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The First Mock Draft Of The 2025 Season Mar 14, 2025

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Carlos and Peter discuss the first in-season mock draft of the 2025 cycle on today’s draft podcast. Peter gives his reactions to where players went, the two discuss the up/down movement of the class and talk through a few compelling positional battles, including a top-10 cluster of shortstops and a mid-round group of college pitchers.

See the complete mock draft here: https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2025-mlb-mock-draft-1-0-anonymous-scout-analyzes-top-40-picks/

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Time Stamps

(3:00) Peter’s thoughts on the mock draft
(4:30) Tyler Bremner going 2 and other options after Jamie Arnold
(7:00) Trying to separate the shortstops in the top 10
(14:00) The first pick that surprised us
(17:30) Xavier Neyens vs. Ethan Holliday
(20:00) Steele Hall’s huge rise
(25:00) Max Belyeu vs. Cam Cannarella
(32:00) College pitchers on the rise

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Fantasy Podcast: March Dynasty Top 500 Updates Mar 13, 2025

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The Dynasty Top 500 underwent its first significant update of the season and hosts Geoff Pontes and Dylan White are here to talk about it. On this week's show they discuss some of the risers and fallers on the list. As well as touching on lots of recent injury news bound to impact dynasty managers.

(1:00) Backfield action in Florida

(2:30) Gerrit Cole news

(4:00) Will Warren breakout

(6:00) Grayson Rodriguez and George Kirby Injuries.

(7:30) Are Strider and Eury Perez trade targets?

(11:00) Francisco Alvarez injury.

(15:00) Matt Shaw Breaks Camp

(16:00) Young players rising up the ranks.

(19:00) Chandler Simpson

(21:00) Cam Smith surging

(24:00) The Drake Baldwin question

(28:00) Marco Luciano and Noelvi Marte down arrow players

(31:00) Pitching breakouts

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2025 MLB Mock Draft Version 1 With Carlos Collazo Mar 13, 2025

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Carlos Collazo and JJ Cooper discuss the first in-season mock draft of 2025. Carlos did a mock with a MLB scout, and they alternated picks. We discuss the first 11 picks.

(00:00) How this class shapes up

(04:30) Pick #1, Washington Nationals

(06:00) Pick # 2, Los Angeles Angels

(07:10) Pick # 3, Seattle Mariners

(11:00) Pick # 4, Colorado Rockies

(13:30) Pick # 5, St. Louis Cardinals

(15:00) Pick # 6, Pittsburgh Pirates

(16:30) Pick # 7, Miami Marlins

(18:00) Pick # 8, Toronto Blue Jays

(21:00) Pick # 9, Cincinnati Reds

(22:00) Pick #10, Chicago White Sox

(24:30) Pick #11, Athletics

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Scouting Every AL West No. 1 Prospect For 2025 Mar 12, 2025

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We're going deep on each of the top prospects in the AL West. The guys explain how each respective player climbed to No. 1 in their system, run through their scouting reports and lay out what you should expect in 2025.

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(0:00) -- Kumar Rocker, Rangers

(9:10) -- Caden Dana, Angels

(18:50) -- Cam Smith, Astros

(30:50 -- Colt Emerson, Mariners

(42:25) -- Nick Kurtz, Athletics

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College Podcast: Previewing Conference Play and Breaking Down Top 25 Newcomers Mar 11, 2025

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Baseball America College Writers Jacob Rudner and Peter Flaherty discuss the start of conference play, teams boosting their stock and Top 25 newcomers Stanford and Louisville. Rudner and Flaherty also take a closer look at what Virginia, Oklahoma State and Texas A&M need to do to get their seasons back on track.

(2:20) Strength of Week 5 midweek schedule

(4:46) Breaking down the top six

(12:51) Big week ahead for No. 6 Florida

(19:02) Breaking down North Carolina vs. Stanford

(26:31) Welcoming Louisville to the Top 25

(31:48) Breaking down Virginia’s drop to No. 19

(36:22) It’s time to worry about Texas A&M

(43:30) Why Oklahoma State fell out of the rankings

(46:36) Picks to Click

(50:41) Final thoughts

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MLB Mock Draft 1.0 & Fantasy Baseball Draft Season | Hot Sheet Show Ep. 46 Mar 11, 2025

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On this week's Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Carlos Collazo, Geoff Pontes and Scott Braun react to BA's MLB mock draft of 2025 featuring big league scout analysis for every pick. Are scouts concerned with Jace LaViolette's slow start? Is there a clear-cut No. 1 pick?

