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Baseball America

Baseball America

Baseball America delivers baseball news you can't get anywhere else. Covering the game from a player-development point of view, the staff of BA will deliver its take on what's going on in the world of baseball every week on its podcast, analyzing the game from the majors and minors--with an emphasis on prospects--through our unparalleled college and high school coverage.

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41:54

Can The Rockies Be Fixed?

Baseball America ·

2025/11/05

In the second of our Fix It series, Geoff Pontes and JJ Cooper take an in-depth look at the Rockies' struggles as an organization. What can be done and how long will it take to turn this team around?(00:00) The Latest News Is Not Good(04:30) The Biggest Problem Is An Ownership Issue(13:30) The Rockies Need To Catch Up In Player Development(22:00) Colorado Needs To Start Over In Acquiring And Developing Pitchers(29:15) Stop Drafting So Many Power Corner Bats, Get Some Hit-First Middle

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48:50

Can The Nationals Rebuild Be Fixed?

Baseball America ·

2025/10/29

On this week's Prospect Podcast, Geoff Pontes and JJ Cooper take a look at the Washington Nationals' rebuild. It's failed so far, as Mike Rizzo is out and Paul Toboni is the new GM. What can the new leadership do, and where are some areas for quick improvements? We take a look.(00:00) We're Groggy, Blame The World Series(04:45) What Are The Nationals' Strengths?(12:20) Improving MLB Player Development(14:50) They Need To Draft More College Pitchers(19:45) Improve Contact Skills

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38:59

College Podcast: Recapping The Giants Hiring Of Tony...

Baseball America ·

2025/10/28

Baseball America national college reporter Jacob Rudner and national writer Peter Flaherty recap the San Francisco Giants' historic hiring of former Tennessee coach Tony Vitello. Rudner and Flaherty discuss the development's potential impact on college baseball, how Tennessee will move forward and the ripple effect of the Volunteers' national coaching search.(1:48) What Tony Vitello joining the Giants means for college baseball(16:53) Tennessee's decision to promote Josh Elander to

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31:16

Daniel Espino, Tennessee Promotes Josh Elander & Trey...

Baseball America ·

2025/10/27

On this week's Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Ben Badler, Jacob Rudner and Scott Braun welcome Guardians prospect Daniel Espino to discuss his career and Arizona Fall League experience so far.We also dish on next year’s eligible rookies—a list that includes Blue Jays pitcher Trey Yesavage—and unpack Tennessee promoting Josh Elander to replace Tony Vitello.We stream the Hot Sheet Show every Monday at 3:30 p.m. ET on YouTube.Time Stamps(0:00) Introduction (1:30) How does active service time work

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42:57

Breaking Down Our Updated 2026 MLB Draft Rankings

Baseball America ·

2025/10/24

Carlos and Peter talk through the most recent draft update for the 2026 class. Who’s moving up? Who’s moving down? What’s the state of the 2026 class after a key summer evaluation period and are there any real darkhorses who could challenge Roch Cholowsky for the 1-1 spot next summer?—Time Stamps(0:00) Intro(3:30) 2026 Draft update talk begins(10:30) The difficulty of teaching pure hitting ability(16:00) Up arrow high school pitchers(23:00) Blake Bowen(30:30) Trevor Condon(36:00) A darkhorse 1-1

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50:59

Dodgers-Blue Jays World Series Preview

Baseball America ·

2025/10/23

We have a special edition of the Baseball America podcast, as John Manuel, the long-time Editor-In-Chief of Baseball America, joins JJ Cooper. We've gotten the band back together for a special World Series Preview.(00:00) What's We've Seen In The Playoffs So Far(04:00) Is This Dodgers' Rotation Perfect For The Playoffs?(09:00) Why Big Spending Teams Now Have Two Rotations(22:00) What Do The Blue Jays Do With Bo Bichette?(30:00) How The Blue Jays Can WinOur Sponsors:* Check out

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42:36

Fantasy Podcast: Way Too Early ADPs From NFBC Draft...

