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Baseball America delivers baseball news you can't get anywhere else. Covering the game from a player-development point of view, the staff of BA will deliver its take on what's going on in the world of baseball every week on its podcast, analyzing the game from the majors and minors--with an emphasis on prospects--through our unparalleled college and high school coverage.

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90th Percentile: Interview ...

06.05.2023

Have you wondered how baseball development is handled outside of the United States? If so, this week on the 90th Percentile, hosts Geoff Pontes and Matt Pajak discuss the path for development outside of the United States. They welcome on ...

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06.05.2023 90th Percentile: Interview With Andrew Riddell Of Baseball Australia Have you wondered how baseball development is handled outside of the United States? If so, this week on the 90th Percentile, hosts Geoff Pontes and Matt Pajak discuss the path for development outside of the United States. They welcome on ...
06.01.2023 College Podcast: 2023 NCAA Regionals Preview Teddy Cahill and Peter Flaherty preview the 2023 NCAA Regionals. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/baseball-america/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
05.31.2023 The Biggest Surprises and Disappointments of the 2023 MLB Season Geoff Pontes and Kyle Glaser break down the first one-third of the MLB season, including the biggest surprises (Rays, Rangers), disappointments (Padres, Cardinals) and how many teams currently in playoff position will reach the postseason. Support this podcast at — ...
05.31.2023 Hot Sheet Podcast: Emmet Sheehan Continues To Dominate On this week's Hot Sheet Podcast, Geoff Pontes is on a solo flight as the Prospect Team is busy working on Top 30 updates. Geoff takes you through some of the names he chose for this week's Hot Sheet and ...
05.30.2023 90th Percentile: Velocity - Part Two On the latest episode of the 90th Percentile, Geoff Pontes and Matt Pajak discuss the traits that portend velocity gains, ghosts of past drafts and the different styles of pitchers that add velocity. As a bonus, the opening offers a ...
05.25.2023 College Podcast: Checking In On Conference Tournaments Teddy Cahill and Peter Flaherty check in on college baseball conference tournaments around the country. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/baseball-america/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
05.23.2023 Hot Sheet Podcast: Jackson Holliday Has A Week This week on the Hot Sheet Podcast, we discuss Josh Norris' week at the yard watching Orioles prospect Jackson Holliday. After that, we mix in some talk about the battle for the No. 1 prospect spot on our Top 100 ...
05.23.2023 Fantasy Podcast: Is It Time To Panic On Underperforming Prospects? This week on the Fantasy Podcast, Geoff Pontes and Dylan White discuss a handful of former top prospects who have encountered some struggles early this season in Gunnar Henderson and Grayson Rodriguez. Is it time to hold or sell on ...
05.22.2023 90th Percentile: Velocity - Part One On this week's episode of the 90th Percentile, Geoff Pontes and Matt Pajak discuss pitch velocity. They dig into why it matters, how it provides pitchers opportunities, the narrow windows for success with below-average velocity and the command-is-king versus velocity-is-king ...
05.19.2023 Draft Podcast: Questions About Second Tier College Pitchers Carlos and Peter hop on the podcast to talk about the draft, with the episode focusing on college pitchers who aren’t currently in first round consideration. It’s a muddled group of arms with plenty of question marks. Who are the ...
05.18.2023 College Podcast: The Final Regular-Season Weekend Of 2023 Teddy Cahill and Peter Flaherty discuss the final weekend of the regular season and the state of conference title races around the country. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/baseball-america/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
05.16.2023 Hot Sheet Podcast: Elly De La Cruz Is Out Of This World Geoff Pontes and Josh Norris of the prospect team return for another week of the Hot Sheet Podcast, as the duo explore the top players in minor league baseball from the last seven days. Elly De La Cruz's case for ...
05.16.2023 Fantasy Podcast: The Roboscout Meets The Robocast On this week’s fantasy podcast, Geoff and Dylan discuss Dylan’s recent upgrade to the Roboscout formula. Rolling in minor league statcast data saw some changes to the top of the Roboscout rankings and provided our hosts with more clarity into ...
05.15.2023 90th Percentile: Finding Your Fit Part Two - Nick McLain, Arizona State In part two of Finding Your Fit, Geoff and Matt sit down with Arizona State's Nick McLain. The younger brother of Cincinnati Reds infielder Matt McLain, Nick discusses his move from UCLA to Arizona State, the portal, the impact of ...
05.12.2023 Draft Podcast: Where We Stand On Polarizing 2023 Prospects Carlos and Peter talk about the most recent Baseball America mock draft and think about how crazy things could get in the middle of the first round this year. After that, the two look into a few of the most ...
05.11.2023 College Podcast: Wake Forest At No. 1, Looking Ahead To Week 13 Teddy Cahill and Peter Flaherty discuss Wake Forest as the No. 1 team in the country for the first time in BA rankings history and also look ahead to Week 13 of Division I baseball action. Support this podcast at ...
