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On this week's Prospect Podcast, Geoff Pontes and JJ Cooper look at a trio of prospects off to great starts, plus we look at why the Nationals Class A teams are ones to watch. (00:00) Franklin Arias Is Hitting For Power (06:00) Colby Shelton Looks Like He's Combining Power And Contact (10:00) Seth Hernandez Is Must-See MiLB.TV (18:30) What Is Going Well For The Nationals, Including An Emer...

On this week's Hot Sheet Show, Jacob Rudner, J.J. Cooper and Geoff Pontes shine a spotlight on early-season prospect performances that people should be watching . Are these players ready for the next step? With the NCAA Tournament also drawing nearer, we break down teams that might be left on the bubble. The Hot Sheet Show airs live on the BA YouTube channel every Tuesday at 3 p.m. Give us a s...

Baseball America national college reporter Jacob Rudner is joined by prospect writer Geoff Pontes to take a detailed look at the teams vying for host positions through 10 weeks. Rudner is also joined by Georgia junior third baseman Tre Phelps to discuss Phelps' decision to return to school instead of turning pro in 2025, what led to his breakout success and more. (3:34) Can the Big Ten Produce...

The Baseball America Fantasy Podcast returns this week and hosts Geoff Pontes and Ian Cundall talk about six names to target in your dynasty leagues. These are players who are not only performing but they're impressing scouts and posting strong underlying data. (3:30) Taitn Gray (6:30) Ronny Cruz (12:30) Josiah Hartshorn (16:00) JT Quinn (21:00) Ben Jacobs (23:00) Mason Peters Our Sponsors: *...

This week on the Baseball America Draft Podcast, Carlos Collazo, Jacob Rudner and JJ Cooper take a look at a 2026 MLB draft prospect each of us is intrigued by at three different levels: First Rounders, Top 100 Prospects and Non-Top 100 Prospects. (04:30) Why Tyler Spangler Intrigues Carlos (06:20) Why Logan Reddemann Intrigues Jacob (11:00) Why Tegan Kuhns Intrigues JJ (19:30) Why Ben Blair Intri...

This week on the Baseball America Prospect Podcast, Geoff Pontes and JJ Cooper invite you to a pair of drafts. We each drafted a team from current rookies, as then we drafted prospect teams. And to make it harder on ourselves, we limited each picker to one player per org, and only six Top 100 Prospects among the 14 player rosters. Time Stamps (00:00) A little early season prospect talk (07:00) Pic...

On this week's Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Geoff Pontes, Carlos Collazo and Jacob Rudner go all in on the 2026 MLB Draft, beginning with our latest 2.0 mock draft before answering a slew of viewer questions. We also break down Noah Schultz's highly anticipated MLB debut . The Hot Sheet Show airs live on the BA YouTube channel every week on Tuesday at 3 p.m. Give us a sub, and we'll se...

Baseball America national college writer Jacob Rudner is joined by lead prospect analyst Geoff Pontes to discuss UCLA's historic 35-game start to the 2026 season and the milestones ahead for the Bruins. Rudner and Pontes also take a closer look at Florida's up-and-down season in the rankings, Oregon State's national championship hopes and more. (3:20) UCLA's historic campaign (12:2...

The Baseball America Fantasy Podcast returns with hosts Geoff Pontes and Dylan White. We're a few weeks into the season and Geoff and Dylan are hungry to share some of the top names they've been targeting as potential breakouts in the early going. We cover names from MLB all the way down to Low-A you should be targeting. (3:00) Andrew Salas (5:00) Juan Valera (9:00) Pedro Ramirez (12:00) N...

On this week's Baseball America Draft Podcast, Carlos Collazo and JJ Cooper look ahead to the 2027 MLB Draft class, led by a truly special pitching prospect. (1:00) Why the college pitching in 27 is so special (4:00) Dax Whitney is the best MLB Draft pitching prospect since … (7:10) Why the industry prefers hitters early (9:00) How this group is moving faster than normal (14:00) Why Paul Skene...

This week on the Prospect Podcast, Geoff Pontes and JJ Cooper take a look at some pitching prospects who could climb onto the Top 100 Prospects list this year. (00:00) How long do you need to wait to believe in early season performances? (06:45) A big Orioles pitcher to pay attention to (11:00) A Cardinals pitcher who is taking a step forward (18:15) A Dodgers pitcher who is healthy again (23:20)...

JJ Cooper, Geoff Pontes, and Ian Cundall discuss the strong MLB debuts of this year's rookie class, including JJ Wetherholt and Kevin McGonigle, and thoughts on Konnor Griffin in his first week in the show. Of the three, who might put together the best season in 2026? Who will be the new number 1 prospect in baseball when this current class graduates next month? The hosts dive into their favor...

Baseball America national college reporter Jacob Rudner is joined by lead prospect writer Geoff Pontes to discuss LSU's potential resurgence in the national picture after a three-week skid. Plus, Rudner and Pontes take an in-depth look at the Week 9 NCAA Tournament picture ahead of their next Field of 64 projection. (4:19) Florida’s big poll movement continues (6:38) Is LSU back? (15:19) The G...

