The Eyes Have It - A BaseballHQ Prospect Podcast
The Eyes Have it podcast combines in-person prospect looks with Dynasty/keeper analysis. Hosted by Brent Hershey (Co-General Manger, BaseballHQ.com) and Chris Blessing (Prospect writer, BaseballHQ.com), the podcast runs weekly throughout the season, discussing prospects at the minor league, college, and prep levels, with a fantasy tilt. The Eyes Have it podcast will also conduct interviews with other industry personalities and an occasional interview with others as well, possibly even front office types and players.
Episodes
On this solo episode, Chris dives deep into some draft prospects, analyzing standout prospects like LSU’s Kade Anderson, Tennessee’s Liam Doyle, and Arkansas’s Wehiwa Aloy. In the second half, he shifts focus to the Milwaukee Brewers farm system, spotlighting scouting reports on Jesus Made and Luis Pena. It’s a sharp, scout’s-eye breakdown from start to finish.
Chris is joined by BaseballHQ's Tanner Smith for a deep dive into the scouting and analytics behind some of baseball’s most intriguing prospects, including Pirates outfielder Konnor Griffin, Phillies speedster Justin Crawford, and Cubs catcher Moises Ballesteros. Tanner also shares insights from his time as an R&D associate with the Detroit Tigers, offering a behind-the-scenes look at player evaluation at the pro level.
Chris is joined by Prospects Live’s Rhys White for a deep dive into the world of scouting and player development. Rhys shares insights from his recent in-person looks at Dodgers prospects Eduardo Quintero and Mike Sirota. The duo also breaks down their favorite pitching prospects and tackles a big question: why do some organizations like the Dodgers consistently develop talent, while others—like the Angels—struggl...
Chris welcomes Baseball Prospectus' Jarrett Seidler for an in-depth, supersized episode covering a wide range of topics. They discuss the challenges of evaluating pitchers in today's prospect landscape, the persistent struggles teams face in player development, and the reasons both gravitated toward Dodgers prospect Zyrir Hope last season in their rankings —plus much more.
With college conference Tournaments getting underway this week, Chris brings on Just Sports Amateur Scouting Director Tyler Jennings to talk about several draft eligible prospects, including likely Top 15 picks Kade Anderson (LHP, LSU) and Kyson Witherspoon (RHP, Oklahoma) and likely first round pick Josh Hammond (3B/RHP, NC HS).
Chris tackles a solo edition of the podcast after getting live scouting looks at several Reds and Red Sox prospects (and one Braves prospect), including Reds pitching prospect pitcher Chase Burns, Braves pitching prospect JR Ritchie and Red Sox middle infield prospect Franklin Arias, among others.
Chris is joined on this week's episode of the podcast by Prospects Live Co-Founder and writer Matt Thompson to discuss a slew of prospects across the minor leagues, including Athletics prospect Gage Jump, Brewers prospects Luis Pena and Braylon Payne, and other noteworthy prospects.
Chris is joined by BaseballHQ Minors writer and Dynasty Sports Life Podcast Host Jesse Severe to discuss several top dynasty prospects, including Jett Williams, Zyhir Hope, Bryce Rainer, Konnor Griffin, and others.
Chris is joined by Fantasy Aceball Podcast host Tim Kanak to discuss several top prospects he's seen in Florida this spring, including Phillies top prospect Andrew Painter, Cardinals top prospect JJ Wetherholt, Marlins top prospect Thomas White, and several other big time live looks.
After his first week back at the field, Chris is solo for this episode, which includes a Rookie Roundup segment on Kameron Misner and live looks at several top prospects, including Braden Montgomery, Grant Taylor, Weybyn Francisca, and Sal Stewart.
On a solo episode of the EHI podcast, Chris discussed evaluator bias, throws some water on Jacob Wilson's hot start, evaluates Chase Dollander's MLB debut, and checks in on Bubba Chandler's first start of the season.
Chris is joined by Eric Longenhagen, Lead Prospect Analyst at FanGraphs, for a marathon discussion about prospects Eric scouted in Arizona this Spring, including prospects Zyhir Hope, Jesus Made, Chase Burns and many more names who are unknown now but will be well known by season's end.
Will your favorite rookie Thrive or Dive? Chris is joined on this episode of the Eyes Have it Podcast by BaseballHQ's Brent Hershey to discuss rookies and their 2025 BaseballHQ projections for 5 x 5 Redraft formats. Rookies discussed include Dylan Crews, Jasson Dominguez, Matt Shaw, Roki Sasaki, and many more.
Chris welcomes Baseball America's Geoff Pontes to the show to talk prospects he's seen in Florida this spring, including Pirates prospects Bubba Chandler and Konnor Griffin, Tigers prospect Bryce Rainer, Jays prospect Arjun Nimmala and many more prospects, while Chris breaksdown Guardians prospect Parker Messick and Mariners prospect Tai Peete.
Chris is joined by Chris Welsh of Fantasy Pros to discuss the Arizona Fall League. In a discussion of wide ranging topics, covering the relevancy of the league to the future of the league, Chris and Chris give a point by point view of the state of the AFL, which includes scouting reports on prospects like Phillies prospect Andrew Painter and Dodgers prospect Zyhir Hope
Chris is joined by Baseball Prospectus' Jarrett Seidler to discuss a litany of prospect topics, including breaking down prospects like Jackson Jobe, Kumar Rocker, Brandon Sproat, Charlie Condon & Cam Smith.
Chris is joined by BaseballHQ's Jeremy Deloney to talk about the Minor League Baseball Analyst and also several prospects Jeremy has scouted this season in the Midwest League, including Henry Bolte, Luis Morales, Cam Collier, Max Clark and Kevin McGonigle.
Chris welcomes Guardians Scouting Director Ethan Purser to the podcast to discuss prospects the Guardians selected in July's draft, including Travis Bazzana, Braylon Doughty, Jacob Cozart, Joey Oakie, Cameron Sullivan, Chase Mobley & Logan McGuire.
Chris is joined by Geoff Pontes of Baseball America to discuss prospects Geoff recently saw in the Midwest League, including Travis Bazzana, Ralphy Velazquez & Josue De Paula.
Chris is joined by Baseball Prospectus' lead prospect writer Jeffrey Paternostro to discuss several topics, including Angels prospect Caden Dana, White Sox prospect Edgar Quero, Dodgers prospect Zyhir Hope and the old Appalachian League.
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