05.09.2023 Hot Sheet Podcast: Marcelo Mayer Bounces Back Big After a few weeks of stand-ins, the Bear and Parrot return, as Josh Norris joins Geoff Pontes to break down this week’s Hot Sheet. Some of the top performers include Marcelo Mayer of the Red Sox, Eury Perez of the ...
05.09.2023 Fantasy Podcast: Roboscout Leaders For April This week on the fantasy podcast, prospect writer Geoff Pontes and our lead fantasy analyst Dylan White discuss the news of the week, including Bryce Miller’s standout debut, promotions for a pair of strong performing prospects in the Astros organization ...
05.08.2023 90th Percentile: Finding Your Fit Part One - Garrett Martin, Austin Peay On the latest episode of 90th Percentile, we welcome Matt Pajak of Loden Sports as Geoff’s new co-host. In the first part of a three-part series called Finding Your Fit, we discuss the many pathways and options for amateur players ...
05.04.2023 College Podcast: Previewing Week 12 Teddy Cahill and Peter Flaherty preview week 12 in college baseball, while also looking back at week 11 and ahead to postseason play in just a few weeks. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/baseball-america/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: ...
05.02.2023 Hot Sheet Podcast: Christian Encarnacionn-Strand Just Keeps Hitting J.J. Cooper is joined by Geoff Pontes to chat this week’s Hot Sheet standouts, including the Reds' Christian Encarnacion-Strand, the Cardinals' Matthew Liberatore, the Rockies' Sterlin Thompson and many others. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/baseball-america/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy ...
05.02.2023 Fantasy Podcast: Prospect Promotions And Injury Updates There’s been lots of movement on the farm over the last few weeks with top pitching prospects Tanner Bibee, Bryce Miller and others seeing promotion to the major leagues. Prospect writer Geoff Pontes and our lead fantasy analyst Dylan White ...
04.27.2023 College Podcast: Recapping An Outstanding Week And Looking Ahead Teddy Cahill and Peter Flaherty recap an outstanding week of college baseball and discuss what they expect in the week ahead. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/baseball-america/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
04.25.2023 Hot Sheet Podcast: Jackson Holliday Continues To Surge J.J. Cooper is joined by Geoff Pontes, the curator of this week's Hot Sheet, to discuss some of the top performers in minor league baseball over the last week. Much of the talk centers around the 2022 1st overall pick, ...
04.24.2023 The A's and Las Vegas, Fernando Tatis' Return, Pirates Start Hot And More J.J. Cooper and Kyle Glaser go in-depth on the A's potential relocation to Las Vegas, including the odds of the team's success in the market and whether Las Vegas Ballpark is a suitable temporary home for an MLB team. Plus, ...
04.21.2023 Fantasy Podcast: Early Roboscout Standouts And Mailbag Questions The Baseball America Dynasty Podcast returns as Prospect Writer Geoff Pontes and Lead Fantasy Analyst Dylan White talk the big news of the week, early Roboscout standouts and take your mailbag questions. We talk Fernando Tatis Jr.'s return, Taj Bradley, ...
04.20.2023 College Podcast: Looking Ahead To Week 10 Teddy Cahill and Peter Flaherty look ahead to Week 10 of college baseball action and take a look back at the juicy week that was last week. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/baseball-america/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
04.19.2023 Prospect Podcast: Mason Miller Is Headed To The Majors This week's No. 1 entry on the Prospect Hot Sheet is A's righthander Mason Miller. On today's Prospect Podcast, Josh Norris and JJ Cooper discuss why Miller is one of the most fascinating and higher variance prospects to reach the ...
04.13.2023 College Podcast: Talking Week 9 Of The Season Teddy Cahill and Peter Flaherty discuss the disjointed week that was in college baseball last week and look ahead to the ninth week of action. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/baseball-america/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
04.11.2023 Hot Sheet Podcast: Matthew Liberatore Impresses Josh Norris and Geoff Pontes of Baseball America's Prospect Team return from their winter hibernation with the first Hot Sheet Podcast of the season. This week, Geoff and Josh discuss Matthew Liberatore's impressive opening week, as well as a handful ...
04.11.2023 Fantasy Podcast: Week One Of MiLB Names To Know The first week of the full MiLB schedule is in the books, and there's plenty to discuss in the world of fantasy baseball. In a week packed with injuries in the major leagues, prospect writer Geoff Pontes and lead fantasy ...
04.06.2023 MLB Week One In Review And Minor League Season Preview Geoff Pontes and Kyle Glaser break down the first week of MLB play, including early thoughts on the pitch clock, if there is such a thing as games being too short and which teams' hot (or cold) starts are for ...
04.05.2023 Fantasy Podcast: 2023 Prospect Breakout Teams With the full minor league season about to begin, Geoff Pontes and lead fantasy analyst Dylan White discuss their prospect breakout teams for 2023 as well as recent news and notes impacting all formats of fantasy baseball. Support this podcast ...
