The Show Before the Show

Sam and Tyler preview the Futures Game and Draft and even do a draft of their own. Also, Ben interviews Reno photographer David Calvert about the Aces' support in his cancer battle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mariners outfielder Curtis Washington Jr. details the day he was called up from High-A to the Majors, and Ben interviews Dunedin staffers about their viral Rain Delay jerseys. Also, Ben looks at Fourth of July promotions across the Minors, and Sam breaks down this year’s Futures Game rosters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hickory’s Ashley Salinas discusses the club’s promotion surrounding a local team that was nearly lost to history, and Ontario manager John Shoemaker talks abouts his long career in the Dodgers system. Also, Ben and Sam chat about more headlines from the Minor Leagues Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No. 5 Phillies prospect Dante Nori discusses his World Baseball Classic experience as part of Italy’s run to the semifinals, and Ben, Sam and Tyler talk about on- and off-field news across Minor League Baseball, including the arrival of the Vegas Headliners and Cooper Pratt’s push to a Major League debut with the Brewers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No. 2 Red Sox prospect Anthony Eyanson looks back on his NCAA title-winning start last year for LSU and details what’s gone into his breakout first full season in the Minors. Also, Ben, Sam and Tyler run through Minor League Baseball headlines, both on and off the field Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Giants catching prospect Drew Cavanaugh talks about his 2026 breakout season at Double-A and Triple-A, and Sam and Tyler look at new alternate identities in Springfield and Augusta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tyler and Sam break down the most productive hitting and pitching prospects from May across Minor League Baseball, and Ben looks ahead to the most notable Minor League promotions coming up in June Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben, Sam and Tyler submit their picks for the best nicknames in Minor League Baseball by perusing the Nickname Knockout bracket. Also, Ben recaps his trips to the newly renovated ballpark in Asheville and the brand-new stadium in Chattanooga. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben brings the sights and sounds from Louisville’s Nothing Night, and Sam and Tyler chat about MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 prospects ranking update. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben interviews Springfield GM Dan Reiter about the newly renamed Route 66 Stadium and discusses how the change could start a trend across the industry. Also, Sam and Tyler talk about prospects pushing for promotions within the Minors at this early stage of the 2026 season Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sam interviews Nationals No. 9 prospect Devin Fitz-Gerald about his aggressive push to High-A, Washington’s loaded infield group and his work with his dad at Stoneman Douglas High School. Also, Sam and Tyler look at the Lehigh Valley Squonk, and Ben recaps his visit to a baseball game at the Old Joliet Prison. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mathew Burns talks to the show about his history of taking long Minor League road trips with his father before they embark on their next journey through the South. Also, Ben, Sam and Tyler discuss Minor League Baseball’s national $10 ticket offer running through next Tuesday and Franklin Arias’ torrid run with Double-A Portland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben interviews author Eric Vickrey about his book "Before They Wore Dodger Blue: Tommy Lasorda and the Greatest Draft Class in Baseball History" that covers Los Angeles' legendary 1968 crop. Also, Sam and Tyler look at Kevin McGonigle's extension and early prospect standouts, and the group discusses the possibility of an all-Orioles Minor League road trip. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m...

Ben, Sam and Tyler look at interesting promotions and early prospect standouts from the beginning of the 2026 Minor League season. Also, Ben chats with Double-A Columbus general manager Pete Laven about the club’s Scrambled Dogs identity, and top Mets Draft pick Mitch Voit joins Sam from Opening Day in Brooklyn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben, Sam and Tyler are joined by fellow Minor League experts Josh Jackson and Kelsie Heneghan to create their own clubs in a draft format ahead of the opening of the full MiLB regular season this week.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben, Sam and Tyler review the games to watch, prospects to know and storylines to follow as Triple-A begins the 2026 regular season. This episode also features Spring Training interviews with Royals No. 2 prospect Blake Mitchell and Nationals No. 27 prospect Caleb Lomavita.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sam previews the upcoming Spring Breakout games and interviews Cardinals prospect Joshua Báez about his big turnaround in 2025. Also, Tyler and Ben discuss new Copa de la Diversión identities for 2026 and the World Baseball Classic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tyler, Ben, and Sam each come at you solo this week with a World Baseball Classic update, news from the business of the Minors, and two top prospect interviews from Spring Training. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sam and Tyler discuss the release of MLB Pipeline’s Top 30 prospect lists and this year’s preliminary Spring Breakout rosters. They also look ahead to the 2026 World Baseball Classic with Tyler in Puerto Rico as a broadcaster for Pool A play. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Salt Lake GM Ty Wardle and Miller Sports VP of marketing Ashley Havili explain the Dirty Sodas brand. Also, Sam talks Konnor Griffin's Spring Training dominance, and Ben and Tyler take a look through recent Minor League news, including a return to Birmingham’s Rickwood Field for 2026 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sam and Tyler break down which Top 100 prospects are worth following in this year's Spring Training and point out spots to see in both Arizona and Florida. They also dive into the details of four new alternate identities coming to the Minor Leagues in 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bob Burris, former general manager of the Denver Bears, reminisces about working for (and ultimately running) a Minor League team that played in a 75,000-seat stadium. Also, Ben shares a new team name in Lynchburg, and Sam and Tyler look at Spring Training news from the first week of pitchers and catchers reporting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nationals prospect Griff McGarry talks about the adjustments in the Phillies system that led to him becoming a Rule 5 pick. Ben chats about alternate identities for Altoona, Great Lakes, Hartford and Wichita, and Sam and Tyler break down the Brendan Donovan trade that brought a prospect haul to the Cardinals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sam and Tyler break down MLB Pipeline’s newest Top 100 prospects ranking for the 2026 season, and Ben interviews Morris Morioka about Rocket City's Global Baseball Series that will bring a Japanese team of Toyota employees to Alabama this spring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Royals top prospect Carter Jensen talks about his MLB debut, growth as a catcher and experience playing in Kansas City as a native local. Also, Ben looks back at the Minor League careers of Hall of Famers Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones, and Sam and Tyler chat about the Brewers’ prospect return from the Freddy Peralta trade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices