Locked On MLB Prospects - Daily Podcast on Minor League Baseball

On today's show, we're looking at the Fangraphs Top 100 update (found here: https://www.fangraphs.com/prospects/the-board/2022-in-season-prospect-list). Baltimore Orioles SS Gunnar Henderson is 65 FV and #1, but #2 is interesting: Miami Marlins SP Eury Perez. We discuss him, the guys who got upgraded to 60 FV (including Milwaukee Brewers OF Jackson Chourio, Cincinnati Reds SS Elly De La Cruz, and...

On today's show, we're naming our MLB All-Rookie team. It's a good squad, one that could probably make the playoffs (especially if it were in the AL Central). From a Baltimore Orioles catcher to the expected to vote-getters for NL and AL Rookie of the Year, this team is LOADED. We go over the infield in the first segment, both winners at each position and the runners up, before covering the outfie...

On today's show, we're taking your questions. We discuss the top five most impactful prospects of the 2022 MLB playoffs in Cleveland's C Bo Naylor and OF Will Brennan, Houston's Hunter Brown, Atlanta's Bryce Elder, and UTIL Oswaldo Cabrera of the New York Yankees. We discuss Jackson Chourio hitting in very batter-friendly ballparks and if that should have us discounting his 2022 production, as wel...

To cap off "Award Week", we're naming our 1st and 2nd team Prospect All-Stars for 2022, as well as the Pitcher of the Year, Position Player of the Year, and the NL/AL Rookies of the Year. Find and follow LockedOn MLB Prospects on your favorite podcast platforms: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/locked-on-mlb-prospects/id1525225214 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2wzJIf2...

On today's show, we're continuing award season with a look at the prospect of the year winners for each organization in the American League and National League West National League West Arizona Diamondbacks - OF Corbin Carroll Colorado Rockies - SS Ezequiel Tovar Los Angeles Dodgers - 3B Miguel Vargas San Diego Padres - SS Eguy Rosario San Francisco Giants - LHP Kyle Harrison American League West...

On today's show, we're continuing award season with a look at the prospect of the year winners for each organization in the American League and National League Central National League Central Chicago Cubs - CF Pete Crow-Armstrong Cincinnati Reds - SS Elly De La Cruz Milwaukee Brewers - OF Jackson Chourio Pittsburgh Pirates - C Endy Rodriguez St. Louis Cardinals - 3B/OF Jordan Walker American Leagu...

On today's episode, we're going over the Players of the Year for each organization in the NL and AL East.  NL East: Atlanta Braves: Vaughn Grissom Miami Marlins: Eury Perez New York Mets: Brett Baty Philadelphia Phillies: Andrew Painter Washington Nationals: Jeremy De La Rosa AL East: Baltimore Orioles: Gunnar Henderson Boston Red Sox: Ceddanne Rafaela New York Yankees: Anthony Volpe Tampa Bay Ray...

On today's show, we're taking *your* questions! Josue asks about which Houston Astros outfield prospect is the future centerfielder, and we give an entire L-to-R defensive alignment. Thomas is one of many asking about Kyle Manzardo and why he was snubbed from breakout prospect lists, and we end up talking about prospect apparatus bias towards 1B. BirdsEyeBreakers asks about RHP Ben Kudrna of the K...

On today's Farm Friday, we're looking at the Milwaukee Brewers farm system. Single-A Carolina had the debuts of SS Eric Brown and RHP Jacob Misiorowski, while High-A Wisconsin has 2B Tyler Black and C Jeferson Quero. Double-A Biloxi has the fantastic Jackson Chourio, while the rest of the outfielders are in Triple-A: Sal Frelick, Brice Turang (who also plays SS), Joey Weimer, and Esteury Ruiz. Lef...

On today's show, we're previewing the Arizona Fall League, which starts next week! We look at all six teams to identify the top prospects on each team (16 total Top 100 guys), as well as the types of players that are there and, more importantly, WHY they're there. We also make out breakout prediction! Find and follow LockedOn MLB Prospects on your favorite podcast platforms: Apple Podcasts: https:...

On today's show, we're going over ESPN's Top Ten Breakout Prospects of 2022 list, as written by MLB Insider Kiley McDaniel. Some of these names are obvious - Milwaukee Brewers OF Jackson Chourio (#1), Cincinnati Reds SS Elly De La Cruz (#8), but some names are either misplaced (Philadelphia Phillies SP Andrew Painter all the way down at #6) or surprising that they're even on there at all (Clevelan...

On today's (long) show we're joined by JD Hafron of Locked On Cardinals to discuss St. Louis prospects. Jordan Walker switched to the outfield at the trade deadline, and looks like he could significantly impact the big league team next year. What's a realistic timeline to call him up? We also talk other top position prospects - Masyn Winn, Alec Burleson, and a discussion of the similarities betwee...

