The D1Baseball Podcast

Ahead of the first weekend of the 2025 Amegy Bank College Baseball Series at Globe Life Field, D1Baseball sat down with the four head coaches to discuss their teams, the preseason/early season, and their excitement for this weekend's tournament!  00:00 TCU's Kirk Saarloos 09:06 Kansas State's Pete Hughes 19:25 Michigan's Tracy Smith 30:08 Arkansas' Dave Van Horn Learn more about the 2025 Amegy Ban...

In this inaugural episode of the B1G, Baseball and Beyond Podcast, hosted by Burke Granger and Patrick Ebert, the duo delve into the Midwest college baseball scene with expert insights and passion. They discuss the Top 25 rankings and seasonal outlook for notable teams such as Michigan, Penn State, Nebraska, and others in the Big Ten Conference. Highlights from the episode include a detailed analy...

Wake Forest head coach Tom Walter joins the show to discuss the new-look Demon Deacons and how they went about reconstructing the roster with a Moneyball approach of filling holes after seeing several players selected in the draft, including three players taken in the top 10 picks.   Later in the episode, ACC, Etc. host Daron Vaught joins to talk Wake Forest, transfer classes and all things Atlant...

On this episode of The D1Baseball Podcast, Mike Rooney, Kendall Rogers and Bradley Smart take a look back at the Opening Weekend of the 2025 season. Kendall also shares his in-person observations from the Shriners Children's College Showdown at Globe Life Field. 00:00 Introduction and Sponsor Shoutout 01:01 Weekend Recap: Arizona's Struggles and Cincinnati's Rise 05:07 Duke vs. Cincinnati: A Close...

On this episode of The D1Baseball Podcast, Mike Rooney, Kendall Rogers, Aaron Fitt, Joe Healy, Bradley Smart and Jack DeLongchamps go through their bold predictions for the 2025 season. The D1Baseball Podcast is brought to you by Academy Sports + Outdoors —your go-to destination for everything you need this baseball season. Whether you’re gearing up for game day or sharpening your skills in the of...

D1Baseball Midwest regional analyst Patrick Ebert breaks down the new Big Ten and what to expect this year in a conference with four new West Coast teams, six more league games, and a number of teams that could be in the conversation for an at-large bid. Northwestern head coach Ben Greenspan also joins the show to talk about the allure of taking a Northwestern job that may not have seemed desirabl...

Ahead of the 2025 Shriners Children's College Showdown at Globe Life Field, D1Baseball's Joe Healy, Kendall Rogers, and Mike Rooney sat down with the six head coaches to discuss their teams, the preseason, and their excitement for this weekend's tournament!   00:00 – Jim Schlossnagle, Texas 10:04 – Mike Bianco, Ole Miss 21:01 – Dan McDonnell, Louisville 33:34 – Chip Hale, Arizona 44:00 – Erik Baki...

On this episode of RINTARO, Daron Vaught asks Rintaro Sasaki's coaches and teammates what they think success for Rintaro could mean for themselves, others, and the landscape of college baseball. RINTARO is part of the D1Baseball Podcast Network and is hosted and produced by Daron Vaught. Art by Kev Roché (kevdraws.com) Music by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech The D1Baseball Podcast is brought to you by...

On this episode of The D1Baseball Podcast, Mike Rooney, Kendall Rogers, Aaron Fitt, David Seifert and Joe Healy complete their 2025 fantasy draft. Fitt will be going for a three-peat after winning the fantasy competition each of the last two years.    The D1Baseball Podcast is brought to you by Academy Sports + Outdoors —your go-to destination for everything you need this baseball season. Whether...

On this episode of The D1Baseball Podcast, Mike Rooney, Kendall Rogers, Aaron Fitt and Joe Healy play the annual stock market game, where they each pick eight teams, one each from the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten and SEC, and four wild cards from all the other conferences to see who can pick the teams that have the largest cumulative increase in win total from year to year. 00:13 Academy Sports and Outdoo...

On this episode of RINTARO, Daron Vaught examines Rintaro Sasaki's first competitive games in the United States in the MLB Draft League and the Appalachian League. He speaks with one of Rintaro's summer coaches, former MLB All-Star shortstop Jack Wilson, as well as Joe Healy of D1Baseball. RINTARO is part of the D1Baseball Podcast Network and is hosted and produced by Daron Vaught. Art by Kev Roch...

LSU head coach Jay Johnson joins Shotgun Spratling on the Sidearm Delivery Podcast to talk about roster construction and putting together one of the deepest teams in the nation, including what Johnson will have to do to keep everyone fully invested in the team rather than individual desires. D1Baseball & D1 SEC Extra's Mark Etheridge also joins the show to talk about Johnson’s Tigers and the r...

