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This week on the Baseball America Fantasy Baseball podcast hosts Dylan White and Geoff Pontes break down all the recent moves in MLB. They discuss the Kyle Tucker and Bo Bichette signings, the Luis Robert trade, the Mackenzie Gore trade and the Freddy Peralta trade. The second half of the show we dive into redraft strategy with our own NFBC expert Dylan White.

(1:30) Kyle Tucker Signs With The Dodgers.

(3:00) Bo Bichette Signs With The Mets.

(6:00) Breaking Down The Freddy Peralta Trade - How Do The Prospects Fit In Milwaukee?

(12:00) Mackenzie Gore Trade, Does This Kill His Sleeper Status?

(16:00) Luis Robert Trade - More Playing Time For Luisangel Acuna?

(21:00) High Level Redraft Strategy.

(23:00) Whats The Perfect Balance Of Hitters And Pitchers Through Round 10?

(25:00) Who Is A Must Have Hitter After Round Five?

(27:00) Who Is A Must Have Pitcher After Round Five?

(29:00) Prospects Dylan Is Targeting In Early Drafts.

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Carlos and Jacob conduct the high school version of their best tools draft from a week ago. The two attempt to create the most impressive player possible by drafting the best tools in the prep class. The two each attempt to create the best possible hitters by drafting hit, power, run, field and arm tools. On the pitching side they each draft a fastball, curveball, slider, changeup and control.

Like before, the ground rules are that each player is only eligible for one category so once they’re picked they can’t be selected again. Let us know which hitter and pitcher you like best.

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Time Stamps

• (2:40) Jacob’s hit
• (4:00) Carlos’s control
• (6:20) Jacob’s curveball
• (8:30) Carlos’s fielding
• (10:30) Jacob’s changeup
• (13:00) Carlos’s fastball
• (15:10) Jacob’s slider
• (17:00) Carlos’s slider
• (18:45) Jacob’s power
• (20:30) Carlos’s run
• (22:05) Jacob’s field
• (23:00) Carlos’s arm
• (26:30) Jacob’s arm
• (30:30) Jacob’s control
• (32:30) Carlos’s power
• (33:50) Jacob’s fastball
• (37:30) Carlos’s hit
• (40:40) Jacob’s run
• (45:00) Carlos’s curveball

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It's Top 100 Prospects Day at Baseball America! To celebrate, Geoff Pontes and JJ Cooper are taking an in-depth look at the top of the Top 100. We explain why our No. 1 prospect ranked at the top. How close our No. 2 prospect was to ranking No. 1 and examine five other prospects from the top of the rankings.

(00:00) The Top 100 Prospects rankings are here

(03:00) Scouting No. 1 Prospect Konnor Griffin

(10:30) Scouting No. 2 Prospect Kevin McGonigle

(16:10) Scouting No. 3 Prospect JJ Wetherholt

(21:30) Scouting No. 4 Prospect Jesus Made

(26:00) The Two Best Pitching Prospects In The Game

(30:00) The Most Surprising Prospect Near The Top Of The Rankings

(33:30) Evaluating The Strength Of This Year's Top 100

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Geoff Pontes and JJ Cooper are back for another Prospect Podcast Deep Dive. This time we take an in-depth look at the Houston Astros farm system, which was thinned out a bit recently in a trade that brought back MLB starting pitcher Mike Burrows.

(00:00) Looking At The Recent Burrows Trade

(04:30) How Tough Was The Decision To Rank Xavier Neyens No. 1 And Who Were The Other Candidates?

(14:00) How Is This System Better Or Worse Than Last Year?

(17:35) Who Could Rank No. 1 Next Year?

(21:45) What As The Astros Good At Developing?

(26:45) How Has Player Development Changed Under Dana Brown?

(35:00) Other Astros Sleepers To Watch

(40:30) Why Geoff Is Bullish On This Farm System

Astros Top 30 Prospects: https://www.baseballamerica.com/teams/2010-houston-astros/prospects/

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On this week's Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Geoff Pontes and Jacob Rudner discuss a number of exciting topics, including BA's latest Top 100 Prospects list set to drop this week, the new preseason college baseball Top 25 and the biggest NIL deals they've ever heard of.

We stream the Hot Sheet Show every Monday at 3:30 p.m. ET on YouTube.

