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Learning Lessons From Previous Drafts & Impact 2025 Arms To Know Aug 30, 2024

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Carlos and Peter hop on the draft podcast to talk about a medley of different draft topics and draft classes. The two talk about Rhett Lowder’s promotion to the majors and how his career has thus far panned out as expected and also talk through the recent heater that Cubs 2024 first-rounder Cam Smith has been on.

The two then talk about lessons learned from previous drafts and draft prospects, including how to deal with anchoring biases and weighting performance, prospect fatigue and over- or under-reacting to changes in player performance and tools.

The show closes with some conversation about a handful of the top 2025 prospects in the class, including South Carolina’s Ethan Petry and a 1-2 pitching punch of Tyler Bremner (UC Santa Barbara) and Jamie Arnold (Florida State).

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Time Stamps

(3:00) Rhett Lowder’s big league promotion
(10:00) Cam Smith on a heater
(18:30) Post-hype prospects & prospect fatigue
(20:00) Adrian Del Castillo
(25:00) Chase Dollander
(29:00) Dylan Crews
(34:00) Ethan Petry
(39:00) Tyler Bremner vs. Jamie Arnold

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Marcelo Mayer Injury Concerns, Early 2025 Seth Hernandez Draft Buzz | Hot Sheet Show Ep. 22 Aug 28, 2024

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Top Red Sox prospect Marcelo Mayer likely won't finish a season healthy for the second consecutive year. Is this a long-term concern? Scott Braun, J.J. Cooper and Geoff Pontes kick off the show talking Red Sox prospects before transitioning into September callups we'd like to see. Then Carlos Collazo joins the show to discuss early 2025 draft buzz, including a prep pitcher who has the potential to be better than any arm in the 2024 class.

Time Stamps

(1:00) How concerned are we with Marcelo Mayer’s injury history?
(4:00)The Red Sox now have a Big Four. Who reaches Boston first?
(7:15) What September callups do we most want to see?
(11:30) Geoff details his recent conversation with top pick Travis Bazzana
(16:45) Why Carlos is really excited about 2025 RHP Seth Hernandez in the draft
(23:00) Answering fan questions!

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Fantasy Podcast: Stashes And Targets For 2025 Keeper And Redraft Aug 27, 2024

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Dylan returns to the fantasy baseball podcast after two weeks in a remote location learning the secrets of roto from fantasy zen masters. Upon his return Dylan shares in his enlightenment as he whispers the secrets he's learned. In reality we talk a bunch of recent news as well as some top names to know for keeper and redraft leagues in 2024.

Dylan Crews and the Nationals future 3:00
Jaison Chourio and Marcelo Mayer injury 15:00
BREAK
Emmanuel Rodriguez - 21:00
Kristian Campbell 25:00
Edgar Quero 29:00
Roman Anthony 31;00
Dalton Rushing 39:00
Brandon Birdsell 41:00
Quinn Mathews 46:00
Caden Dana 49:00
Bubba Chandler 51:00
Kumar Rocker 54:00
Sleepers 58:00

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90th Percentile: An Expanded Relationship w/ Independent Leagues Aug 26, 2024

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Since the shrinking of the minor leagues post-2020, independent baseball leagues are playing a larger role in the development picture. We ask if a non-affiliated Independent minor league team would offer a benefit to the minor league structure. We draw from the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League who played the 2023-24 season as an independent team prior to gaining afflation with the Carolina Hurricanes. We discuss how that would work and why it would offer players a viable showcase opportunity against affiliated players.

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Dylan Crews Set For MLB Debut Against The Yankees | Prospect Profile Aug 23, 2024

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The Nationals are planning to call up Dylan Crews, according to MLB Network Radio's Grant Paulsen. Crews is set to debut against the Yankees (and Juan Soto) on Monday. Here's a quick primer on everything you need to know about MLB's No. 4 prospect.

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Hot 2024 Draft Debuts + Summer Standouts For 2025 Aug 23, 2024

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Carlos and Peter hop on the draft podcast to talk about notable early pro debuts from the 2024 draft class. Who’s been hotter than Christian Moore? Are we more excited about buying into a first base profile after what we’ve seen from Nick Kurtz? Can anyone slow down the Angels with their aggressive pushing of prospects? Are we concerned about Charlie Condon’s strikeouts?

