Locked On MLB Prospects - Daily Podcast on Minor League Baseball

On today's show, we're taking YOUR questions! Can Rays SS Junior Caminero end 2023 as a Top 25 prospect? How was Joey Ortiz's debut for the Baltimore Orioles? Who is the heir apparent to Martin Maldonado in Houston, Korey Lee or Yainer Diaz? What to think of Jett Williams's position change by the Mets, or Brandon Marsh's fast start in Philly. How floating a draft pick actually works, in practice,...

On today's show, we're joined by baseball historian Lee Lowenfish, author of "Baseball's Endangered Species: Inside the Craft of Scouting by Those Who Lived It." He discusses the proper relationship between scouting and analytics, which organization do a good job of coordinating between scouting and player development, the "sixth tool" that analytics can't measure, and how the 1965 MLB Draft chang...

We're coming at you with a grab bag today! We break down Tanner Bibee's first start for the Guardians, at home against Colorado, where he looked SUPERB. We then talk about the sweepy slider and how it's taking baseball by storm, as well as why it's so dang hard to hit. We close the show with discussion of how Seattle has three picks in the top 30 of this summer's MLB Draft and how the additional b...

It's time for the Prospect Team of the Week! LHP Brycen Mautz, Cardinals prospect, kicked off what was a fantastic effort from the Palm Beach Cardinals rotation against Dunedin last week, while Gavin Williams is close to taking over the #1 prospect spot for the Cleveland Guardians. For position players, SS Jackson Holliday (Baltimore Orioles) earned the starting nod (and a call-up to High-A) with...

The Chicago Cubs have a ton of pitchers in their top 30, but could any of those guys be #1 pitchers in MLB one day? Host Lindsay Crosby hops onto LockedOn Cubs with Matt and Sam to discuss the pitchers in this system, starting in A-ball with Cade Horton and working up, touching on Kohl Franklin, Jordan Wicks, Caleb Killian, and Hayden Wesneski.  The guys go on to discuss position players, specific...

We're taking YOUR questions! LHP Ricky Tiedemann is the Blue Jays #1 prospect - how quickly do we see him in Toronto? We briefly touch on the labrum injuries to Angels C Logan O'Hoppe and Brewers CF Garrett Mitchell, and then get into player capsules: Milwaukee 3B Luke Adams, Mariners OF Lazaro Montes, and other potential sleeper cards in 2023 Bowman. We close the show with a brief discussion on t...

On today's show, Brett Chancey of Locked On Astros joins the show to discuss Houston's two spark plug rookies, OF Corey Julks and RHP Hunter Brown. Brett fills Lindsay in on Corey's "native son" background, and Lindsay enlightens Brett as to Julks' struggles with sliders and if he can adjust. They discuss Hunter Brown and the changes to his pitchmix - more sliders, less fastballs - and what that c...

There's quite a few pitching prospects that are either new to professional baseball or are getting their first chances to really perform after injury, and all of them have different reasons why they might catch fire. There's guys that have quality breaking stuff, like Milwaukee's Robert Gasser and Baltimore's Trace Bright. There's funky lefties, like St. Louis' Cooper Hjerpe and Los Angeles Dodger...

Now that a full week of play has gone by in all levels of the minor leagues, we're assembling our first Prospect Team of the Week for the 2023 season! Alliterative pitchers Mason Miller (Athletics) and Andrew Abbott (Reds) earn the starting rotation spots, while the infield has a nice mix of top prospects (SS Cole Young, Mariners; 1B Matt Mervis, Cubs) with some unrated guys (C Braxton Fulford, Ro...

On today's show, Lindsay joins Mike and Jon Frisch, the Super Halo Bros, on Locked On Angels to discuss the weekend callup of Zach Neto. The guys discuss when is the right time to call up a prospect, what he brings to the big league team, and reasonable expectations.  Lindsay then takes a victory lap on his Logan O'Hoppe breakout prediction. They discuss why Lindsay made the prediction, what is su...

We're taking your questions, Prospectors! The 13th overall pick in the 2022 MLB Draft, SS Zach Neto was called up to the bigs by the Los Angeles Angels. Is he ready, and what should we expect? Seattle Mariners OF Jarred Kelenic is having a moment right now, and we're going to tell you why it's probably for real this time. Brett Baty got called up to play 3B for the Mets, and we break down how pitc...

This is the time of year where we get new things: top prospects debuting in the majors, like Taj Bradley did for Tampa and Edouard Julien did for Minnesota on Wednesday. We get to see players who are new to professional baseball, like Kumar Rocker, who started (and excelled) for High-A Hickory. We detour to talk about Brett Baty's hot start in AAA and how he needs to be playing for the Mets, and t...

