Locked On MLB Prospects - Daily Podcast on Minor League Baseball

On today's show, we're breaking down the Cincinnati Reds farm system. The Single-A Daytona Tortugas have RHP Chase Petty (Organizational #7 prospect) and OF Jay Allen (#8), as well as a finally healthy 2B Tyler Callihan (#25). High-A Dayton Dragons represents the youth movement working their way up, led by future star SS Elly De La Cruz (#4) and a trio of outfielders, Rece Hinds (#13), Austin Hend...

We're 1/4th of the way through the MLB season, and some of y'all just realized your MLB teams are bad! Let's talk MLB Draft: How it works, some of the changes this year, and then THIS piece from Jarrett Seidler of Baseball Prospectus about how Steve Cohen and the New York Mets can taking a wrecking ball to the entire MLB Draft system. Find and follow LockedOn MLB Prospects on your favorite podcast...

On today's absolute BANGER of an episode, we hop on LockedOn Nationals with Josh Neighbors to discuss last week's report that MLB GMs believe Washington Nationals star outfielder Juan Soto is available for trade. We discuss whether the pending sale of the team impacts his availability, the contract you would have to give him when you do get him, who projects to have the money to sign him in 2025,...

It's time for conference tournaments in college baseball! We briefly go over the Power 5 tournaments and who is the favorite (and the sleeper) to win each. We then answer a listener question by discussing last year's 1st round college pitchers and where they're playing (or not) this year, as well as a refresher on the "Kumar Rocker Rule". Then, we hop on with LockedOn Auburn host Zac Blackerby to...

On today's show, we're reveling in the callups of St. Louis Cardinals 2B Nolan Gorman, LHP Matthew Liberatore, and Baltimore Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman. We break down their MLB debuts and then answer a question about service time manipulation. After that, we field questions about average age for minor leaguers and why it's not by itself an indicator of success but is useful context, and about...

On today's show, we're breaking down all the full-season affiliates of the Detroit Tigers. In Lakeland, the Single-A Flying Tigers have the best pitching prospect, RHP Jackson Jobe. The West Michigan Whitecaps, in High-A, have quite a few pitchers, like Ty Madden and Dylan Smith, but nobody who really grades out as possibly being elite. The Double-A Erie Seawolves have the catcher of the future, D...

On today's episode, I joined Jon and Mike (twitter.com/superhalobros) on LockedOn Angels to discuss all things Angels farm systems! We talked about some of the big name pitching prospects, like Sam Bachman and Ky Bush. We chat about why the Angels farm systems isn't even considered to be even an average system, when they've produced plenty of talent. We discuss last year's MLB Draft, with 20 pitch...

On today's show, we're thrilled to be joined by St. Louis Cardinals farmhand Jacob Buchberger. Undrafted in 2020 out of Davenport, he skipped his final year of eligibility to sign with the St. Louis Cardinals and has been in Palm Beach and now Peoria. The wide-ranging conversation covers everything from defensive versatility, dealing with injuries and the differing thoughts about the pitch clock i...

On today's College Ball Tuesday, we check on each of the major conferences with one week left in the regular season, as well as briefly touch on some of the noteworthy matchups this weekend. Then we're on to the mock draft! Jim Callas (https://twitter.com/jimcallisMLB) of MLB.com put out THIS (http://atmlb.com/3Nc2OpV) mock draft last week - how does this differ from the previous Baseball America...

On today's mailbag, we're answering YOUR questions on San Francisco Giants 3B David Villar - will he get called up this season? New York Yankees SS Anthony Volpe and Pittsburg Pirates 2B Nick Gonzales have disappointed so far this season, right? Minnesota Twins MI Christian Encarnacion-Strand - How is he looking this year? Thoughts on San Francisco Giants OF Luis Matos's slow start. Do the San Fra...

On today's Farm Friday, we're talking all things Kansas City Royals. A-ball is the Columbia Fireflies (A-ball) and the Quad City River Bandits (High-A), with some interesting pitchers in Ben Hernandez and Noah Murdock and some raw talented dudes like C Carter Jensen and OF Erick Pena. The Double-A Northwest Arkansas Naturals have TONS of pitchers, headlined by future stud LHP Asa Lacy and really u...

On today's show, we're overjoyed that the first solo no-hitter of the 2022 Major League Baseball season was from a prospect, Los Angeles Angels rookie Reid Detmers. We break down the appearance, how unlikely it was, and what to expect from Detmers going forward. We then break into Baseball America's reporting on the new Player Development License contract's required facilities standards. A lot of...

On today's show, I hopped onto LockedOn Diamondbacks with Milliard Thomas to discuss the Alek Thomas call-up, his strengths and weaknesses, and a reasonable ceiling/floor. We then do a little Top 5 countdown of the prospects that might see playing time in Arizona this season. Find and follow LockedOn MLB Prospects on your favorite podcast platforms: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/po...

