Prospect B-Sides

Nate and The Rookie are joined by a guest long time listeners will appreciate. The crew takes some excellent questions from the Handy Dandies, getting into whether we should be excited about Ryan Weathers, as well as a several other topics. The Rookie shares some thoughts on pitch command inspired by Alex Chamberlain's recent dig on the subject. Thank you listeners!

Nate and The Rookie cover all things fringy this early MLB spring training; from their B-Side selections' early performances, to position battles, to rotation battles, and much more in a thorough meandering through the early spring mud.

Points league guru Beck joins the pair to talk about all things points leagues, discussing players category leagues just don't understand, on both the MLB and MiLB side of dynasty. Bonus: The Rook gets an education on Supper Clubs. (Format details promised during the show:) Beck Points league: SB = 3, rbi = .5, r/bb/hbp =1, TB = 1.25, SO = -.5, CS = -1.5 Power heavy SB = 6, H, R, RBI, HBP, 2B = 4,...

Nate and Da Rook share 10 unpopular MLB arms they're interested in moving forward, in a myraid of fantasy formats. They also share some findings looking at some starting pitching prospects' 2023 performance later in starts. 9:30 Steven Matz 17:10 Zack Thompson 24:33 J.T. Brubaker 28:32 Ryan Feltner 35:08 Wade Miley 40:16 Jhony Brito 45:49 Kutter Crawford 52:44 Cody Bradford 1:05:35 J.P. France 1:0...

The two put on their big boy mudders and talk through twenty-some lightly drafted, lightly rostered in dynasty MLBers who juuust might have some nice fantasy return of investment and/or signs of more to come from them: 4:34 Jose Miranda 20:55 Joey Gallo 27:35 Enmanuel Valdez 36:11 Akil Baddoo 41:54 Casey Schmitt 50:23 Jack Suwinski 54:31 Jordan Diaz 1:01:08 Dominic Calzone 1:08:43 Alec Burleson 1:...

Matias Von Rooker, Chris "Chaos" Clegg and Nate chat B-Side prospects and other things prospecting. Chaos adds some juicy insight on some of the duos' 2024 selections and tosses out a few of his own B-Sides while showing off his top-1000-dynasty-prospect-list mudders.

A splash of J15 signings talk. How one can come to different conclusions, and a bevy of hypothetical trades bucking the consensus. The two are at it again ruminating on how to get an advantage on your dynasty opponents. 31:25 - Walker Jenkins for Max Clark or Emmanuel Rodriguez even better 43:30 - Druw Jones for Victor Berricoto+ 52:30 - Carson Williams for Jett Williams 1:02:23 - Luisangel Acuna...

The Four-Eyed Rook and Nate talk some first-year-player-draft-arm philosophies before dipping their toes into the murky waters of draft arms, talking over 20 prospect pitchers. The duo also takes some listener questions. 29:18 "Top 10" 31:05 Logan Evans 32:23 Kade Morris 35:57 Jaden Hamm 37:20 Chen-Wei Lin 39:48 "Top 10" 41:09 Alonzo Tredwell 42:29 Hurston Waldrep 48:28 Thomas White and Noble Meye...

Rook VonRookster and Nate talk some draft philosophies before diving into 35 prospects available in First Year Player Drafts. Good, bad, ugly, unpopular, they don't care, they're talking their guys and throwing some shade on others....perhaps even each other's. 11:12 Jacob Gonzalez 12:38 Chase Davis 12:38 Jace Bohrofen 17:19 Wyatt Langford 20:18 Matthew Etzel 25:20 Joe Redfield 28:26 C.J. Kayfus 3...

The Rookster and Nate finish off their division by division series with a bang (not), but kinda. The last mudfest of the year expounds on some of over 55 mentioned, lightly to completely not rostered prospects from the NL East 's farm systems. 7:49 Drake Baldwin 21:00 Luis De Avila 25:00 Jorge Bautista 36:04 Wen-Hui Pan 40:06 Samuel Aldegheri 44:23 Bryan Rincon 56:35 Anthony Maldonado 58:35 Ike Bu...

The Rookie shocks the world, getting into another hitter who can't ride the rides. Nate surprises no one getting into small sample-size pitchers. They continue to sludge through the divisions, expounding on some of over 70 mentioned lightly to completely not rostered prospects from the AL East's farm systems. 7:48 Jose Colmenares 16:12 Tyrone Yulie 21:42 Jack Neely 25:45 Hayden Mullins 29:50 Isaac...

Nate and Ru flip some scripts while continuing to make their way through the division by division grind, mentioning and expounding on some of over 60 lightly to completely not rostered prospects from the NL Central farm systems. Warning: Episode contains some smatterings of pretty boy arms bashing. 11:21 Grant Kipp 15:04 Brody McCullough 22:53 Pedro Ramirez 26:03 Luis Vazquez 30:18 Jacob Hurtubise...

Nate and The Rookie continue to sludge through their division by division mudfest, mentioning and expounding on some of over 65 lightly to completely not rostered prospects from the pleasantly surprising AL Central farm systems. 17:11 Mason Adams 19:51 Jacob Burke 20:59 Wilfred Veras 24:25 Brooks Baldwin 32:25 Jackson Humphries 38:14 Will Dion 45:20 Dayan Frias 48:32 C.J. Kayfus 52:24 Tyler Mattis...