Baseball America ·

2025/10/23

This week on the Baseball America Fantasy Podcast we return to the topic of early NFBC Draft Champions drafts and prospect ADP. We talk through outfielders and pitchers on this episode after covering infielders and catchers last week.(1:00) Blue Jays ALCS Victory Lap For Dylan and Geoff.(7:00) Toolshed Mock Draft(11:00) Chase DeLauter(14:00) Dylan Beavers(16:00) Owen Caissie(17:00) Justin Crawford(20:00) Spencer Jones(25:00) Later round outfielders: Kevin Alcantara, Colby Thomas, Emmanuel Rodriguez

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48:01

Fantasy Podcast: Way Too Early ADPs From NFBC Draft...

Baseball America ·

2025/10/16

This week on the Baseball America Fantasy Podcast hosts Geoff Pontes and Dylan White review where prospects are being drafted in early NFBC Draft Champions leagues. We go player by player and discuss the prospects getting drafted at catcher and the infield positions.(8:00) Samuel Basallo(11:00) Carter Jensen(14:00) Joe Mack and Jeferson Quero(17:00) Sal Stewart(20:00) Bryce Eldridge(23:00) CJ Kayfus(26:00) Luke Keaschall(30:00) Travis Bazzana(33:00) JJ Wetherholt(37:00) Kevin McGonigle and Konnor

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50:33

Prospect Podcast: Farm System Statcast Ranking Standouts

Baseball America ·

2025/10/15

This week on the Prospect Podcast, Geoff Pontes and J.J. Cooper discuss the organizations stood out in our Hit+ and Stuff+ metrics. Using sourced pitch and hit tracking data from all levels of the minors, we've put together overall organization rankings from 1 to 30 in each category.(00:00) Explaining Hit+ and Stuff+(13:35) Why the Dodgers rank so highly(21:30) The Orioles rank very high in pitching(31:15) What the Red Sox and Blue Jays are doing(32:00) The Mets' MiLB pitching is becoming a

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47:29

College Podcast: Fall Ball Intel, Reactions from Jupiter

Baseball America ·

2025/10/14

Baseball America national college reporter Jacob Rudner and national writer Peter Flaherty recap an impressive weekend at the WWBA World Championship in Jupiter, Florida, including their takeaways from watching 16-year-old phenom Striker Pence. Rudner and Flaherty also break down the latest intel from college fall workouts across the country.(4:30) Breaking down Striker Pence(10:55) Vanderbilt commit RJ Cope(13:22) Oregon State commit Blake Bowen(16:27) Tennessee commit Trevor Condon(20:35)

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26:11

Twins Prospect Brandon Winokur Joins, Plus Statcast...

Baseball America ·

2025/10/13

On this week's Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Geoff Pontes and Scott Braun welcome Twins prospect Brandon Winokur to the show.We also dive into BA's recent farm system Statcast rankings. Can you guess which organization sits atop both the hitting and pitching lists?We stream the Hot Sheet Show every Monday at 3:30 p.m. ET on YouTube.Time Stamps(0:00) Introduction (0:30) Statcast farm system rankings—how does Hit+ work? (3:00) Dodgers rank No. 1 in our hitting ranks, plus other teams that stand

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30:46

Jupiter And The Striker Pence Experience

Baseball America ·

2025/10/10

Carlos picks Peter’s brain on what it’s been like so far at the 2025 Perfect Game WWBA World Championship in Jupiter, Fla. Peter breaks down Canadian lefthander Sean Duncan, and then gushes about the look he got from 2028 flamethrowing righthander Striker Pence. Peter then highlights a few other notable players he’s looking forward to seeing—Time Stamps(0:00) Intro(3:00) How do you scout Jupiter? (7:00) The volume of scouts and college coaches(10:30) Sean Duncan(14:30) Striker Pence(26:00) Other

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53:06

Fantasy Podcast: Standout Late Season Pitching Debuts

Baseball America ·

2025/10/09

This week on the Baseball America Fantasy Podcast JJ Cooper stands in for Dylan White, as our Canadian Co-Host recovers from the Jays victory party in Toronto. JJ and Geoff talk through a host of big name pitching prospects that impressed in their MLB debuts in 2025. We talk through Cam Schlittler, Trey Yesavage and others. In the second half of the show we discuss some 2025 breakout hitters in MLB and just how much we're buying into each heading into 2026.(4:00) Keeping McGonigle Hot(6:00)

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Roch Cholowsky, Grady Emerson & More MLB Draft Talk |...