On today's show, we're digesting the news that the Kentucky Wildcats took a series from the Tennessee Volunteers, and now the Fightin' Tony Vitello's are no longer the #1 team in the nation - that'd be Oregon State, led by our friend Cooper Hjerpe. What does this mean for the postseason picture as we're two weeks out from conference tournaments? And, how does the NCAA baseball postseason work, any...

On today's show, we discuss the Seattle Mariners calling up pitching prospect George Kirby (and sending down Matt Brash) - how did Kirby fair in his first start, and what's the ceiling for him going forward? And with Matt Brash getting sent down, and to the bullpen, what happens now? It's a bad idea to send him to the bullpen this early in his career, even if it's temporary. We then get into quest...

On today's Farm Friday, we're breaking down the Baltimore Orioles farm system! Low-A Delmarva has some interesting prospects that haven't really gotten a chance to play in professional baseball in OFs Heston Kjerstad and Reed Trimble. High-A Aberdeen has a bunch of C's - OF Colton Cowser, 3B Coby Mayo, 2B Connor Norby, and INF Cesar Prieto - that are playing better than that grade. Double-A Bowie...

On today's show, we're breaking down MLB's Players and Pitchers of the Month for April. From St. Louis Cardinals prospect Nolan Gorman in the International League (Triple-A) to a pair of Angels prospects in Double-A, Trey Cabbage and Chase Silseth, all the way to the Florida State League (Low-A) and Toronto Blue Jays lefty Ricky Tiedemann. Eleven players, twenty-two awards. Who deserves to get pro...

On today's show, Jimmy from BetOnline sends us the new Rookie of the Year odds. OF Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs, newly minted NL Rookie of the Month for April, is now the favorite for ROTY. He's being chased by a ton of pitchers - San Diego Padres RHP Mackenzie Gore, Cincinnati Reds righty Hunter Greene and left Nick Lodolo, and Padres SS CJ Abrams. In the American League, OF Steven Kwan of th...

On today's show, we're talking about college baseball's weekend that was. Virginia and Virginia Tech are battling for the ACC, the Big 12 is a complete fire, and the SEC is full of challenges every single weekend. We then preview some of the interesting matchups this weekend, namely Oregon vs Oregon State, Arkansas vs Auburn, and Maryland vs Rutgers. We close with a discussion of Georgia Tech catc...

It's a Mailbag Monday! We're answering Matt's questions on 3B Rece Hinds of the Cincinnati Reds, OF Travis Swaggerty & C/1B/OF Endy Rodriguez of the Pittsburgh Pirates, and Padres INF Eguy Rosario. BigThreePC on Twitter asks about the A-ball debut of Blue Jays pitcher Ricky Tiedemann. Barry asks me to pick the better player long-term: Rockies SS Adael Amador or Giants SS Averson Artega, and Jamie...

On today's Farm Friday, we're talking all things Pittsburgh Pirates. The front office had a type last year, and you can see that in the Complex League Pirates and the Low-A Bradenton Marauders with former two-way guys like SS/P Bubba Chandler and OF Lonnie White. High-A is full of catchers, with Henry Davis and Endy Rodriguez both there. The Double-A Altoona Curve may have the best rotation in the...

On today's episode, we're diving deep into our bag to look at prospects you need to either have on your "watch list" or spend some FAAB on. For redraft leagues, Miami Marlins pitcher Max Meyer, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Roansy Contreras, and possibly Orioles pitcher Kyle Bradish. For position players, SS Oneil Cruz of the Pirates, Boston Red Sox slugger Triston Casas, and St. Louis Cardinals 2B N...

Let's take a second to look at some top prospects in the minors in 2022. First, some of the top prospects: New York Yankees SS Anthony Volpe, San Diego Padres OF Robert Hassell, and Cleveland Guardians RHP Daniel Espino. Then we'll check on some of the 2021 draftees: San Diego Padres SS Jackson Merrill, Seattle Mariners catcher Harry Ford, and Philadelphia Phillies RHP Griff McGarry. Finally, we'l...

It's another College Baseball Tuesday! We briefly run over the week that was in college baseball, as well as the weekend that will be. Then, we're diving into THIS mock draft from our friends over at Baseball America. Only five college pitchers got selected, and you'll never believe how long it took for the first one to come off the board. The state of high school pitching is strong, but college h...

On today's show, we're taking YOUR questions! We discuss Cincinnati Reds SS Matt McLain, who Steven asks if he's moving to third and I think he's moving to second or center (but third could happen if these power gains stick - we have an extremely small sample size right now.) We then talk about Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Andrew Painter and the FILTHY start he's having at Low-A Bradenton: 30 Ks...