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On this week's Prospect Podcast, Geoff Pontes and JJ Cooper take a look at some of the prospects, buyers and sellers that could make news over the next week and a half until the MLB Trade Deadline.

(00:00) JJ feels bad for what he did last week

(09:00) Will a Top 100 Prospect be traded?

(11:30) Will A Top 25(ish) Prospect be traded?

(16:00) Analyzing a viewer's Reds-Red Sox trade proposal

(18:45) Why the Cubs should be aggre...

Baseball America college writers Jacob Rudner and Peter Flaherty review the 2025 college baseball offseason from MLB draft winners and losers to best and most-underrated transfer portal classes and more. Rudner and Flaherty also look way ahead at the 2026 season and talk early contenders.

(2:10) Draft winners

(11:27) Draft losers

(19:07) Top portal players

(26:00) Best portal classes

(34:34) Most underrated portal classes

(42:24) Adjusti...

On this week's Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Carlos Collazo, Ben Badler, Geoff Pontes and Scott Braun look back on the 2025 MLB Draft and look ahead to the 2026 player crop.

We also discuss which top prospects are blocked at the big league level and might be on the move at the trade deadline.

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• (0:45) Draft picks that have signed already
• (4:30) Did the Nationals make the right pick at 1-1
• (6:45) The Angels' Tyler ...

The Future Projection pod goes deep on the 2025 MLB Draft. Check out each team below. Looking for more deep dives like this? Subscribe to Future Projection where you get your podcasts.

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• (12:00) Nationals
• (21:00) Angels
• (29:00) Mariners
• (34:00) Rockies
• (39:25) Cardinals
• (42:55) Pirates
• (47:30) Marlins
• (...

This week on the Baseball America Fantasy Podcast we dive into the Futures Game. As Geoff talks about the standouts from Futures Game Bp and other observations. We then jump directly into MLB draft talk in preparation for our first FYPD list of the season. We run through the Top 10 in the draft teasing our FYPD 1.0 rankings next week.

• (2:00) Futures Game recap
• (9:00) Draft review
• (11:00) Kade Anderson
• (13:00) Eli Willits
• (16:00) Tyl...

On this week's Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Peter Flaherty and Scott Braun react to the 2025 MLB Draft. We share thoughts on a number of picks, including the Nationals' selection of Eli Willits in the 1-1 spot.

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• (0:30) The state of the game—Futures Game & MLB Draft
• (10:20) Peter's favorite picks from Day 1
• (13:20) Why the Nationals took Eli Willits 1-1
• (18:00) How teams view draft prospects' age...

Baseball America Editor-In-Chief JJ Cooper, Prospect Writer Ben Badler, National Reporter Peter Flaherty and National College Reporter Jacob Rudner break down Day 1 of the 2025 MLB Draft, including a surprising first overall pick, intriguing selections and much more.

Ben and Carlos are joined by Peter Flaherty in a hybrid Future Projection/draft podcast for our annual draft preview episode. The three work down the draft board and talk about all the latest rumors, profiles and players attached to each team. The group talks through most of the players we expect to see early on the first day of the draft, discuss different draft strategies and work through player debates. 

Whether you’re a full-fle...

Do you know which MLB team almost never drafts lefthanded pitchers? Are you aware there is a team that drafts almost entirely lefthanded and switch hitters? Want to know which teams focus on picking pitchers and which teams stick to draft hitters?

On a special draft preview podcast, Pramana Labs CEO Corey Patton and Baseball America's JJ Cooper use Pramana's Shift AI tool to fuel their regular pre-draft stats bonanza to shar...

Everyone's definition of a sleeper prospect is different. But we want to make sure when we talk about "sleepers" we aren't talking about prospects on the back half our Top 100 Prospects list. Having just updated our Top 30 Prospects rankings for all 30 MLB teams, Geoff Pontes and JJ Cooper discuss some sleeper prospects who are moving up on Top 30s.