Baseball America ·

2025/10/06

On this week's Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Carlos Collazo and Scott Braun take an early look at the 2026 MLB Draft.We discuss Roch Cholowsky's 1-1 exciting profile, lottery odds and where Grady Emerson fits in. Plus, we answer a fan question about the Arizona Fall League.We stream the Hot Sheet Show every Monday at 3:30 p.m. ET on YouTube.Time Stamps(0:00) Introduction(1:00) 2026 draft's high school class(3:30) Roch Cholowsky is the clear-cut No. 1 draft prospect(5:45) Cholowsky's

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32:06

Fantasy Podcast: Hitting And Pitching Prospects With...

Baseball America ·

2025/10/02

This week on the Baseball America Fantasy Podcast hosts Geoff Pontes and Dylan White dig into a host of underrated prospects. We talk about some hitters and pitchers with traits to target in fantasy baseball. We use their underlying data and our internal models to identify some sleepers for your offseason target lists. (1:00) Recapping our 2025 Fantasy Seasons(5:00) Playoffs under way(12:00) Ethan Frey(14:00) Juneiker Caceres(17:00) Wei-En Lin(22:00) Trey Gibson(25:00) Deniel Ortiz(29:00) Hendry

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55:34

College Podcast: Drafting 2026 College Baseball...

Baseball America ·

2025/09/30

Baseball America national college reporter Jacob Rudner and national writer Peter Flaherty went back and forth to draft 2026 college baseball fantasy teams with four hitters, two starting pitchers and a reliever. Rudner and Flaherty also offered their analysis and insight on recent reporting that Tennessee head coach Tony Vitello could be a wild-card candidate to fill the San Francisco Giants' manager vacancy.(2:48) Tony Vitello's San Francisco candidacy(10:56) Explaining our fantasy draft

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Ryan Waldschmidt Joins, State Of The Diamondbacks'...

Baseball America ·

2025/09/29

On this week's Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Jesús Cano and Scott Braun are joined by Diamondbacks prospect Ryan Waldschmidt, who ranks fourth in the team's Top 30 prospects list and was Arizona's MiLB Player of the Year.We also discuss the D-back's farm system grade and rookie pitchers getting ready for the bright lights of the MLB postseason.We stream the Hot Sheet Show every Monday at 3:30 p.m. ET on YouTube.Time Stamps(0:00) Introduction (0:30) Preorder the 2026 prospect handbook

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38:17

Fantasy Podcast: Previewing Potential AFL Breakouts

Baseball America ·

2025/09/25

This week on the Baseball America podcast Geoff Pontes is joined by Jacob Rudner to chat about Arizona Fall League rosters. We open the show covering the big names before diving into 10 prospects we think could breakout in AFL play.(4:00) Kevin McGonigle the best hitter in the AFL.(9:00) Josue De Paula(15:00) Karson Milbrandt(18:00) Marco Dinges(20:00) Sean Linan(23:00) Parks Harber(25:00) Jakob Wright(27:00) Esmerlyn Valdez(29:00) Hendry Mendez(31:00) Sam Petersen(33:00) Blake Mitchell(36:00) Nick

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51:29

Just How Good Can Konnor Griffin Be?

Baseball America ·

2025/09/24

Pirates SS Konnor Griffin is Baseball America's 2025 MiLB Player of the Year, as we announced on the Hot Sheet show. In today's Prospect Podcast, Geoff Pontes, Josh Norris and J.J. Cooper try to explain what stands out about Konnor Griffin, and why he's the best prospect in baseball.Time Stamps(00:00) How fortunate we were to see Konnor Griffin play(02:45) How tough a decision was it?(08:45) What made Konnor Griffin's season special?(16:45) Our impressions of Konnor Griffin from

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52:50

Fantasy Podcast: Evaluating 2025 Rookies For 2026...

Baseball America ·

2025/09/18

This week on the Baseball America Fantasy Podcast Geoff Pontes, Dylan White and Jacob Rudner dive into the 2025 Rookie class with an eye toward next year and beyond. We go through some of the top names and discuss their potential value in 2026 leagues.(3:30) How high should Nick Kurtz go in a 16 team dynasty startup?(9:30) Roman Anthony vs Nick Kurtz the next five years.(13:00) Jacob Misiorowski vs Nolan McLean vs Chase Burns for 2026.(21:00) Marcelo Mayer going into 2026, is his stock up or

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