On today's show, we're looking and evaluating to determine who has the best combination of talent and depth at every position in the minors. For the outfield, it's got the be the Washington Nationals (although the Diamondbacks had a good case last year and the Brewers have a good case now). For catcher, the New York Mets have two premier offensive talents in the top ten for the position with Franc...

On today's show, we're taking a deep dive into Minor League rosters to figure out which affiliates are the most talented as we open the season. In AAA, the Durham Bulls (Rays) just narrowly edge out the absolutely loaded Norfolk Tides (Orioles) based on the ridiculous ceiling of Rays RHP Taj Bradley (NOTE: Recorded prior to Bradley's call-up), with the Columbus Clippers (Guardians) and Memphis Red...

On today's show, we're looking at some of the top arms in AAA that there's a good chance we'll see in MLB this year - redraft fantasy baseball folks, get those watch lists ready! The Dodgers have TWO of them - RHPs Gavin Stone and Bobby Miller. Miller has the better tools and higher ceiling, but Stone might be more ready to compete at the major league level right now. Lefty Kyle Harrison for the S...

On today's show, we're taking your questions! An Angels affiliate, the AA Rocket City Trash Pandas had a Saturday DH where they gave up a combined one hit - and went 1-1. Questions about SS Maikel Garcia of the Kansas City Royals, RHP Alex McFarlane of the Philadelphia Phillies, and LHP Brian Gonzalez of the San Diego Padres, an explanation of the MiLB Development List, and our thoughts on the bat...

On today's show, we're looking at some noteworthy prospect debuts from this week! Grayson Rodriguez went out for Baltimore and faced down Jacob DeGrom, earning a no-decision after five innings of two-run ball. Dylan Dodd held the Cardinals offense in check to get Atlanta the series win in St. Louis, and the Brewers trio of rookies - Joey Weimer, Brice Turang, and Garrett Mitchell - had themselves...

On today's show, we're looking at Baseball America's "7 prospects primed to bounce back in 2023" piece to see why those guys didn't work out last year and what the odds are of them putting it together this year. Cubs OF Brennan Davis and Nationals 3B Brady House both dealt with back injuries, while Pittsburgh's Henry Davis and OF Luis Matos of the Giants dealt with their own injuries - and in Davi...

On today's show, we're looking at some interesting assignments for Top 100 prospects. SS Jordan Lawlar of the Arizona Diamondbacks needs a healthy year, and Double-A Amarillo is the place for him to do it. C Endy Rodriguez of the Pittsburgh Pirates is in Indianapolis, and he has a very tantalizing statline to bring to the AAA Indians. SS Jackson Merrill gets his first full-season assignment AND he...

On today's show, we're looking at all the prospect debuts from over the weekend in MLB! Oakland's Shintaro Fujinami got ROCKED by the Angels, prompting Shohei Ohtani to throw a little shade his way. Weekly winners Kosai Senga and Jhony Brito both gave great performances for the Mets and Yankees, respectively, while Jared Shuster rebounded from a tough first outing to give a good - not great - star...

On today's show, we're emptying the mailbag with your questions! We've got takes about Anthony Volpe and Joey Weimer's debuts, analysis of what the pitch clock did on Opening Day, answers for Vaughn Grissom's needs on defense, and discussion about why MLB would make another deal with Bally and what 2024 prospects to be watching this season. Join the NEW Locked On MLB Prospects Discord: https://dis...

Right before Opening Day (Wednesday night), we went on a Kansas City podcast, Royals Rundown, to talk with host Jacob Millham all about this Royals farm system. (Also, this is what we were doing when the Minor League CBA news broke) It was a great conversation about expectations for some of the younger prospects, like Frank Mozzicato and Carter Jensen, as well as discussion about how long it takes...

A historic day - for the first time ever, we have a Collective Bargaining Agreement for Minor League players. There's a lot of things to like about the agreement - $90M in total pay increases across the minors, better housing and nutrition standards - but we also have to acknowledge that losing a total of 450 jobs next year isn't great. Let's break down the deal and discuss what's in it, what's NO...

On today's show, we're looking at both the non-top 100 prospects that made their rosters and the Top 100 guys that didn't to figure out: Why? For guys that made it, both Dodgers OF James Outman and Rockies 3B Elehuris Montero can chalk it up to their improvements at the plate - Outman with his swing mechanics and Montero with his pitch recognition and swing decisions - while Giants C/OF Blake Sabo...

We're almost there - Opening Day is tomorrow! On today's show, we're taking a dive into some of the most interesting (and high-profile) prospect promotions to open the season. Anthony Volpe will be the Opening Day shortstop in the Bronx, while outfielders Jordan Walker (Cardinals) and Oscar Colas (White Sox) and infielders Ezequiel Tovar (Rockies) and Brice Turang (Brewers) have made their teams....