Nate and The Rookie Matt mention or expound upon over 55 lightly to completely not rostered prospects from the NL West. 8:16 Braydon Fisher 10:46 Austin Gauthier 13:11 Yunior Garcia 17:01 Josue De Paula 24:04 Yilber Diaz 31:27 Christian Cerda 35:58 Caleb Roberts 38:55 Gavin Conticello 55:32 Victor Juarez 101:15 Ryan Ritter 107:19 Jimmy Herron 110:54 Marcos Castanon 114:37 Isaiah Lowe 118:23 Austin...

Nate and Matt dive into their B-Side picks from the AL West. 5:54 Tyler Guilfoil 13:37 Jose Fleury 19:27 Carlos Espinosa 26:46 Jackson Loftin 29:17 Miguel Palma 36:20 Gustavo Campero 40:49 Jadiel Sanchez 45:22 Michael Darrell-Hicks 52:22 Brett Harris 55:45 Brennan Milone 58:01 Cooper Bowman 102:36 Joey Estes 107:32 James Gonzalez 112:55 Eduardo Rivera 122:23 Josh Hood 125:54 Leo Rivas 142:06 Chase...

Nate and The Rookie get into another marathon of mud, this time partaking in their 2024 B-Side Pitcher draft. 13:45 Kai-Wei Teng 23:30 D.J. McCarty 31:05 Reid VanScoter 40:31 Tyler Schweitzer 47:33 Tyler Guilfoil 54:28 Jerming Rosario 101:54 Trey Dombroski 108:37 C.J. Culpepper 113:19 Pierson Ohl 122:00 Jarrod Cande 129:07 Mike Prosecky 135:33 Haminton Mendez

After an unforeseen hiatus, the band’s bigger, better, and muddier than ever. Nate and The Rookie jump into some competitive 2024 B-Side’ing, comparing notes on hitters showing up during their 2023 video reviews. 15:33 Ryan Cermak 18:54 Austin Gauthier 22:43 Trevor Werner 27:40 Troy Johnston 32:36 Ethan O’Donnell 35:07 Drake Baldwin 39:12 Wilfredo Lara 41:51 Yoyner Fajardo 45:54 Alex Iadisernia 50...

Geoff joins Nate discussing some general baseball topics, like The Hall of Fame, quality of pitching in AA, dynasty speculation philosophies, identifying differences and similarities in the style of prospect they seek, 2023 B-Side selections Jaylen Nowlin, Miguel Ugueto, Edinson Batista, Brett Harris, Nick Zwack n others.

Nate converts to mysticism prior to discussing the AL East's juicy B-Side history and 2023 selections. Players discussed include; Ceddanne Rafaela, Enmanual Valdez, Miguel Ugueto, Juan Daniel Encarnacion, Elio Prado, Creed Willems, Juan de los Santos, Leo Jimenez, Sebastian Espino, Robert Robertis, Michael Dominguez, Andres Chaparro, Tayler Aguilar, Josue Panacual, Osleivis Basabe, Brett Wisely, E...

Nate notices an odd coincidence amongst his most avid listeners prior to discussing the NL East's very up and mostly down B-Side history and 2023 selections. Players discussed include Diowill Burgos, Bennett Hostetler, Javier Sanoja, Luis Palacios, Vaughn Grissom, Ignacio Alvarez, Adam Maier, Marcus Lee Sang, Leandro Pineda, Noah Skirrow, Kevin Kendall, Junior Tilien, Jeffrey Colon, Israel Pineda,...

Nate explains "backdoor savant" before going over the AL Central B-side history and 2023 choices. Players discussed include Luis Mieses, Jacob Burke, Kohl Simas, Jeferson Morales, Dalton Shuffield, Jaylen Nowlin, Adinso Reyes, Andre Lipcius, Justin-Henry Malloy, Manuel Sequera, Keider Montero, Jhonkensy Noel, Jose Tena, Christian Cairo, Aaron Davenport, Darryl Collins, Maikel Garcia, Diego Hernand...

Nate shares some personal run-ins with annoying folks and how it's like pitching speculation. Players discussed include Ivan Johnson, Alex McGarry, Julien Aguiar, Ernesto Martinez, Tayden Hall, Justin Jarvis, Patrick Romeri, Jeremy Rivas, Austin Love, Yohendrick Pinango, BJ Murray, Tyler Schlaffer, Dariel Lopez, Jase Bowen, Carlos Jimenez, n others.

Nate reluctantly shares some draft table thoughts before discussing his past and present B-Side selections from the AL West's organizations. Players discussed include Adam Mazur, Edgar Quero, Jadiel Sanchez, Ryan Costeiu, Jordan Diaz, Brett Harris, Euribiel Angeles, Darell Hernaiz, Jorge Juan, Milkar Perez, Robert Perez Jr., Spencer Packard, Juan Mercedes, Migual Aparicio, Ian Moller, Ryan Garcia,...

Nate discusses his past and present B-Side selections from the NL West's organizations. Players discussed include Jorge Barrosa, Roby Enriquez, Yilber Diaz, Ezequiel Tovar, Bladimir Restituyo, Case Williams, Yunior Garcia, Luis Valdez, Nerwilian Cedeno, Garrett Hawkins, Casey Schmitt, Nick Zwack, Ismael Munguia, Victor Bericoto, Brett Wisely, and more.

Nate introduces himself with the help of followers' questions, explains the origins of the show and shares some basic B-Side guidelines.