Prospect B-Sides

After a long break, The Rook and Nate catch up talking college summer leagues, the death of quality starts, a couple All B-Side Teams, and glorious news from space.

Episode 49: Game On Nate and The Rook discuss some takeaways from the early baseball season, both MLB and MiLB. Nate discusses some full-season debuts from young arms Bryan Balzer, Aiden Foeller, Wei-En Lin, Chase Burns, and Dylan Questad. The two also discuss the state of the future ace and some very early-season successes.

Nate and The Rook return to discuss likelihoods...how likely your FYPD is a scam and if the End Times are upon us. The duo also drafts out their 2025 B-Side selections and talk about some FYP targets.

Nate and The Rook resume their offseason series taking stabs at hardly rostered prospects they feel have a chance to gain popularity and dynasty utility in 2025. They share thoughts on 19 prospects (plus) from the AL Central. 2:30 Riley Gowens 7:55 Rikuu Nishida 13:20 Tim Elko 17:10 Jake Miller 21:07 Gabriel Reyes 26:54 John Peck 28:54 Carlos Mendoza 30:34 Guy Lipscomb 35:16 Ryan Cesarini 37:17 Aa...

Nate and The Rook resume their offseason series taking stabs at hardly rostered prospects they feel have a chance to gain popularity and dynasty utility in 2025. They share thoughts on 20 prospects (plus) from the AL East. 11:20 Angel Mateo 12:54 Connor Hujsak 16:26 Jose Urbina 20:17 Logan Workman 26:32 Connelly Early 31:56 Juan Valera 35:27 Nelly Taylor 36:50 Andy Lugo 39:50 Nestor German 48:44 C...

Nate and The Rook resume their offseason series taking stabs at hardly rostered prospects they feel have a chance to gain popularity and dynasty utility in 2025. They share thoughts on 22 prospects (plus) from the NL Central. The two also throw on a different hat, discussing an out of this world news story. 11:00 Jose Escobar 16:20 Jonathon Long 22:36 Nico Zeglin 26: 44 Kenten Egbert and Juan Bell...

Nate and The Rook continue their offseason series taking stabs at hardly rostered prospects they feel have a chance to gain popularity and dynasty utility in 2025. They share thoughts on 17 prospects (plus) from the NL West. 6:02 Tim Tawa 16:00 Jose Cabrera 22:54 Roman Angelo 27:44 Yujanyer Herrera 32:33 Blake Adams 36:34 GJ Hill 44:36 Lisbel Diaz 49:56 Sabin Ceballos 53:29 Jack Choate 57:04 Dylan...

Nate and The Rook continue their offseason series taking stabs at hardly rostered prospects they feel have a chance to gain popularity and dynasty utility. They share thoughts on 19 prospects from the AL West. 2:39 Ryan Gusto 7:56 Ethan Pecko 14:45 Jeron Williams 19:15 Austin Deming 23:47 Samy Natera Jr. 28:32 Keythel Key 30:45 Tucker Flint 34:10 Eric Wagaman 37:50 Arturo "The Diesel" Disla 44:05...

Nate and The Rook kickoff their second season together getting into their offseason series taking stabs at hardly rostered prospects they feel have a chance to gain popularity and dynasty utility. They share thoughts on 18 prospects from the NL East. 6:45 Lucas Braun 9:55 Davis Polo 14:48 Keyner Benitez 18:35 Jake Brooks 20:22 Wellington Aracena 22:58 Jack Wenninger 29:09 Luke Russo 32:51 Eiberson...

Nate and The Rook cap off the 2024 Mudding season, tallying up the total and crowning this year's mudding champ. After selecting some B-Sides of the Year, the two get into a discussion on Brant Hurter and his unique MLB performance.

The Rook's good friend, and new Washington Huskies Pitching Coach, Connor Lambert comes on to talk ball. Connor joined the Washington program after an extremely successful run at the University of Portland which culminated in three Pilot pitchers being selected in the 2024 MLB draft; Sam Stuhr, Nick Brink, and Joey Gartrell. Connor shares some great insight into the arms he's worked with, his proc...

Nate and The Rook talk some recent B-Sides called to the bigs before getting into just how good is Bo Davidson? Then the two embark on a thorough dive into all the prospects who've jumped two or more levels this season. Some of the players discussed are: Brant Hurter, Bo Davidson, Yamal Encarnacion, Otto Kemp, Phillip Glasser, Payton Eeles, Romeo Sanabria, Luis Merejo, K.C. Hunt, Kohl Drake, Ander...

