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With just one week left in the regular season for most teams, J.J. Cooper and Jacob Rudner are taking a look at who has the most to gain or the most to lose this week, but we also had to cover UCLA's nerve-racking comeback, the double/home run seen by no one in a fog and many other topics from this week in college baseball.

(00:00) UCLA stays on top

(05:45) Can Georgia Tech or Georgia bash their way to a title?

(14:10) Why this weekend is so big for Arizona State

(19:15) Until someone is actually punished, mid-week cancellations will continue

(25:00) Looking at how Conference USA shakes out

(28:00) The Sun Belt picture and Texas State

(32:15) Boston College's big weekend

(34:45) Arkansas vs. Kentucky could be a big deal for the Wildcats

(42:15) Vanderbilt's series loss to Missouri could be crushing

(52:00) Why Coastal Carolina and Kansas' losses sent them sliding

(60:00) The haters guide to which teams to root against to help your favorite team

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On this week’s Draft Podcast, Carlos Collazo and JJ Cooper take a look at the best tools in the 2026 MLB Draft. To do so, we hold a draft of our own to pick the best in a variety of important categories.

(03:30) Picking Best Fastballs In The Class

(11:30) Picking Best Secondary Pitches In The Class

(16:45) Best Control and Command In The Class

(23:15) Best Hit Tool In The Class

(28:00) Best Power In The Class

(33:00) Best Speed In the Class

(35:15) Best Defense In The Class

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On this week's Prospect Podcast Josh Norris, Ian Cundall and JJ Cooper discuss our brand new Top 100 Prospects update. With the trio at the top of the rankings either graduated or about to graduate, we analyzed the next No. 1 prospect, as well as other prospects who made notable moves on the list.

(00:00) Who Is Going To Be The Next No. 1 Prospect

(10:45) Who Else Is In The No. 1 Prospect Discussion?

(16:45) Why Caleb Bonemer's Ranking Led To Interesting Discussions

(24:00) The Nationals' Ronny Cruz Has Joined The Top 100

(27:45) The Padres' Ethan Salas Is Moving Up

(29:40) Anthony Eyanson Is The Biggest Riser To Join The Top 100

(31:00) Caden Bodine Is Dominating, But We Would Love To See Him Move Up

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On this week's Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Geoff Pontes, Josh Norris and Jacob Rudner talk about Baseball America's upcoming Top 100 Prospects update and storylines to follow as the college baseball regular season winds down.

The Hot Sheet Show airs live on the BA YouTube channel every Tuesday at 3 p.m. Give us a sub, and we'll see you then!

Time Stamps

• (0:00) Introduction
• (1:00) BA's updated Top 100 comes out Wednesday—who will be No. 1?
• (3:30) Why Jesús Made stands out
• (6:45) Other candidates for No. 1
• (9:45) Players graduating from the Top 100
• (13:20) College injury news
• (18:40) End-of-season storylines
• (22:40) Viewer questions

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Baseball America national college reporter Jacob Rudner and prospect analyst Geoff Pontes offer their analysis and latest reporting on the SEC's decision to bring the ABS challenge system to its conference tournament this year. Plus, Rudner and Pontes talk about teams on the hosting bubble.

(4:03) ABS is coming to college

(14:42) Prospects who could be valuable with ABS

(20:22) Arizona State's ceiling

(28:02) Cincinnati's unique resume

(35:10) Can Boston College host?

(42:22) Alabama's challenging schedule

(47:16) A huge couple weeks for Oregon

(53:21) Jacksonville State leads the charge for CUSA

(56:50) Oklahoma State's revival

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The Baseball America Fantasy Podcast returns as hosts Geoff Pontes and Dylan White break down the updated Dynasty Top 500 list. They hone in on 10 names that have risen up the rankings over the first month of the season and why these players are hot targets in leagues of all sizes.

• (1:00) Return of the Roboscout
• (5:00) Sal Stewart
• (9:00) Chase DeLauter
• (15:00) Jose Soriano
• (18:00) Payton Tolle
• (20:00) Cam Schlittler
• (24:00) Seth Hernandez
• (29:00) Reid Detmers
• (31:00) Josiah Hartshorn
• (34:00) Parker Messick
• (37:00) Starlyn Caba

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With the Baseball America MLB Draft Rankings expanded to 400 players, Carlos Collazo and JJ Cooper are taking a look at who moved way up and explained why some other prospects are sliding down.

(00:00) The Draft 400 Is Live

(07:30) Where Is The Draft Demarcation Line

(15:00) Where The Draft Went Wide Open

(16:45) Will We Move Prep Picks Down Later?

(21:00) Where Is Justin Lebron?

(27:00) Two Pitchers Moving Way Up

(35:00) Why The Padres are a no-brainer team to link to Brody Bumila

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On this week's Prospect Podcast, Ian Cundall, Geoff Pontes and JJ Cooper take a look at some of the most notable prospect performances of April.

(00:00) Ian has been checking out the California League

(07:30) Why we're even more optimistic about Franklin Arias

(13:00) Three prospects making arguments for promotions

(29:00) Why are MLB lefty rookie starters dominating right now?

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On this week's Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Ian Cundall and Geoff Pontes break down what the Guardians are getting in Travis Bazzana after his callup to Cleveland. Plus, we discuss other potential MLB debuts from recent draft classes.

The Hot Sheet Show airs live on the BA YouTube channel every Tuesday at 3 p.m. Give us a sub, and we'll see you then!

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• (0:00) Introduction
• (1:00) Travis Bazzana gets called up to Cleveland
• (6:45) Looking back at the 2024 draft class
• (11:40) Elmer Rodriguez set to make his Yankees debut
• (14:45) Which 2025 draftee debuts first?
• (17:45) Could Seth Hernandez move as a fast as college pitcher?
• (20:00) First 2025 college bat in the majors?
• (23:45) Taking viewer questions

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Baseball America national college reporter Jacob Rudner and prospect writer Geoff Pontes take a closer look at teams with the most still to prove with three weeks left in the regular season. Rudner and Pontes also explain their process for Field of 64 projections and discuss the Kansas Jayhawks' historic season.

(4:18) What we mean by 'most to prove'

(4:49) UCLA aims for No. 1 national seed

(10:32) Piecing through the Big Ten

(13:56) Oregon State's fragile resume

(19:47) Florida still hard to predict

(24:36) Kentucky's tournament path

(25:41) Arkansas vs. Ole Miss

(37:20) How we go about projecting the Field of 64

(47:56) Kansas making history

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