The Eyes Have It - A BaseballHQ Prospect Podcast

Back by popular demand, Chris is back with a solo edition of the EHI Podcast, scouting the college bats picked in the top 10 of the draft, including Guardians prospect Travis Bazzana, Rockies prospect Charlie Condon and Cardinals prospect J.J. Wetherholt.

Chris is joined by BHQ's Co-General Manager Brent Hershey to talk about the Futures Game, including the Batting Practice before the game, and the draft, recorded live in Texas, site of this year's All-Star Game.

Chris is joined by Rotowire's James Anderson to preview the Futures Game with some Robby Snelling & Sebastian Walcott talk mixed in, previewing the top part of the draft for fantasy with takes on Charlie Condon, Travis Bazzana & JJ Weatherholt, and visiting with some complex prospects, including Eduardo Quintero & Brailer Guerrero.

Chris is joined by Brent Hershey of BaseballHQ for an episode featuring the best prospect risers and fallers at the midway point of the season. Prospects covered include Carson Williams, Bubba Chandler, Brooks Lee, Drew Thorpe, Roderick Arias, Mick Abel and many more.

Chris welcomes Baseball America's Carlos Collazo to the show to discuss the upcoming MLB draft. Carlos breaks down the draft, including the strengths and weaknesses of this draft class, the potential options for the Guardians at the top of the draft and some interesting college arms as the 1st round goes on. 

Chris is joined by Prospects Live's Director of Pro Scouting Rhys White to talk about notable California League prospects, including Lazaro Montes, Jonny Farmelo, & Josue De Paula. 

Chris is joined by Baseball Prospectus' Ben Spanier who has Carolina League and South Atlantic League in-person prospect coverage. Prospects covered include Royals prospect Blake Mitchell, Rays prospects Tre Morgan & Brayden Taylor, and White Sox prospects Grant Taylor.

Chris is joined by Brent Hershey of Baseball HQ to discuss Risers and Fallers in their fantasy prospect rankings since the start of the season, including evaluation of players such as Marcelo Mayer, Brandon Sproat, Aiden Miller, Colt Emerson and others.

Chris takes the show solo this week running through reports on ten of his recent live looks, including top prospects Rhett Lowder and Sebastian Walcott. 

Chris is joined by Chris Clegg of Dynasty Dugout and they discuss several of Clegg's looks over the last several weeks, including Braves Prospect Owen Murphy, White Sox prospect Noah Schultz, Rays prospect Xavier Isaac and others. 

Chris is joined this week by the 2021 FSWA Baseball Writer of the Year Eric Cross to discuss prospects Eric has seen this year in the Eastern League, including Red Sox prospects Roman Anthony, Marcelo Mayer and Kyle Teel and Mets prospect Blade Tidwell.

Chris is joined by Brent Hershey on a "Hershey First Monday" to discuss the Luis Arraez trade, including the 3 prospects going to the Marlins, Dillon Head, Jakob Marsee & Nathan Martorella. Brent also provides scouting updates on Nationals prospect Dylan Crews and Phillies prospect Samuel Aldegheri. 

Chris is joined by Prospects Live Co-founder Matt Thompson as they discuss the growing divide between Triple-A and the big leagues. They also break down prospects Kyle Manzardo, Junior Caminero, James Wood, Tink Hence & Sem Robberse as they get closer to the big leagues in 2023.

Chris welcomes Marquee Sports Network's Player Development Analyst Lance Brozdowski to the podcast to breakdown several Cubs prospects, including Cade Horton, Matt Shaw, Kevin Alcantara, Moises Ballesteros & Michael Arias, who Chris recently scouted in Double-A.

Chris is joined by Baseball America's Dylan White for a discussion about Dylan's Roboscout model and some prospects who have performed well in his model since the season started, including Ethan Salas, Jefferson Rojas, Colt Emerson & Jack Leiter.

Chris welcomes Fantasy Pros' & Prospect One's Chris Welsh to the show. Chris and Chris get into the process of scouting prospects, they talk about putting players in different baseline buckets and run down a few prospects too, including James Triantos, Kyle Manzardo, Kendall George & Cooper Pratt.

Chris is joined by former Eyes Have it podcast co-host and current Co-GM of Baseball HQ, Brent Hershey, who provides a rundown on the new BaseballHQ website. Chris and Brent also discuss the rookie debuts of Jackson Chourio, Wyatt Langford, Jackson Merrill, Victor Scott II & Jared Jones. 

The Eyes Have It podcast makes it's 2024 season debut with Geoff Pontes of Baseball America as the guest. Chris and Geoff discuss some of their restaurant finds while scouting prospects. Geoff provides scouting reports on 8 prospects from the backfields, including Red Sox prospect Roman Anthony, Blue Jays prospect Landon Maroudis & Yankees prospect George Lombard Jr.

Chris is joined by Shelly Verougstraete (Rotoworld, BaseballHQ, Sportstopia) who discusses some of her favorite prospects, including Cubs prospect Owen Caissie & Tigers prospect Jackson Jobe. Chris and Shelly also hand out some prospect superlatives to conclude the 2023 season.  

Chris and Brent delve into the accelerated path guys take from the draft to the big leagues, providing scouting reports along the way, including reports on Angels 1B prospect Nolan Schanuel, Braves SP prospects Spencer Schwellenbach, Owen Murphy & Hurston Waldrep and Brewers SP prospect Jacob Misiorowski. 

Chris is joined by Jeremy Deloney from BaseballHQ to discuss everything from list making to some of Jeremy's live looks this season, including a trio of catching prospects, Dodgers prospect Dalton Rushing, Athletics prospect Daniel Susac and Padres prospect Ethan Salas.

Chris & Brent were at the park last week, scouting some big name prospects, including Nationals prospects Dylan Crews, James Wood & Brady House, Pirates prospects Termarr Johnson & Bubba Chandler, Cubs prospect Cade Horton & Phillies prospect Mick Abel.

Chris is joined by BaseballHQ's Rob Gordon, who discusses his trip to the College World Series and provides in-person scouting reports on Guardians OF prospect Chase DeLauter, Tigers 3B prospect Colt Keith, Dodgers RHP prospect Nick Fasso and other lesser names from the Tigers organizations. 

Chris and Brent breakdown some of Chris' most recent in-person scouting targets, including Marlins 2022 First Round Pick Jacob Berry, while also discussing a few organizations that have struggled to develop players over the last several years, including the Marlins, White Sox & the Royals. 

Chris welcomes Dynasty Dugout's Chris Clegg to the show as they discuss several prospects Clegg has seen in person this year, including Drew Gilbert, Ryan Clifford, Roman Anthony, Luis Perales and others.