Carlos and Peter hop on the draft show to talk about all the latest movers and shakers in the 2025 draft. The two lament Texas outfielder Max Belyeu’s thumb injury, then get into how insane Illinois lefthander Jack Bauer’s velocity surge has been this spring. The two try and work their way through their lefty preferences on the board, then talk about the insane season that Florida State shortstop Alex Lodise is in the midst of, as well as other college risers like Kyle Lodise (Georgia Tech) and Charles Davalan (Arkansas). 

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• (1:00) Max Belyeu injury
• (5:00) Jack Bauer 
• (15:00) Continued LHP talk
• (28:00) Alex Lodise
• (32:00) Kyle Lodise
• (37:00) Charles Davalan

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We know you enjoyed the Prospect Deep Dives, so we're going to podcast about MLB Prospects every Wednesday. Geoff Pontes and JJ Cooper are back from spring training trips, so we can't wait to share what we saw.

(00:00) What's news this week (Nick Kurtz, Roman Anthony)

(13:08) Prospect Deep Dive On Pirates OF Konnor Griffin

(23:30) Prospect Deep Dive on Royals 1B Jac Caglianone

(30:30) JJ is excited by Reds RP Luis Mey

(35:00) Geoff is excited about Blue Jays OF Alan Roden

(39:00) What we're looking forward to prospect wise this week

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Baseball America College Writers Jacob Rudner and Peter Flaherty take a closer look at No. 4 Georgia’s historic season, how injuries could impact No. 3 Texas and break down concerns about preseason-No. 7 Florida. Rudner and Flaherty also welcome No. 23 Kansas and No. 25 Virginia Tech to the rankings, breaking down each.

(2:09) A closer look at No. 4 Georgia

(11:35) What to make of No. 11 North Carolina

(20:51) How might injuries impact No. 3 Texas

(27:20) Concern about Florida

(33:27) Virginia Tech’s path to the Top-25

(38:09) How Kansas reached the rankings

(44:00) Picks to Click

(48:47) Final thoughts and Hawaii news

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Baseball is officially back which means we have actual games that mean something to talk about this week on the Baseball America Fantasy Podcast. Hosts Geoff Pontes and Dylan White discuss some of the news over baseball's opening weekend and dig into some early noteworthy performances and some overreactions.

• (2:00) Kristian Campbell settling in nicely.
• (6:00) Gleyber Torres injured
• (9:00) Josh Jung Injury
• (10:00) Reynaldo Lopez placed on IL for shoulder inflammation.
• (13:00) Jurickson Profar PED suspension.
• (15:00) Eury Perez ready to face hitters
• (17:00) Garrett Crochet signs six year $170 million.
• (19:00) Cash in your Drake Baldwin shares? Sean Murphy starts a rehab assignment this week.
• (21:00) Colton Cowser broken thumb out 6-8 weeks.
• (23:00) Crazy overreactions from the opening weekend.
• (24:00) Kristian Campbell is voted an AL All-Star
• (25:00) Cristopher Sanchez receives Cy Young votes.
• (26:00) Dylan Crews gets demoted to Triple-A at some point.
• (27:00) Kyle Manzardo finishes as top five first baseman.
• (30:00) Aaron Judge hits 70 home runs in 2025.
• (31:00) Bo Bichette lead the AL batting

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On this week's Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Geoff Pontes and Carlos Collazo break down Baseball America's first Staff Draft of the 2025 cycle, which features righthander high school pitcher Seth Hernandez going No. 1 overall.

Could a prep righty really go at the top? Which other candidates could go 1-1 with all the usual names scuffling?

We also discuss Roki Sasaki's struggles to start his Dodgers career and Roman Anthony's hot start at Triple-A.

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• (1:15) Could Seth Hernandez be the No. 1 overall pick?
• (8:30) Safest pick to go 1-1
• (11:00) Other Staff Draft picks that stood out
• (12:30) Are we worried about Roki Sasaki?
• (19:35) Roman Anthony impresses early

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This past weekend, the Yankees hit nine home runs in a game against the Brewers. During the broadcast, the Yankees broadcast explained how several of the team's players were swinging bats with unusually-shaped barrels. Since that breakout game, more details on the Yankees' "torpedo bats" have come to light.

Today on the 90th Percentile we discuss what we know and how they may not be as new as you think.

(3:00) What are the Torpedo Bats?

(6:00) Which players are using the torpedo bats on the Yankees?

(8:00) Giancarlo Stanton's triumph and... pain?

(13:00) Impacts on bat speed.

(18:00) Is this the first sign of hitting evolving in the training and information space?

(22:00) The impetus for adjustments by hitters

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Carlos and Peter discuss the first in-season draft update for the 2025 class. Big picture takeaways, lefthanded pitching depth, up-the-middle defensive profiles and players who excite us beyond the top 50.

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• (3:30) Big picture takeaways on the update
• (6:00) Lefthanded pitching depth
• (9:00) Questions up top
• (11:00) Up-the-middle depth
• (14:00) Post top 50 names we’re excited about
• (28:00) Peter’s deep sleeper juco arm
• (32:00) Indiana OF Korbyn Dickerson 
• (25:00) Southern Miss RHP JB Middleton

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We're going deep on each of the top prospects in the AL East. The guys explain how each respective player climbed to No. 1 in their system, run through their scouting reports and lay out what you should expect in 2025.

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(0:00) -- Samuel Basallo, Orioles

(9:00) -- Carson Williams, Rays

(17:45) -- Ricky Tiedemann, Blue Jays

(26:05) -- Jasson Dominguez, Yankees

(33:30) -- Roman Anthony, Red Sox

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Lots of news to discuss this week on the Baseball America Fantasy Podcast as Kristian Campbell, Jackson Jobe, Cam Smith and Will Warren will all break camp with their respective clubs. Hosts Geoff Pontes and Dylan White breakdown each player's potential contributions for fantasy managers in 2025. We also dive into Geoff's recent two weeks in Florida, going over some names that stuck out on the backfields.

• (3:00) Kristian Campbell Breaks Camp With The Red Sox
• (7:30) Jackson Jobe included in Tigers rotation
• (10:00) Alan Roden makes Blue Jays
• (14:00) Will Warren in the Yankees rotation
• (16:00) Break
• (17:00) Shane McClanahan, Ryan Weathers and Jared Jones injured.
• (21:00) Kyle Harrison down Landen Roupp up... Birdsong in long role.
• (24:00) Nolan Jones makes his way back to the Guardians as Tyler Freeman heads to the Rockies.
• (27:00) Justin Martinez extension
• (29:00) Cam Smith has the most helium.
• (32:00) Konnor Griffin takeoff time.
• (35:00) Bryce Rainer moving up as well.
• (38:00) Payton Tolle making noise on the backfields.
• (42:00) George Lombard Jr.
• (44:00) Aroon Escobar is burning up.

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Baseball America College Writers Jacob Rudner and Peter Flaherty take a closer look at No. 3 Texas after its top-five series win over then-No. 2 LSU plus break down the rankings-risers in the West, including Oregon State, UC Irvine and UCLA. Rudner and Flaherty also preview aspects of their first in-season Field of 64 projection.

(2:00) Examining Texas’ rise to No. 3

(7:25) Arkansas off to best start in program history

(14:05) Checking in on independent Oregon State

(18:48) What to make of Ole Miss so far

(27:37) UC Irvine up to No. 17 after sweep of rival UCSB

(32:35) Is it time to worry about the Gauchos

(38:05) UCLA and Troy make their Top 25 debuts

(43:45) Picks to Click

(47:42) Final thoughts

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