On this episode of The D1Baseball Podcast, Mike Rooney interviews Arizona State Athletic Director Graham Rossini. Rossini talks about ASU’s recent announcement to fully fund 34 baseball scholarships for the 2026 season and why the Sun Devils have chosen to go all in on baseball. Rossini also talks about some of the things he’d like to see happen in college baseball in the near future. The D1Baseba...

On this episode of RINTARO, Daron Vaught introduces a member of Stanford's baseball program labeled by the coaches as a "blessing in disguise" when recruiting Rintaro Sasaki and helping him acclimate to his new life in the U.S. Rintaro Sasaki's teammates (and others) also explain the moments at which they realized just how famous the Japanese superstar is and the level of celebrity he brought with...

After a very extended hiatus, Shotgun Spratling is back on The D1Baseball Podcast feed with his Sidearm Delivery episodes. In this first episode of 2025, Shotgun heads virtually up to Corvallis to chat with Oregon State head coach Mitch Canham.   Later, D1Baseball national writer Mike Rooney joins the show to talk about the diaspora of the former Pac-12, getting his take on Oregon State as an inde...

After committing to Stanford, Rintaro Sasaki enrolled early and began his collegiate experience in the spring of 2024. On this episode of RINTARO, Daron Vaught talks to Rintaro's Stanford coaches and teammates about their first impressions of the Japanese phenom as a player, as well as their observations of his adjustments to life as a student-athlete in Palo Alto. RINTARO is part of the D1Basebal...

So Japan's top baseball prospect, Rintaro Sasaki, had decided to forego a professional career in his home country's top league in order to play collegiately in the United States. Then what? On this episode of RINTARO, Daron Vaught speaks with Stanford head coach David Esquer and recruiting coordinator Thomas Eager,  plus Cardinal players Luke Lavin and Malcolm Moore, about Rintaro's recruitment an...

On this episode of The D1Baseball Podcast, Mike Rooney, Kendall Rogers, Aaron Fitt and Joe Healy discuss the 10 teams that just missed the top 25 rankings, including non-P4 stalwarts East Carolina and Southern Miss, and talk about their favorite players and toughest omissions from the recently-released All-American teams. 00:00 Welcome to the D1 Baseball Podcast 01:53 Food Debates and Personal Fla...

Rintaro Sasaki hit the most home runs of any high school player in Japanese history at Hanamaki Higashi High School, where his father Hiroshi is the head coach and helped produce major league stars Shohei Ohtani and Yusei Kikuchi. Rintaro would have been the most sought-after prospect in Nippon Professional Baseball, the top league in Japan. Instead of going from high school to NPB, though, Rintar...

On this episode of The D1Baseball Podcast, Mike Rooney is joined by Gabe Feldman, the director of the Tulane Sports Law Program. Feldman is one of the foremost experts on the impending House Settlement. They cover the whys behind the House Settlement, the strategy of a 38-man fall roster in baseball, the viability of Deloitte’s role in governing NIL, and the differences between opting in or out of...

On this episode of The D1Baseball Podcast, Mike Rooney, Aaron Fitt, Kendall Rogers and Joe Healy discuss the preseason top 25 rankings. They talk about Texas A&M's juggernaut roster, the deadlock of SEC teams at 3-5 in the rankings, how to separate the ACC clubs in the middle and who we're buying at the back end of the rankings. 00:00 Introduction and Sponsor Shoutout 01:03 ACC Extra and Best...

On this episode of The D1Baseball Podcast, Mike Rooney and Joe Healy recap the ABCA convention that was just held at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center right outside of Washington, D.C. They review rule changes for the 2025 season, summarize the Division I meeting that focused on the concept of fall roster limits for legislative consideration and reflect on Tony Vitello's conventi...

In this episode of The D1Baseball Podcast, Mike Rooney, Kendall Rogers, Joe Healy, and Aaron Fitt do a 2024 Year in Review for College Baseball.  They take us from the preseason to Omaha to the Draft and then wrap the year with several impactful changes that will affect the sport going forward.   D1Baseball is the #1 source for college baseball. Subscribe to our show to get the best college baseba...

On this episode of The D1Baseball Podcast, Mike Rooney and Aaron Fitt are joined by prospects guru and director of credibility David Seifert to discuss our recent Top 150 College Prospects list. After a big-picture discussion about the 2025 draft class, the boys identify a host of players with riser potential and some personal favorites in the class. 04:08 Comparing Current and Past Draft Classes...

Join host Mike Rooney on the D1 Baseball Podcast for an insightful discussion brought to you by PitchLogic. In this special episode, guests Lary Sorenson (pitchLogic) and Andrew Checketts (UC Santa Barbara) delve into PitchLogic, a baseball training and development tool. Discover how the pitchLogic system is transforming pitching and player development from youth leagues to the big leagues. Learn...