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Starting The Hype Train For 2026 Shortstops Jacob Lombard & Grady Emerson Oct 25, 2024

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Carlos and Peter hop on the draft podcast to talk about Peter’s first experience at Jupiter. The standout players for him were the top-ranked high school players of the 2026 class: Grady Emerson and Jacob Lombard. What makes them so dynamic and exciting?

After that Peter talks through a number of 2025 outfielders who impressed in some form or fashion before hitting on a few pitchers of note and the two close out the show with quick thoughts on the World Series.

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(0:00) Intro
(7:00) Jacob Lombard
(14:45) Grady Emerson
(21:00) 2025 hitters who stood out at Jupiter
(31:00) 2025 pitchers who stood out at Jupiter
(38:00) World Series thoughts

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The Big Event: Dodgers-Yankees BA World Series Preview Oct 24, 2024

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A clash of the titans has Baseball America's JJ Cooper and Geoff Pontes excited. In our World Series preview, we look at how this is the matchup of heavyweights from the 2024 season, complete with lineups stuffed with MVP caliber players.

We also take a look at how these bullpens were developed differently, why the Dodgers' lack of starting pitching may not be as much of a problem as expected and who we think is going to win it all.

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(1:45) A star-studded matchup
(6:45) Two less-than-heralded bullpens
(16:50) Dodgers’ pitching situation
(26:30) Picking a winner

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Fantasy Podcast: Breaking Down An Early-Season 'Draft Champions' Draft For 2025 Oct 22, 2024

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Dylan just can't turn the robot off! This week on the Baseball America fantasy podcast hosts Dylan White and Geoff Pontes discuss Dylan's first Draft Champions draft of the 2025 season. We walk through Dylan's prep, his early round strategy and overall roster building approach throughout the episode.

(2:00) World Series Excitement.
(8:00) AFL Breakouts Zyhir Hope and Josue Briceno. How do we value you them this offseason in fantasy.
(11:00) Break.
(12:00) Prepping for a DC early in the offseason.
(15:00) First 6 Picks.
(26:00) Spencer Schwellenbach.
(29:00) Good run in rounds 7-10.
(31:00) Kumar Rocker in the 19th round.

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Fall Classic Preview & Young Catchers Revolution? | Hot Sheet Show Ep. 30 Oct 21, 2024

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On this week's Hot Sheet Show, JJ Cooper, Geoff Pontes & Scott Braun discuss how the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers built their organizations and manifested this World Series appearance. Plus, we look back at the LCS round and wonder if there is there a youth catching movement underway.

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(1:15) How the Yankees & Dodgers built their WS teams
(11:35) Lessons learned from LCS teams
(16:00) Is having two large-revenue teams in the WS bad for baseball?
(26:00) Young catcher revolution

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Where Are The Rays Going To Play Oct 17, 2024

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The Tampa Bay Rays Tropicana Field home saw its roof ripped off during landfall of Hurricane Milton. That leaves a lot of questions and very few clear answers about what's going to happen for the Rays for 2025 and beyond. To get a sense of what could happen, Baseball America's Matt Eddy and JJ Cooper talked with special guest Marc Topkin, BA's Rays correspondent and the beat writer for the Rays for the Tampa Bay Times.

In this podcast, Topkin explains what happened, what are the remaining unknowns and the possible options for where the Rays could play. Topkin in his reporting has already spelled out that the Rays know they won't be back at the Trop for Opening Day 2025.

To read more about this situation, here's Topkin's very detailed story.

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90th Percentile: Could A College Promotion/Relegation System Work? Oct 17, 2024

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This week on the 90th Percentile Geoff introduces a radical idea to remake the college sports system and create a new competitive landscape. Before we dive into this week's main topic we have a deep discussion about some of the standout meals from Geoff's recent AFL trip.

(2:00) ALCS and NLCS.

(13:00) Best Eats In The Arizona Fall League.

(26:00) Should College Conferences go to a promotion/relegation system?

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Ethan Salas, Tre Phelps Interviews; AFL Standouts | Hot Sheet Show Ep. 29 Oct 16, 2024

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We have a pair of really fun conversations today. Ethan Salas, MLB's No. 17 prospect, joins us live from the Arizona Fall League to talk hitting, the Padres' playoff run and how he's preparing to one day join them. We also talk to Georgia star Tre Phelps, one of the better prospects in the 2025 draft, about the Bulldogs' stadium renovations, the longest home run he ever hit and why he thinks former teammate Charlie Condon is on a hall of fame trajectory.

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(1:05) Geoff Pontes names his early Arizona Fall League standouts
(8:15) Tre Phelps joins
(18:50) Ethan Salas joins

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Fantasy Podcast: Arizona Fall League Standouts And Underrated Roboscout Pitching Targets Oct 15, 2024

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On this week's episode of the Baseball America Fantasy Podcast, Geoff and Dylan discuss Geoff's recent trip to the Arizona Fall League. They cover a handful of players trending upward who are worth your attention in fantasy, before discussing some pitchers Roboscout views as underrated.

(3:00) Zyhir Hope

(6:00) Kemp Alderman

(10:00) Peyton Williams

(14:00) Connor Phillips

(20:00) Thayron Liranzo

(23:00) Josue Briceno

(26:00) Tre' Morgan

(30:00) K.C. Hunt

(33:00) Ben Shields

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A Smorgasbord Of Prep Shortstops In The 2025 Draft Class Oct 11, 2024

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Carlos and Peter talk through one of the most exciting draft demographics there is: high school shortstops! There are plenty to talk about in the 2025 draft class compared to 2024. In today's episode the two break down the offensive and defensive profiles of seven potential first rounders.

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(0:00) Intro
(4:00) Billy Carlson
(12:30) Kayson Cunningham
(20:30) Eli Willits
(27:30) Brady Ebel
(33:00) Sean Gamble
(38:00) Coy James
(45:00) Lucas Franco

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Cooper Ingle joins; Andrew Painter added to AFL | Hot Sheet Show Ep. 28 Oct 08, 2024

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On this week’s Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper and Ben Badler dished on the Guardians/Tigers series and how these AL Central teams built themselves for the postseason before welcoming a piece of the Guardians’ future as a guest in minor league catcher Cooper Ingle.

After some really good, in-depth intel on catching and performance from Cooper, talk moves to the Arizona Fall League.

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(1:00) How Detroit built a playoff team
(5:15) How Cleveland built a playoff team
(6:45) Cooper Ingle joins the show
(21:30) Arizona Fall League
(27:00) Viewer question about the Angels’ AFL prospects

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