After that the two pivot towards college talk for the 2025 class. Peter breaks down some of the most impressive players he saw in the Cape Cod League and then talks about his Top 100 Transfer portal rankings. This leads to a discussion about college baseball’s added scholarships and then to close the show the two talk about notable high school standouts from the summer, specifically from the annual East Coast Pro.

Time Stamps

(2:00) Christian Moore and Nick Kurtz
(9:00) David Mershon
(11:00) Derek Clark
(13:00) Charlie Condon struggles
(16:30) Aiva Arquette
(18:40) Nick Dumesnil
(20:00) Ethan Conrad
(21:00) What was the Cape’s talent level this year?
(24:00) Joey Volchko as the top arm for 2026?
(25:30) Brandon Compton
(27:00) Murf Gray
(29:00) Transfer Portal talk
(33:00) College scholarships for players
(42:00) High School standouts from this summer and the East Coast Pro

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College Baseball's Scholarship Conundrum, Chandler Simpson's Historic Year & More | Hot Sheet Show Ep. 21 Aug 20, 2024

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Today's Hot Sheet Show dives deep on a pair of under-the-radar prospects in extremely smart organizations who could soon make big league impacts. We also welcome Matt Pajak of the 90th Percentile Podcast to explain the current crisis facing high school baseball seniors as college baseball's recruiting landscape transforms in an era of 34 scholarships and the transfer portal.

(0:00) J.J. defends one-knee catching

(3:15) Can Chandler Simpson steal 100 bases in the big leagues one day?

(10:30) Brewers reliever Craig Yoho has a ridiculous changeup

(16:00) Is this the worst time ever to be a senior high school baseball player?

(20:00) How will teams allocate their transfer and NIL resources?

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Fantasy Podcast: Talking Strategy W/ Dan Greenberg Aug 20, 2024

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This week on the Baseball America Fantasy Podcast we welcome on Dan Greenberg to talk dynasty strategy heading into the last month of the season, as well as offseason planning. Dan is an experienced dynasty manger that loves to dive into strategy, and we pick his brain on some potential buys and sells heading into next season.

Intro 0:00 - 1:45

Hunter Greene 1:45 - 4:00

Freddie Freeman 4:00 - 7:00

Austin Riley 7:00 - 10:00

Alex Bregman 10:00 - 13:00

Peter Fairbanks 13:00 - 17:00

Jared Jones 17:00 - 22:00

Tyler Glasnow 22:00 - 26:00

Jacob Wilson 26:00 - 30:00

Connor Norby 30:00 - 34:00

Break

Older players to target late this season 35:00 - 40:00

Bounce back players coming off injury or poor performance 40:00 - 48:00

Young MLB players with playing time concerns 48:00 - 55:00

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90th Percentile: Evaluating Top Speed in MLB Draft Prospects Aug 16, 2024

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This week on the 90th Percentile we lean heavily into host Matt Pajak's expertise and discuss evaluating top speed, athleticism and it's impact on tools as players age. Matt's work with Loden Sports has been at the forefront of evaluating athleticism and on this episode we dive into why athleticism and particularly the run tool is important.

Introduction 0:00 - 4:00

Evaluating Speed: 4:00 - 7:00

60 Yard Dash and Home to First: 7:00 - 16:00

Top Speed and it's benefits 16:00 - 26:00

Break 26:00

X Axis of force velocity curve: 27:00 - 35:00

Top speed atrophies as players age: 35:00 - 44:00

The Nolan Arenado example: 44:00 - 49:00

What accelerates atrophy?: 49:00 - 52:00

Hit Tool Players vs. Size, Athleticism and Tools: 52:00 - 63:00

Colt Emerson vs. Walker Martin: 63:00 - 67:00

The Brent Rooker Example: 67:00 - 70:00

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State of the Organization: NL West Teams Aug 15, 2024

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Now that the trade and draft signing deadlines have passed, JJ Cooper and Geoff Pontes are looking at each and every MLB organization and how they are faring. We're focusing on the state of the farm system, but we're also looking at how the big league club has met or failed to meet expectations as well. Did your team clean up at the deadline? We talk about and we look at whether there are some farm system success stories to build around.

(03:10) Arizona D-Backs

(17:30) Colorado Rockies

(31:00) Los Angeles Dodgers

(49:30) San Diego Padres

(59:59) San Francisco Giants

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