Locked On MLB Prospects - Daily Podcast on Minor League Baseball

On today's show, we're taking your questions! We discuss Minnesota Twins 1B Luis Arraez getting moved to the Marlins for Pablo Lopez and two prospects, as well as Brian Anderson joining the Brewers. Then, we answer questions about the Kansas City Royals pitching development, Los Angeles Angels SS prospects, Cal-State Fullerton, pitching coaches calling games from the dugout, and the future of TV c...

On today's show, we finish the NL East farm previews with the Washington Nationals. Flush with top prospects from high picks and the Juan Soto trade, they're staring at 3 uber-talented outfielders in James Wood, Robert Hassel, and Elijah Green. The team has work to better incorporate analytics, and you can see that in the 2022 performances of top pitchers like Cade Cavalli and Jackson Rutledge (as...

On today's farm preview, we're looking at the seemingly-cursed Miami Marlins. Always known as a pitching rich system, there's a lot of injured arms right now. Eury Perez is recovered from his midseason lat strain and looks to be Sandy Alcantra's right-hand man, but Max Meyer and Jake Eder are out with TJ right now and Sixto Sanchez hopefully comes back from multiple shoulder surgeries. We give out...

On today's show, we're continuing the NL East farm previews with the Philadelphia Phillies. There's some fantastics pitching prospects in this system, headlined by the trio of Andrew Painter, Mick Abel, and Griff McGarry. We look at all of the outfielders in this system, including recent 2022 draftees Justin Crawford and Gabriel Rincones (who might move to first base), and give our Superlatives fo...

On today's show, we're looking at the farm system of the New York Mets! There's some high-level position player talent, starting with C Francisco Alvarez and 3B Brett Baty (who is the real winner of Carlos Correa going back to the Twins). There's a ton of promising pitchers in the low minors, like Blade Tidwell and Calvin Ziegler, while we like the enormous righty Tyler Stuart to streamline the de...

On today's show, we're looking at the defending NL East champion Atlanta Braves and their incredibly pitching-heavy farm system! We discuss the top guys, including how RHPs AJ Smith-Shawver and Owen Murphy are getting the Spencer Strider treatment. Looking at the few prominent position players, we can see some potential impactful pieces like defensive SS Braden Shewmake and offensive SS Cal Conley...

On today's show, we're taking your questions! We discuss the Trey Mancini to the Cubs news to figure out if Matt Mervis will have a chance to start, as well as what the Marlins do with newly acquired SS Jacob Amaya (from the Dodgers) and how they deploy the infield until he's ready. We're asked about Mets 3B Brett Baty and if his success as a prospect means teams won't worry about drafting a 19 ye...

In today's show, we're looking at the Boston Red Sox and their farm system - The top four prospects are nice, with Marcelo Mayer having a textbook swing (but maybe not the foot speed to stick at SS) and Miguel Bleis having limitless potential as he enters his first full season of the minors. We discuss the state of pitching, including the fact that Boston's front office seems entirely unwilling to...

On today's show, we're previewing the Baltimore Orioles farm system as we enter 2023! SS Gunnar Henderson and RHP Grayson Rodriguez are a 1-2 punch that can hang with any other organization's top prospects. LHP DL Hall has a ton of tools but some delivery issues, and there's a lot of outfielders scattered at all levels in this organization. Look for SS Darell Harnaiz to be your breakout prospect o...

We're continuing our farm system 2023 previews with the Tampa Bay Rays. Injuries (and draft-day decisions) have taken the usual pitching depth down a peg, but there's quality arms in here and a TON of promising hitters. We go over our Top four prospects in the system (Shane Baz, Taj Bradley, Curtis Mead, and Kyle Manzardo) as well as discuss the state of the pitching (highlighting some arms we lik...

On today's show, we're continuing our farm previews with the AL East runner-up Toronto Blue Jays! Can top pitching prospect Ricky Tiedemann make it to Toronto in time to impact the AL East race? What's going to happen with Nate Pearson? And we give Superlatives to these minor leaguers. Join the NEW Locked On MLB Prospects Discord: https://discord.gg/36s3eRXGUQ Find and follow LockedOn MLB Prospect...

On today's show, we're kicking off our farm system previews with the reigning AL East champions, the New York Yankees! We look at the top prospects to figure out whether #1 prospect SS Anthony Volpe (no) or #2 prospect, SS Oswald Peraza (yes) will open the season in New York. What's the updated outlook on Jasson Dominguez and Austin Wells? Are there any quality pitchers left in this system after t...