The Rook and Nate discuss some current consensus values, some players getting their attention of late, and revisit a preseason exercise, wondering how they may be feeling today about not buying into a few preseason Top 100 prospects. (There's also a tease for a big upcoming episode.)

Nate and The Rook are off their hiatus and back mudding around the minor leagues. Some players discussed: Demetrio Crisantes, Allan Castro, Devin Saltiban, Otto Kemp, Jared Dickey, Axel Plaz, Tirso Ornelas, Rosman Verdugo, Jadher Areinamo, Jairo Pomares, Victor Bericoto, Nick, Cimillo, Jack Brannigan, Peyton Williams, Ricardo Olivar, Brewer Hicklan, Nehomar Ochoa, Aron Estrada, Gustavo Campero, Fr...

Nate and The Rook embark on a system by system look at their offseason B-Side hitter selections and where they went right or wrong, which leads to a bigger conversation over where all the ascending bats have gone.

While The Rook is off frolicking on tennis courts, Nate helps listeners define "pretty boys" vs "b-sides" before sharing his findings while on a dig for the most improved lightly rostered pitching prospects. The customary run through of the past week's most picked up prospects and look ahead to this week's MiLB action follows. Javier Sanoja 5:35 Ryan Lobus 8:51  Spencer Giesting 12:30 Yujanyer Her...

Nate and The Rook do a mudding faux pas and talk their top 25 hitting and top 20 pitching prospects in the land. They barely survived the disgusting task. The Players discussed most extensively include: Adael Amador, Sean Sullivan, Harry Ford, Dylan Beavers, Caden Dana, Matt Shaw, Ricky Tiedemann, Noelvi Marte, Shane Baz, and Jasson Dominguez. Check out Nates write up on the top 20 pitching prospe...

Nate capitalizes on what may be his only chance to talk about the Rockies, aka the hottest team in baseball, which turns into a conversation on player development. The duo then discuss prospects they may be rekindling some interest in before covering prospects whose roster% is trending up and the usual look ahead to this week's MiLB action. Some players discussed include: Yohendrick Pinango, Georg...

The duo peruse minor league leaderboards discussing players sticking out there and in their video reviews, good or bad. The Rook wonders if there's a surprising organization next in line as one of the games legit arm producers. Nate wonders if there's a top shelf defensive shortstop coming into his offense, and much more mud explored. Some players discussed include: Travis Bazzana, Logan Evans, Wi...

Nate dives into a slew of Cardinal pitching prospects, The Rook gets temporarily booted off the show, they both share hitters getting up arrows in their books, observations from the MiLB week, rundown some trending dynasty adds, and take a look at the week ahead. Some of the players discussed include; Quinn Mathews, Juan Salas, Ixan Henderson, Chen-Wei Lin, Sem Robberse, Jordan Beck, Orelvis Marti...

The Rook comes off the developmental list to get back to some mud as he and Nate talk about more observations from their B-Side looks, check in on some prospects trending in dynasty leagues, and take a look forward at this week's interesting minor league watches. Some players discussed include: Jackson Holliday, Gavin Conticello, Will Simpson, Henry Bolte, Brooks Baldwin, Edgar Quero, Luke Gold, T...

With The Rook out, Nate takes a stab at covering the first full week of MiLB action, sharing thoughts and observations of what he was taking in, including a twist in the Gavin Conticello appeal, some impressive season debuts by some B-Side arms, and much more, including a look at the week ahead and some trending prospects. Players talked about inculde: Gavin Conticello, Felix Arronde, Carlos Jimen...

Nate and Matt get into the season's first looks at all four full season levels of the minor leagues, sharing observations and thoughts on George Klassen, Jonah Tong, Yoander Suarez, Reid VanScoter, Owen Murphy, Jhonathan Diaz, Yariel Rodriguez, Joe Rock, Christian Scott, Jack Leiter, Logan Evans, Adam Maier, Rhett Lowder, James Gonzalez, Caleb Durbin, Brett Wisely, Jimmy Herron, Matt Kroon, AJ Vuk...

Nate and the Rook share some observations from the first weekend's MLB and Triple-A action and then preview the rest of the minor leagues, including the best broadcasts to watch and which rosters are shaping up to be the most interesting looks.

The Rookie and Nate compare notes on their looks at MLB's first try at 13 Spring Breakout games showcasing top prospects from their respective organizations.