This week on the Baseball America Fantasy Podcast host Geoff Pontes is joined by Ian Cundall. They dive into ten names you need to be targeting in your dynasty leagues over the opening weeks of the season. (2:00) Connelly Early (4:00) Colt Emerson (7:00) Jose Fernandez (10:00) Tanner Franklin (14:00) Ike Irish (17:00) Juan Sanchez (21:00) James Tibbs (29:00) Fenwick Trimble (31:00) James Ellwanger...

On this week's Draft Podcast, JJ Cooper and Carlos Collazo cover a lot of ground. Konnor Griffin is a big leaguer less than two years after he was drafted out of high school. We saw a lot of draft prospects at the National High School Invitational and we look at the lack of top-tier SEC draft arms. Time Stamps (0:30) Anticipating Konnor Griffin’s debut (6:20) Bonus pools are out (13:25) NHSI t...

Baseball America national college reporter Jacob Rudner is joined by prospect analyst Geoff Pontes to discuss BA's latest Field of 64 projection, Week 8 matchups that have their attention and mid-major teams making early cases for at-large consideration. (1:59) Resumes starting to take shape (16:11) How important is Georgia-Mississippi State? (22:31) No. 7 North Carolina hosts No. 21 Boston Co...

As the MiLB season near Opening Day, we have a look at prospects who caught our eye on the back fields in Arizona. Jesús Cano and Josh Norris join JJ Cooper to talk about some of the best prospects they saw this month. (01:45) Why the Mariners Ryan Sloan could be the best pitching prospect in the game (07:20) Comparing Sloan and Pirates RHP Seth Hernandez (09:25) Angels RHP Nate Sneed throws reall...

On this week's Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Geoff Pontes, Josh Norris and Jesús Cano get together to preview the 2026 MiLB season, which gets underway across all levels beginning this week, big-time prospect contract extensions and more. The Hot Sheet Show airs live on the BA YouTube channel every week on Tuesday at 3 p.m. Give us a sub, and we'll see you then! Time stamps (0:00) Introduct...

We're going deep on each of the top prospects in the NL Central. We explain how each respective player climbed to No. 1 in their system, run through their scouting reports and lay out what you should expect in 2026. Time Stamps (0:00) — Moises Ballesteros, Cubs (8:25) — Sal Stewart, Reds (16:55) — JJ Wetherholt, Cardinals (25:55) — Jesús Made, Brewers (34:50) — Konnor Griffin, Pirates Our Spon...

The final week before the full slate of minor league games is upon us and we celebrate on the Baseball America Fantasy Podcast with an NL West prospects preview. This is our final of the divisional prospect previews and with the loaded Giants and Dodgers systems in tow there's plenty to discuss as Geoff Pontes is joined by Ian Cundall. Los Angeles Dodgers (2:00) River Ryan  (3:00) Alex Freelan...

We just rolled out an update of our MLB Draft rankings as we expanded them to the Top 300 prospects. On this week's Draft Podcast, Carlos Collazo and JJ Cooper take a look at some of the players who moved up and down the most. (0:00) What’s the current perception of the class? (7:30) Vahn Lackey (10:30) Ace Reese & Chris Hacopian (13:20) Derek Curiel & Eric Becker (18:30) Kevin Roberts...

Baseball America national college reporter Jacob Rudner is joined by editor-in-chief JJ Cooper to discuss South Carolina's early season firing of coach Paul Mainieri and what's next for the Gamecocks. Rudner and Cooper also take a deep dive on BA's Week 7 college baseball Top 25, one of the most predictive in-season polls of the year. Fifteen of the last 16 NCAA champions have been ran...

Geoff Pontes and JJ Cooper have been all over the Florida backfields and Spring Breakout games, so this week they're sharing thoughts on prospects who impressed. (00:00) Eli Willits looks really polished for his age (05:45) Gavin Fien can hit, but we didn't see him field (09:45) Anthony Eyanson's velocity jump is notable (19:15) John Gil is a Braves hitter who could rise up our ranking...

On this week's Hot Sheet Show, Ben Badler, J.J. Cooper and Jacob Rudner welcome Nationals pitching prospect Miguel Sime Jr. joins to discuss his spring and lots more. We also talk about Spring Breakout , Kevin McGonigle making the Tigers and players rising in our upcoming 2026 draft rankings update . The Hot Sheet Show airs live on the BA YouTube channel every week on Tuesday at 3 p.m. Give us...

We're going deep on each of the top prospects in the NL West. We explain how each respective player climbed to No. 1 in their system, run through their scouting reports and lay out what you should expect in 2026. Time Stamps (0:00) — Bryce Eldridge, Giants (9:15) — Ryan Waldschmidt, Diamondbacks (18:00) — Ethan Holliday, Rockies (27:25) — Ethan Salas, Padres (35:30) — Eduardo Quintero, Dodgers...