On today's show, we're taking your questions! We talk about the trade of Gregory Soto and Korey Clemens to Philadelphia for three players (Matt Vierling, Nick Maton, and Donny Sands). We discuss with prep pitchers from the 2022 MLB Draft might be the new Andrew Painter (it's down to Rangers hurler Brock Porter and Braves pitcher Owen Murphy, probably). We talk about if Phillies SP Mick Abel will s...

On today's episode, we're taking YOUR questions! Jeremy wants to know if Ronny Mauricio can get playing time in New York as a infield utility option and corner outfielder, while Ziggy asks about C Kevin Parada's All-Star chances. The Bronx Muchachos ask about OF Spencer Jones and if he'll hit the bigs before Jasson Dominguez, and who has the better career? We close the show with J's question about...

On today's show, we're catching up on some of the notable signings of the last few days - Rafael Devers getting extended in Boston, Eric Hosmer joining the Cubs, Jean Segura to the Marlins - and trying to figure out what this means for the prospects at those positions (Boston's Blaze Jordan, Chicago's Matt Mervis) and the trade market (Miami's Joey Wendle and Garrett Cooper). We then look at the M...

On today's show, we're looking at the National League West and American League West and figuring out, for each team, what their New Year's Resolutions should be and who is most likely to get Rookie of the Year votes from their current roster. Join the NEW Locked On MLB Prospects Discord: https://discord.gg/36s3eRXGUQ Find and follow LockedOn MLB Prospects on your favorite podcast platforms: Apple...

On today's show, we're looking at the National League Central and American League Central and figuring out, for each team, what their New Year's Resolutions should be and who is most likely to get Rookie of the Year votes from their current roster. Join the NEW Locked On MLB Prospects Discord: https://discord.gg/36s3eRXGUQ Find and follow LockedOn MLB Prospects on your favorite podcast platforms:...

On today's show, we're looking at the National League East and American League East and figuring out, for each team, what their New Year's Resolutions should be and who is most likely to get Rookie of the Year votes from their current roster. Join the NEW Locked On MLB Prospects Discord: https://discord.gg/36s3eRXGUQ Find and follow LockedOn MLB Prospects on your favorite podcast platforms: Apple...

SPECIAL PRESENTATION: Locked On Sports Today, hosted by Peter Bukowski, takes a look at the biggest sports moments from 2022. From Aaron Judge's home run record, to championships for the Warriors, Rams, Astros, and Avalanche, to retirements of Coach K, Sue Bird, and Tom Brady retiring and un-retiring, 2022 was a big year in sports. In this year end special, we look back on the biggest stories, the...

We close out 2022 with a preview of the 2023 MLB Draft - we talk about the top college hitters, the top college pitchers, and the top prep hitters as of end of year draft boards. Who might your team take in the top of the 1st round? Join the NEW Locked On MLB Prospects Discord: https://discord.gg/36s3eRXGUQ Find and follow LockedOn MLB Prospects on your favorite podcast platforms: Apple Podcasts:...

On today's show, we're breaking down THIS article from MLB.com about the most improved farm systems of 2022. We look at what the Colorado Rockies did developing their players, as well as the Cincinnati Reds' efforts to bring in more talent via trades and where they use Elly De La Cruz. We discuss the draft model of the Cleveland Guardians and how it helped them produce multiple T100 prospects, as...

On today's crossover, we're discussing the BLOCKBUSTER trade of top 10 overall prospect C Gabriel Moreno of the Toronto Blue Jays to the Arizona Diamondbacks for OF/C Daulton Varsho. Milliard Thomas, host of Locked On Diamondbacks, hops on because he's skeptical of the concept of trading a young player with four years of team control for a prospect and still contending for a playoff spot this year...

It's a Mailbag Monday (DISCLAIMER: Recorded on Friday, 12/23. If something huge breaks over the weekend, it won't be in here). We're answering listener questions about 2023's most impactful NL East prospects, if the Atlanta Braves will trade for a SS, if Cuban IFAs should play in either the Dominican Summer League or Complex leagues, when it's okay to switch allegiances/fandoms, how data collectio...

On today's show, we're looking to figure out what the Yankees and Orioles can do to fill out their roster in 2023, now that the Top 25 free agents have all signed. Baltimore would be foolish to count on John Means this year, so even with Grayson Rodriguez coming up we need to find them some more help. The Yankees have spent a lot of money, but other than Carlos Rodon they haven't really added a to...

On today's show, we're chatting with Paul Holden of Locked On Rockies all about the top prospects in the Colorado system. Does Ezequiel Tovar break spring training as the starting shortstop? How do you find at-bats for Elehuris Montero and Michael Toglia if you have CJ Cron at 1B and Charlie Blackmon at DH every day? And what's going on with OF Zac Veen's development - specifically, his power? Why...