04.05.2023 College Podcast: Midseason Surprises And Disappointments Teddy Cahill and Peter Flaherty discuss midseason surprises and disappointments, take a look back at the LSU/Tennessee series and look ahead to this weekend's top series. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/baseball-america/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
04.04.2023 Prospects Podcast with Josh Norris and JJ Cooper Josh Norris just finished a blitz around the back fields of spring training in Arizona. He saw prospects from all 15 clubs who train out West. On today's podcast, he gives a sneak peek at what he saw, including a ...
04.02.2023 Prospects Podcast With JJ Cooper, Geoff Pontes and Special Guest James Wood Geoff Pontes is just back from a swing around the back fields, and he's ready to share what he saw with our podcast listeners. This is especially useful if you are an Astros, Cardinals, Mets, Nationals or Marlins fan. And ...
03.30.2023 College Podcast: Previewing LSU/Tennessee Teddy Cahill and Peter Flaherty preview the blockbuster SEC series between LSU and Tennessee, and also take a look at what else is happening around college baseball. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/baseball-america/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
03.28.2023 Fantasy Podcast: Tout Wars Recap and Rookies Breaking Camp Geoff Pontes and lead fantasy analyst Dylan White discuss Geoff's recent Tout Wars Auction. They also dive into potential early FAAB buys and rookies breaking camp with their respective clubs. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/baseball-america/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy ...
03.23.2023 College Podcast: Conference Play In Full Swing Teddy Cahill and Peter Flaherty discuss conference play around the country, a Top 25 rankings shakeup and plenty more in college baseball action. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/baseball-america/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
03.21.2023 World Baseball Classic Semifinals Recap And Championship Game Preview J.J. Cooper, Kyle Glaser and Geoff Pontes break down the wild WBC semifinal between Japan and Mexico, including thoughts on Roki Sasaki, Munetaka Murakami and Masataka Yoshida, the impact of Mexico's run on the country and Randy Arozarena's superstar performance. ...
03.17.2023 World Baseball Classic Quarterfinals Preview J.J. Cooper and Kyle Glaser look ahead to Mexico-Puerto Rico and USA-Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic quarterfinals, plus how Japan's rotation stacks up against the best MLB rotations and what Edwin Diaz's injury means for Puerto Rico and the ...
03.16.2023 College Podcast: The Start Of SEC And Big 12 Play Teddy Cahill and Peter Flaherty discuss the start of SEC and Big 12 play in college baseball. The two also take a look back at the start of ACC and Pac-12 play last weekend. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/baseball-america/donations ...
03.15.2023 Draft Podcast: The 1-1 Debate Carlos Collazo and Peter Flaherty talk draft after about a month of college baseball is in the books. There appears to be a group of four college players coalescing at the top of the 2023 draft class at the moment ...
03.14.2023 World Baseball Classic Podcast: Team USA Finds Its Mojo Kyle Glaser and J.J. Cooper break down everything that has happened in the World Baseball Classic so far, including what changed in Team USA's bounceback win over Canada, Cuba's resurgence to the quarterfinals and how Japan and Venezuela appear on ...
03.09.2023 90th Percentile: Loden Sports' Matt Pajak Matt Pajak of Loden Sports joins Geoff Pontes to discuss athleticism in baseball. They talk about how Loden tests for it and how it correlates to exit velocity, throwing velocity and power. The two discuss youth sports culture in America ...
03.09.2023 College Podcast: The Start Of Conference Play Teddy Cahill and Peter Flaherty discuss what's ahead in Week 4 of the 2023 college baseball season. The two cover the start of conference play in the ACC and Pac-12, some surprises the season has already brought about through its ...
03.08.2023 Fantasy Baseball Podcast: Dynasty Pitcher Rankings & LABR NL-Only Breakdown Lead fantasy analyst and prospect writer Geoff Pontes opens the show by breaking down his LABR NL-Only auction, followed by a deep dive into the Dynasty Pitcher Rankings. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/baseball-america/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: ...
03.07.2023 90th Percentile: Diamondbacks Shortstop Nick Ahmed Interview On the latest episode of The 90th Percentile Geoff Pontes is joined by Nick Ahmed. A standout at Uconn and former gold glove winner, Nick talks about his journey to the major leagues and how he's now providing the road ...
03.03.2023 Fantasy Baseball Podcast: Dynasty Baseball Outfield Rankings This week on the Fantasy Podcast, our lead fantasy analyst Dylan White and prospect writer Geoff Pontes break down the dynasty outfield rankings. The boys talk through their targets for 2023 and their top sleepers. Support this podcast at — ...
03.03.2023 2023 Athletics Top 10 Prospects Podcast Mark Chiarelli joins Kyle Glaser to break down the Athletics farm system, including whether the team got enough for their stars in their most recent trades, Tyler Soderstrom's future position and why Denzel Clarke is a breakout candidate in 2023. ...

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