the season.

(1:48) Arkansas claims No. 1

(9:57) Where Florida State stands

(16:23) Wake Forest’s big week and a critical injury

(21:42) One big takeaway from the first half of the season

(25:51) Re-picking national awards

(39:00) ACC midseason awards

(42:35) SEC midseason awards

(45:20) Big 12 midseason awards

(49:12) Big Ten midseason awards

(53:13) Picks to Click

(57:35) Final thoughts

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Fantasy Podcast: Guidelines To Follow In Dynasty Baseball Apr 08, 2025

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The Baseball America Fantasy Podcast returns for another week and we're talking strategy this week on the show. Host Dylan White breaks down some important guidelines to follow for dynasty managers. We also talk all the news and notes of the last week in MLB and the minors.

(1:00) Vladimir Guerrero Jr. contract reaction.
(8:00) Chase Burns debut reaction
(20:00) Nick Kurtz is on fire.
(28:00) Chase Dollander debut
(32:00) George Kirby timeline.
(34:00) Thomas Saggese callup
(41:00) Tyler Soderstrom breakout is this real?
(45:00) Most important guidelines to follow in dynasty.

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Nick Kurtz's Hot Start, Top 100 Prospects Update & Best Minor League Pitching Prospects | Hot Sheet Show Ep. 50 Apr 07, 2025

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On this week's Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Geoff Pontes and Jesús Cano react to Athletics No. 1 prospect Nick Kurtz mashing in Triple-A and the updated Top 100 Prospects list.

Is Reds No. 2 prospect Chase Burns the best pitching prospect in the minor leagues? Plus, we grade today’s Red Sox/Brewers trade.

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(1:15) Nick Kurtz tops the Hot Sheet
(10:30) April updates to the Top 100 Prospects list
(16:30) Brewers trade Yophery Rodriguez to the Red Sox for Quinn Priester
(22:45) Thoughts on Bryce Eldridge
(23:20) Nestor German & J.T. Ginn
(25:10) Geoff's thoughts on Chase Burns
(28:20) Jesús' thoughts on Bubba Chandler

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Jack Bauer’s 102-mph Fastball Adds To Deep Lefty Draft Class Apr 04, 2025

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Carlos and Peter hop on the draft show to talk about all the latest movers and shakers in the 2025 draft. The two lament Texas outfielder Max Belyeu’s thumb injury, then get into how insane Illinois lefthander Jack Bauer’s velocity surge has been this spring. The two try and work their way through their lefty preferences on the board, then talk about the insane season that Florida State shortstop Alex Lodise is in the midst of, as well as other college risers like Kyle Lodise (Georgia Tech) and Charles Davalan (Arkansas).

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(1:00) Max Belyeu injury
(5:00) Jack Bauer
(15:00) Continued LHP talk
(28:00) Alex Lodise
(32:00) Kyle Lodise
(37:00) Charles Davalan

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Prospect Podcast: Nick Kurtz, Roman Anthony, Jac Caglianone, Luis Mey And More Apr 02, 2025

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We know you enjoyed the Prospect Deep Dives, so we're going to podcast about MLB Prospects every Wednesday. Geoff Pontes and JJ Cooper are back from spring training trips, so we can't wait to share what we saw.

(00:00) What's news this week (Nick Kurtz, Roman Anthony)

(13:08) Prospect Deep Dive On Pirates OF Konnor Griffin

(23:30) Prospect Deep Dive on Royals 1B Jac Caglianone

(30:30) JJ is excited by Reds RP Luis Mey

(35:00) Geoff is excited about Blue Jays OF Alan Roden

(39:00) What we're looking forward to prospect wise this week

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College Podcast: Breaking Down Georgia's Meteoric Rise, Texas Injury News Apr 01, 2025

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Baseball America College Writers Jacob Rudner and Peter Flaherty take a closer look at No. 4 Georgia’s historic season, how injuries could impact No. 3 Texas and break down concerns about preseason-No. 7 Florida. Rudner and Flaherty also welcome No. 23 Kansas and No. 25 Virginia Tech to the rankings, breaking down each.

(2:09) A closer look at No. 4 Georgia

(11:35) What to make of No. 11 North Carolina

(20:51) How might injuries impact No. 3 Texas

(27:20) Concern about Florida

(33:27) Virginia Tech’s path to the Top-25

(38:09) How Kansas reached the rankings

(44:00) Picks to Click

(48:47) Final thoughts and Hawaii news

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Fantasy Podcast: Opening Weekend Overreactions And Updates Apr 01, 2025

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Baseball is officially back which means we have actual games that mean something to talk about this week on the Baseball America Fantasy Podcast. Hosts Geoff Pontes and Dylan White discuss some of the news over baseball's opening weekend and dig into some early noteworthy performances and some overreactions.

(2:00) Kristian Campbell settling in nicely.
(6:00) Gleyber Torres injured
(9:00) Josh Jung Injury
(10:00) Reynaldo Lopez placed on IL for shoulder inflammation.
(13:00) Jurickson Profar PED suspension.
(15:00) Eury Perez ready to face hitters
(17:00) Garrett Crochet signs six year $170 million.
(19:00) Cash in your Drake Baldwin shares? Sean Murphy starts a rehab assignment this week.
(21:00) Colton Cowser broken thumb out 6-8 weeks.
(23:00) Crazy overreactions from the opening weekend.
(24:00) Kristian Campbell is voted an AL All-Star
(25:00) Cristopher Sanchez receives Cy Young votes.
(26:00) Dylan Crews gets demoted to Triple-A at some point.
(27:00) Kyle Manzardo finishes as top five first baseman.
(30:00) Aaron Judge hits 70 home runs in 2025.
(31:00) Bo Bichette lead the AL batting

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Could A Prep Righthander Go No. 1 In MLB Draft & Roki Sasaki Struggles | Hot Sheet Show Ep. 49 Apr 01, 2025

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On this week's Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Geoff Pontes and Carlos Collazo break down Baseball America's first Staff Draft of the 2025 cycle, which features righthander high school pitcher Seth Hernandez going No. 1 overall.

Could a prep righty really go at the top? Which other candidates could go 1-1 with all the usual names scuffling?

We also discuss Roki Sasaki's struggles to start his Dodgers career and Roman Anthony's hot start at Triple-A.

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(1:15) Could Seth Hernandez be the No. 1 overall pick?
(8:30) Safest pick to go 1-1
(11:00) Other Staff Draft picks that stood out
(12:30) Are we worried about Roki Sasaki?
(19:35) Roman Anthony impresses early

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90th Percentile: The Yankees Torpedo Bats Are Taking The Game By Storm Mar 31, 2025

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This past weekend, the Yankees hit nine home runs in a game against the Brewers. During the broadcast, the Yankees broadcast explained how several of the team's players were swinging bats with unusually-shaped barrels. Since that breakout game, more details on the Yankees' "torpedo bats" have come to light.

Today on the 90th Percentile we discuss what we know and how they may not be as new as you think.

(3:00) What are the Torpedo Bats?

(6:00) Which players are using the torpedo bats on the Yankees?

(8:00) Giancarlo Stanton's triumph and... pain?

(13:00) Impacts on bat speed.

(18:00) Is this the first sign of hitting evolving in the training and information space?

(22:00) The impetus for adjustments by hitters

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