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Opening Day Beckons Mar 30, 2022

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On the latest Pipeline Podcast, Jim Callis, Sam Dykstra and Jason Ratliff focus on top prospects who could make Opening Day rosters, including the momentum that Julio Rodriguez is building to join the Mariners earlier than anticipated. After that, they interview 2021 No. 2 overall pick Jack Leiter, chop up the newly released organization Top 30 lists, identify some prospects they're excited about monitoring in the upcoming season and answer a mailbag question about Padres left-hander MacKenzie Gore.

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Digging into the new Top 100 list Mar 22, 2022

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With the recent release of the 2022 Top 100 Prospects list, Jim Callis, Sam Dykstra, and Jason Ratliff dive right in, starting at the very top, where there's a new No. 1 prospect in baseball: Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. Jim and Sam discuss what went into the decision to rank Witt ahead of the incumbent top prospect Adley Rutschman. They also identify some new additions to the list, some of the highest risers and some of the biggest falls, and then they look ahead to a couple players who could shoot up the list and a couple more who could crack it. The show ends, as it often does, with a question from friend of the podcast Steven D'Alesio.

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Chock Full Of Prospecty Goodness Mar 16, 2022

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In perhaps the most jam-packed Pipeline Podcast ever, Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff find themselves with a lot to break down in the wake of the lockout ending. They discuss the prospects involved in the flurry of trade activity, the bevy of changes to the Draft in the new Collective Bargaining Agreement, the Top 10 Position lists (RHP, LHP, 1B, 3B) that are beginning to drop as a prelude to a new overall Top 100 and Minor League rule changes. And as always, they delve into the listener mailbag, this time to put together trade proposals that might wrest Matt Chapman from the Athletics.

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Torkelson, Greene, Groshans join the Pipeline pod Mar 08, 2022

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With Minor League Spring Training underway, Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff take a look at prospects in action at camp, and Jonathan checks in from Florida, where he talked to Detroit's dynamic prospect duo of Spencer Torkelson and Riley Greene and Toronto's 2018 first-round pick Jordan Groshans. They also discuss the details of MLB's proposed international draft and predict which players from the 2021 Draft class will reach the Majors first.

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Spring has sprung: Report from Yankees camp Mar 04, 2022

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Spring Training is getting going in full force and the Pipeline crew is all over it. Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff kick things off with what's happening in Florida, focusing on Jonathan's trip to Yankees camp. That includes a conversation with the Bombers' farm director, Kevin Reese. From there, the trio discussed prospects who have something to prove in 2022 before shifting gears and talking about college baseball and finishing, as always, with the Mailbag.

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College Opening Weekend Feb 23, 2022

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On this week’s MLB Pipeline Podcast, Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo dig into the opening weekend of college baseball action, starting with the MLB4 Tournament and extending to top performers such as Jacoby Berry of LSU and Hunter Barco of Florida. They then turn their sites to Minor League prospects and their gloves, discussing the annual All-Defense Team, before finishing up, as always, by answering your questions in the mailbag.

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College baseball begins! And a visit from Andre Dawson Feb 15, 2022

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Hall of Famer Andre Dawson joins the show, as Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff preview the college baseball season and the weekend's MLB4 and Andre Dawson Classic tournaments, which help kick off the '22 campaign, with the latter celebrating Black History Month by showcasing seven Historically Black College and Universities (HBCUs) and their baseball programs. Dawson discusses his time at Florida A&M, being drafted from an HBCU and the honor of having the tournament named after him

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Drafting Prospects For 2023 & Beyond Feb 08, 2022

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It's time for a draft on the latest Pipeline Podcast, as Jim Callis, Sam Dykstra and Jonathan Mayo choose 10-man lineups of prospects set to arrive in the Majors in 2023 or later. There's a trade involving the No. 1 overall pick and the 2022 Draft winds up producing more selections than any individual team. Along with host Jason Ratliff, the guys also discuss what the very top of the Top 100 Prospects list might look like at the end of this season and take a listener mailbag question concerning Phillies right-hander Mick Abel.

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Mailbag Madness Feb 01, 2022

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Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff turn the latest edition of the Pipeline Podcast over to their listeners in an all-mailbag edition. Among the questions they ponder: Who will rank as the top prospects in the game in 2023 and 2024? Who are some of the more exciting big-league debuts on tap for 2022? What's going on with the explosion of young catching talent? And much more.

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Back to the Future Jan 26, 2022

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With Tuesday's announcement of David Ortiz being voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, Jim Callis, Jason Ratliff and Jonathan Mayo look back at what Ortiz was like as a prospect and young player. That effort was aided by talking to Nationals senior advisor Dave Jauss, who was a Red Sox advance scout and advocated for Boston to sign Ortiz after the Twins released him. Then the trio went back to looking at the future, looking at prospects we'll be talking about in 2024 as well as the top hitter and pitcher for the 2023 Draft class who will be playing in the PDP League this summer before finishing with your questions in the Mailbag.

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