(03:00) An Astros Sleeper

(05:45) A Rays Pitcher To Know

(10:30) K...

On this week's Hot Sheet Show Carlos Collazo, Peter Flaherty and J.J. Cooper react to the Nationals dismissing Mike Rizzo and Dave Martinez a week before selecting first overall in the MLB Draft.

We also discuss the Baseball America Staff Draft 3.0 published on Monday, the nastiest pitches in this 2025 class and what will make this year's draft memorable.

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• (0:10) The rise of the MLB Draft
• (2:20) The Nationals fi...

With the 2025 MLB Draft just days away, Baseball America's staff held a mock draft with staff making the picks for the first 40 picks, at least one for each and every MLB team. We provide plenty of analysis as well, so this should be a very useful preview for the MLB Draft.

(00:00) Setting The Stage

(01:55) No. 1 Nationals

(03:00) No. 2 Angels

(05:15) No. 3 Mariners

Carlos and Peter hop on the draft podcast to talk about players they’re now more excited about than they were before finalizing draft reports. They talk about a few names then pick out a few candidates to be the quickest to the majors. Finally the two go back and forth and talk about some of their favorite individual tools or player traits in the class.

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• (2:00) Players we are more excit...

The Fantasy Podcast is back nestled in between Canada Day (Dylan) and the Fourth of July (Geoff) we bring you a patriotic rundown of the top happenings in dynasty baseball. The majority of the show is spent focusing on young prospects in the major leagues and whether they are a buy or sell.

• (2:30) Spencer Schwellenbach injury
• (5:00) Christian Moore Injured
• (7:30) Futures Game rosters
• Prospect Buy or Sell
• (14:00) Kyle Teel buy or sel...

Over at BaseballAmerica.com we have a new and fully updated Top 100 Prospects rankings. Red Sox outfielder Roman Anthony remains the No. 1 prospect in the new rankings, but he is soon to graduate. With that in mind, Geoff Pontes and JJ Cooper take a look at who is the new No. 2 prospect, who will soon climb to become the new No. 1 prospect on this week's Prospect Podcast.

(00:00) Futures Games Rosters Have...

On this week's Hot Sheet Show Carlos Collazo, Ben Badler and J.J. Cooper break down the latest Baseball America MLB mock draft that published on Monday.

We discuss names to know, how we could see history atop this year’s draft and how players opting out of the draft thanks to new NIL opportunities will add a new wrinkle in the draft landscape.

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• (0:55) Who's going 1-1 to the Nationals?
• (3:00) The Scott Boras effe...

On this week's episode of the Baseball America Fantasy Podcast we play "choose your fighter" between Jacob Misiorowski or Chase Burns. Dylan stumps for Burns while Geoff argues Misiorowski's merits. We dive into some of the recent injury news and discuss a pair of names Roboscout thinks you need to know.

• (3:00) Jacob Misiorowski vs Chase Burns
• (11:00) Corbin Carroll wrist injury
• (16:00) Chris Sale injury, is it ti...

In the first of a six-week series on the Prospect Podcast, Geoff Pontes and JJ Cooper take a look at the farm systems of the five AL East teams at the midpoint of the season. Who has taken steps forward? Who's backing up?

(00:00) We're excited by the young pitching prospects reaching the majors

(05:00) Chase Burns/Jacob Misiorowski talk

(19:00) Baltimore Orioles farm system analysis

(28:00) Boston Red Sox farm system analy...

On this week's Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Geoff Pontes, Carlos Collazo and Scott Braun welcome Orioles 10th-ranked prospect Trey Gibson to the show.

We also break down Reds top prospect Chase Burns making his MLB debut on Tuesday and discuss the latest whispers surrounding the top of the MLB Draft.

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• (0:50) Chase Burns set to make MLB debut on Tuesday
• (10:00) Orioles RHP Trey Gibson joins the show
• (23:30) Kade Ande...