Locked On MLB Prospects - Daily Podcast on Minor League Baseball

On today's show, we're looking at the late-season call-ups & prospect debuts as teams are fighting for playoff positioning. Some teams promoted a top prospect (SS Gunnar Henderson of the Baltimore Orioles, 1B Triston Casas of the Boston Red Sox, 2B Vaughn Grissom of the Atlanta Braves, C Yanier Diaz of the Houston Astros) while other contenders promoted lesser-heralded prospects (OF Garrett Mitche...

On today's Tuesday Top Ten, we're digging through all of Minor League Baseball to determine who are the top ten catching prospects. Tier One is Gabriel Moreno of the Toronto Blue Jays, Francisco Alvarez of the New York Mets, and Diego Cartaya of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Oakland Athletics have already called up Shea Langeliers, while Drew Romo of the Colorado Rockies and Kevin Parada of the New...

On today's Mailbag Monday, we're taking your questions!  First, about the status of the Rookie of the Year races: Has Atlanta Braves starter Spencer Strider already locked up the NL race over Braves outfielder Michael Harris? What about the AL, where it's down to Seattle Mariner Julio Rodriguez vs Baltimore Oriole Adley Rutschman?  Next, Alexander is asking about catchers in California; specifical...

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On today's show, we're taking a deep dive into the San Diego Padres minor league system and panning for gold. Lots of newly drafted players - RHP Dylan Lesko, LHP Robby Snelling, RHP Adam Mazur, and RHP Henry Williams - are all in the top 25 even though most of them aren't playing professional ball yet. In Single-A Lake Elsinore (the Storm!), top prospect SS Jackson Merrill is having himself a YEA...

On today's show, the Voice of the El Paso Chihuahuas, Tim Hagerty, joins to share stories about life in the minor leagues! We discuss how he got into broadcasting, his firsthand observations of top San Diego Padres prospects Eugy Rosario and Luis Campusano, interesting unheralded guys in El Paso, and tons of stories about the minor leagues - like the time that, yes, a professional baseball player...

On Wednesday's show, we're discussing Major League Baseball's top ten prospect debuts of 2022 (so guys who technically debuted in 2021, like Atlanta's Spencer Strider, were not eligible for this list) OF Julio Rodriguez of the Seattle Mariners has already received a historic contract (in size, length, and complexity), while Baltimore Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman has propelled the Orioles into c...

On today's show, we're breaking down the SHOCKING news that the MLBPA sent union authorization cards to every domestic minor leaguer on Sunday night. We walk through the process to get recognized by the union, whether through NLRB-mandated election or voluntarily recognition by MLB, some of the proposals for increased wages/salaries and the financial impact of those changes, and the secondary (and...

On today's show, we're answering YOUR questions. We start off with a conversation about Cade Cavalli's debut on Friday night for the Washington Nationals (4.1 IP vs the Cincinnati Reds, with 6H, 7ER, 2BB, & 6 Ks.), then we discuss what seperates a #1 pitcher (Jacob DeGrom, Justin Verlander, Sandy Alcántara, Corbin Burnes) from a #2 (Brandon Woodruff, Shohei Ohtani, Charlie Morton). Jeff had a grea...

On today's Farm Friday, we dig through the Miami Marlins farm system to look at all the talent working their way up to the bigs. The Single-A Jupiter Hammerheads have recent draftee Jacob Berry, who might play 3B, or 1B, or maybe LF? Also catcher Joe Mack, recent prep draftee who has a real chance to grow into some power, and infielder Yiddi Cappe, where there's no consensus where he should be rat...

On today's show, we welcome David Gasper, editor of ReviewingTheBrew.com and Brewers writer for Prospects1500 to talk Brew Crew. We discuss OF Jackson Chourio's rise, get a really eye-opening comp for him, and discuss his ceiling. We talk about so many of the top prospects being toolsy outfielders (like Sal Frelick, and Joey Weimer, and Esteury Ruiz, and Garrett Mitchell, and Luis Lara...), and if...

...And more importantly, what can we learn from it? We're looking at the updated organizational talent rankings from both MLB Pipeline and Baseball America to determine true talent level of minor league teams. In some cases the variance between the two sites can be distilled down to the value of a single player - OF Jasson Dominguez of the New York Yankees, 1B Xavier Isaac for the Tampa Bay Rays -...

On today's show, we're breaking down the top ten outfield prospects in Minor League Baseball. We're not counting guys who might get moved to the outfield (sorry Jordan Walker) and not counting 2022 draftees (sorry, Druw Jones and Elijah Green), but only full-time minor league outfielders for 2022. Three organizations (Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago Cubs, and Washington Nationals) are on here twice!  F...