Time Stamps

• (0:00) Introduction
• 0:30) Previewing the new Top 100 Prospects list
• (3:15) Breaking down the preseason Top 25
• (5:00) Top players in the 2026 college draft class
• (10:15) College NIL deals—strategy & biggest deals
• (19:00) Will Shotaro Morii be a two-way player for the A's?
• (23:00) Favorite two-way players we've seen

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Baseball America national college reporter Jacob Rudner is joined by Penn State head coach Mike Gambino to go in-depth on the Nittany Lions' recruitment of Japanese righthander Genei Sato. Sato, whose fastball and splitter consistently drew reviews as plus offerings, is set to play at Penn State in 2027 and carries early first-round buzz.

(2:06) Welcoming in Coach Gambino

(4:52) When did Sato first hit Penn State's radar?

(12:12) The recruiting timeline

(14:54) Scouting Sato

(24:03) Why 2027 instead of right now?

(26:48) The impact of having elite Japanese athletes already on campus

(29:04) What this recruiting win does for Penn State

(33:16) Is Sato a trendsetter?

(34:53) Gambino's favorite moment from Sato's recruitment

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On the latest Baseball America Prospects Podcast Deep Dive, we're looking at the Tampa Bay Rays system. Coming into the offseason, this looked like a system that had taken a step back, but that was before a series of trades added a massive amount of prospect depth.

(00:00) A whole lot has changed in the Rays farm system

(06:00) What made Brody Hopkins the No. 1 prospect and who else was considered for the top spot?

(15:20) Is the system better or worse than a year ago?

(20:25) Who is our guess to be No. 1 a year from now?

(24:00) What is the organization good at developing?

(29:00) The Rays REALLY loaded up on 2025 draft picks

(32:00) Some lower ranked Rays prospects who are fascinating

(35:00) Where the Rays have prospect depth

(39:00) Looking at Rays catching prospects

Rays Top 30 Prospects: https://www.baseballamerica.com/teams/2021-tampa-bay-rays/prospects/?season=2026&ranking=preseason

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We return with another episode of the Baseball America Fantasy Podcast in the midst of lots of action on the free agent and trade market. We open up by discussing Kyle Tucker just minutes before he signed with the Dodgers. We then discuss the Ranger Suarez and Alex Bregman signings. After that we jump into the First Year Player draft rankings, navigating through the first 30 or so picks.

• (2:00) Tucker tweets
• (7:00) Ranger Suarez signing
• (11:00) Alex Bregman signs with the Cubs
• (14:00) Tatsuya Imai at 1.1
• (19:00) Liam Doyle believer.
• (25:00) Dax Kilby buying into the tools
• (32:00) Insane prep shortstop group
• (40:00) Gage Wood hype machine.

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Carlos and Jacob hop on the podcast and attempt to create the most impressive “build-a-player” possible by drafting the best tools in the college class. The two each attempt to create the best possible hitters by drafting hit, power, run, field and arm tools. On the pitching side they each draft a fastball, curveball, slider, changeup and control.

The ground rules: once a player is picked for any category, that player is no longer eligible for another. Other than that, it’s wide open. Which hitter and pitcher do you prefer? 

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Time Stamps:

• (3:20) Carlos fielding
• (4:40) Jacob control
• (7:40) Carlos power
• (12:20) Jacob slider
• (14:25) Carlos fastball
• (17:30) Jacob curveball
• (20:10) Carlos run
• (23:45) Jacob hitter
• (27:20) Carlos changeup
• (30:30) Jacob power
• (33:35) Carlos arm
• (36:30) Jacob fastball
• (40:36) Carlos hitter
• (45:20) Jacob changeup
• (47:00) Carlos slider 
• (51:30) Jacob fielding
• (53:00) Carlos curveball
• (54:40) Jacob run
• (57:00) Carlos control
• (59:45) Jacob arm

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JJ Cooper and Jesús Cano are here for another Baseball America Prospects Deep Dive. Today we are looking at the Mariners farm system, led by shortstop Colt Emerson.

(03:00) How difficult was the decision to rank Colt Emerson No. 1?

(09:20) Is this farm system better or worse than last year?

(14:00) Who is the bet to be No. 1 in this system next year?

(16:30) What are the Mariners good at developing?

(22:00) Who are some sleepers to watch

(24:50) Where does the system drop off

(27:30) Talking about Michael Arroyo's position move

Mariners Top 30 Prospects: https://www.baseballamerica.com/teams/2018-seattle-mariners/prospects/?season=2026&ranking=preseason

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