On today's show, we're taking your questions! We'll look at the Colorado Rockies debut of top SS prospect Ezequiel Tovar, anwer Barry's questions about Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Dalton Rushing and Seattle Mariners SS Cole Young, look at Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Endy Rodriguez and answer Mike's question on him getting called up for the last week of the season, and then we'll discuss Johann's qu...

Farm Friday! The Colorado Rockies have a ton of talent in the lower minor: SS/2B Adael Amador and OF Benny Montgomery have been showing new draftees RHP Gabriel Hughes, OF Sterlin Thompson, and OF Jordan Beck the way around Single-A Fresno. Couple of 2022 draftee pitchers haven't competed in 2022 - Jackson Cox, Carson Palmquist, and Connor Staine - but catcher Drew Romo is ready for them at High-A...

Today's episode is a chat with Stacey Gotsulias of LockedOn Yankees about the top prospects for New York! We touch on the turnaround of Jasson Dominguez and the development of Anthony Volpe, including discussing whether he'll play SS or 2B, before chatting about the outfield playing time of Oswaldo Cabrera and the lack of playing time for Oswald Peraza, and then close with a discussion of Aaron Ju...

On today's show, we've looking at two-way players in the minor leagues. On Saturday, Los Angeles Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani threw a 101 mph pitch and had a batted ball with an 106 exit velo. Is there anybody in the minor leagues that could possibly do both of those things in the same game? We look at four possibilities: SS Masyn Winn of the St. Louis Cardinals, RHP/DH Bubba Chandler of the Pitts...

On today's Tuesday Top Ten, we're looking at the top ten single game performances for debuting MLB prospects, five each for hitters and pitchers. For hitters, we've narrowed it down to Miami Marlins OF Jerar Encarnacion, New York Mets 3B Brett Baty, Atlanta Braves 2B Vaughn Grissom, Cincinnati Reds UTIL Spencer Steer, and Los Angeles Dodgers OF James Outman. For pitchers, we've got Los Angeles Ang...

On today's show, we're answering YOUR questions about minor league baseball! We discuss the impressive debuts of Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Drey Jameson and Minnesota Twins OF Matt Wallner before getting to the headline: What minor league hitting stats are (and are not) predictive of Major League success? We close with questions about Seattle Mariners C Harry Ford and Los Angeles Angels RP Eric...

On today's show, we're diving into the Philadelphia Phillies farm system to try and uncover some gems. Single-A has recent draftee OF Justin Crawford (#4) and OF/1B Jordan Viars (#12). High-A Jersey Shore, the BlueClaws, has intriguing 2021 IFA 2B Hoo Yu Lee (#13) and the rehabbing Christian McGowan (#18), who had TJ. Double-A Reading (which we mispronounced in the show - it's "Redding" - is the F...

On today's show, we're looking at how the prospect call-up looks different now than in the last CBA (and why it might actually be better this way), as well as injury updates on some top pitching prospects (Grayson Rodriguez of the Baltimore Orioles, Daniel Espino of the Cleveland Guardians, and Max Meyer of the Miami Marlins) and a discussion of the unique structure of the Minor League Playoffs. (...

On today's show, we're looking at top prospects, starting with Jasson Dominguez of the New York Yankees. Were we too tough on him earlier this year, when we encouraged the Yanks to move him at the deadline? We look at the debuts of New York Mets 3B Mark Vientos and Texas Rangers 3B Josh Jung, and then discuss the Dodgers top prospects and how they might slot nicely into LA's 2023 roster. *Note: Do...

On today's show, we're looking at upper minors prospects that popped off, a little under the radar. Some of these guys actually got into the bigs this year, like OF Esteury Ruiz of the Milwaukee Brewers and 2B Michael Massey of the Kansas City Royals. Some of them have an outstanding tool and answered a question about the rest of the package, like 2B Edouard Julien of the Minnesota Twins and OF Ju...

On today's show, we're taking YOUR questions! Alison wanted to know about the MLB rule changes (pitch clock/pickoff limits, shift restrictions, and bigger bases): they were tested in the minor leagues this year, so what did we learn and what kind if impact do we think they'll have in MLB? (Spoiler: The shift restriction isn't really a big deal). Matt wanted to know about some Braves prospects: SS...

On today's Farm Friday, we're diving into the Atlanta Braves farm system to identify the next impact talent they're going to call up (and sign to a super-cheap long term deal). Single-A Augusta has some of the youngsters - RHPs AJ Smith-Shawver, Owen Murphy, and JR Ritchie. High-A Rome has sleeper RHP Royber Salinas and toolsy outfielder Brandol Mezquita. AA Mississippi is an extreme pitcher's par...

On today's show, we're digging through the notebook to discuss what's happening around Minor League Baseball. First, Milwaukee Brewers Jackson Chourio hit his 20th homerun the other day, which puts him in rarified air among prospects. 1B Triston Casas got called up by the Boston Red Sox - we look at what kind of impact he might have and discuss whether he's over, under, or properly rated. And fina...