On today's show, it's a packed YouTube mailbag! We answer if Washington Nationals pitcher Cade Cavalli could be an ace pitcher, as well as if Detroit Tigers pitcher Jackson Jobe could be. We discuss Jackson Holliday vs Gunnar Henderson and what the Baltimore Orioles are going to do with the SS job in the short and long-term, as well as my favorite prospect that ultimately disappointed me. Finally,...

It's a Farm Friday, this one about the World Series-contending Toronto Blue Jays. We start off with the two farthest affiliates from the parent club: Single-A Dunedin, where SS/2B Adrian Pinto and RHP Irv Carter are tearing it up. (2022 draftees SS John Kasevich and 2B Cade Doughty just got here too!) and High-A Vancouver, where OF Gabriel Martinez, RHP Dahian Santas, and SS Alex DeJesus are devel...

Now that MLB Pipeline, MLB's official prospect site, has put out their Top 100 as well (read that here: https://www.mlb.com/prospects/top100/), let's compare and contrast their picks with Baseball America. MLB has more 2022 draftees in theirs than Baseball America does, and there's some significant differences in how the two companies rated some prominent catchers - most notably, Colorado Rockies...

Baseball America has released their final Top 100 re-rate of the 2022 season, and there's some interesting movement: New top prospect is Baltimore Orioles SS (and this pod's favorite player) Gunnar Henderson, with Brewers OF Jackson Churio right behind him at #2. We go through the top twenty, discuss 2022 draftees being in the top 50 without having officially played in the minors, some risers (tha...

We saw prospect debuts this weekend, as the Atlanta Braves called up top prospect SS Vaughn Grissom and the Baltimore Orioles called up lefty DL Hall. We break down both of those debuts and what they mean, and then join Connor Newcomb of LockedOn Orioles to break down the drafting of Auburn pitcher Trace Bright, DL Hall vs Grayson Rodriguez, this podcast's favorite prospect Gunnar Henderson, and m...

We're answering YOUR questions! Ryan on twitter noted that I called San Francisco Giants P Kyle Harrison a "#2 or #3" and asks if he's not an ace, who is? Mike asked about Andrew Painter of the Philadelphia Phillies, who got promoted to AA right as we recorded this (and yes, could potentially be an ace as well). Tyler asked about Los Angeles Angels catcher Edgar Quero and RHP Coleman Crow, while M...

On today's Farm Friday, we're diving into the St. Louis Cardinals and the impressive collection of talent they've amassed in the organization. Single-A Palm Beach has one of the fastest rising young pitchers, #3 prospect RHP Tink Hence, and powerful slugger #11 OF Joshua Baez. The High-A Peoria Chiefs have a trio of interesting righties in pitchers Inohan Paniagua (#13), Austin Love (#16), and Ian...

On today's episode, we call on an expert to dive into the world of trading cards: Scott Greene, President of Prospects1500 & creator of ScottyBallgameBreaks is here to break down #TheHobby, what makes some cards rarer than others, how the pandemic impacted the trading card universe, and then we chat about prospect values vs baseball card values - they're closely linked, but that's not always the c...

The Chicago Cubs had an interesting trade deadline, acquiring three pitchers in Hayden Wesneski (from the New York Yankees for reliever Scott Effross), Ben Brown (from the Philadelphia Phillies for closer David Robertson) and Saul Gonzalez (from the New York Mets for reliever Mychal Givens), but most notably *NOT* trading catcher Willson Contreras and outfielder Ian Happ. We discuss the overall ph...

On today's show, we're breaking down the giant package the Washington Nationals received from the San Diego Padres for Juan Soto: veteran 1B Luke Voit, recently graduated pitcher Mackenzie Gore, #1 SS CJ Abrams, #2 OF Robert Hassel, #3 OF James Wood, and #10 RHP Jarlin Susana. We detail each guy and what their potential ceiling could be, as well as discuss the state of the Nationals farm system an...

On today's Mailbag Monday, we're taking listener questions. Travis asked about the St. Louis Cardinals not making the deal with the Washington Nationals for Juan Soto, and if it was the right decision in the long run. Also, is Jordan Walker, the top prospect they reportedly didn't want to part with to get Soto, really THAT good? Alex asked about 3B Deyvison De Los Santos of the Arizona Diamondback...

CORRECTION: This episode states that Marco Luciano just got promoted to Hi-A - he has been playing in Hi-A, missed a month with a back injury, and just started a rehab assignment at the Complex League. We regret the error. On today's Farm Friday, we take a look at the San Francisco Giants. The Single-A San Jose Giants have SS Aeverson Arteaga, a no-doubt SS if there ever was one, as well as 2021 C...