We also preview the Top 500 dynasty ranking update dropping on the BA site Tuesday to get you ready for your fantasy draft. The discussion includes how to manage the recent pitching injuries to key names and which players have in-season momentum thanks to solid spring training performances.

Time Stamps

(1:00) Carlos breaks down his new mock draft

(2:45) Why this year's draft is hard to predict

(5:30) This draft has good depth

(8:35) Where will Jace LaViolette go?

(15:40) Updating the top 500 dynasty list

(17:20) Hitters Geoff is high on for 2025

(21:35) Pitchers Geoff is high on for 2025

(26:20) Injuries to big-name players

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Draft Risers: Gavin Kilen Homers At Will & Joseph Dzierwa Strikes Out The World Mar 07, 2025

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Carlos and Peter hop on the draft podcast to talk about some notable performers through the first three weeks of the season, led by Tennessee (slugger?) Gavin Kilen and Michigan State lefthander Joseph Dzierwa. They touch on a few other risers to know, plus Peter gives us an early preview of how the 2026 college class is shaping up.

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(1:00) Tennessee's Gavin Kilen
(13:40) Michigan State's Joseph Dzierwa
(19:00) Georgia's Brian Curley
(26:00) Miami's Griffin Hugus
(31:50) 2026 college class preview

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MLB Spring Breakout Prospect Games Preview Mar 06, 2025

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The 2025 Spring Breakout rosters have been announced, so Geoff Pontes, Josh Norris and JJ Cooper have gathered to help you get prepared for each and every game with looks at what top prospects and what lesser-know names you should pay attention to.

(00:00) Which are the best Spring Breakout Games?/Rays-Red Sox and Reds-Brewers preview

(06:13) Cubs-Dodgers Preview

(08:45) Cardinals-Marlins Preview

(12:40) Pirates-Phillies Preview

(15:42) Nationals-Astros Preview

(18:50) Padres-A's Preview

(22:30) Mariners-Guardians Preview

(25:40) Royals-D-Backs Preview

(28:20) Twins-Blue Jays Preview

(32:00) Yankees-Orioles Preview

(35:00) Rangers-Giants Preview

(38:40) Cubs-Angels Preview

(41:40) Braves-Tigers Preview

(44:50) Mets-Nationals Preview

(47:20) Rockies-White Sox Preview

(52:40) A little more Reds-Brewers talk

(55:40) Other spring training thoughts

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Fantasy Podcast: Early Spring Training Breakouts To Target Mar 05, 2025

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We're a few weeks into spring training and the early signs of breakouts are beginning to bloom. This week on the Baseball America Fantasy Baseball podcast we discuss a few names hosts Geoff Pontes and Dylan White are targeting heading into 2025.

(2:00) Chase DeLauter out 8-12 weeks
(5:00) Luis Gil Lat Injury
(7:00) Matt Vierling's injury opens up playing time for Jace Jung
(8:30) Ryan Weathers
(11:00) Brayan Rocchio
(15:00) Casey Mize
(18:00) Cristopher Sanchez
(20:00) Will Warren
(24:00) Kyle Hart
(26:00) Victor Robles

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Scouting Every NL West No. 1 Prospect For 2025 Mar 05, 2025

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We're going deep on each of the top prospects in the NL West. The guys explain how each respective player climbed to No. 1 in their system, run through their scouting reports and lay out what you should expect in 2025.

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(0:00) -- Roki Saksaki, Dodgers

(9:35) -- Bryce Eldridge, Giants

(19:25) -- Jordan Lawlar, Diamondbacks

(28:35) -- Leodalis De Vries, Padres

(38:20) -- Chase Dollander, Rockies

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