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July 14, 2025Why The Nationals Drafted Eli Willits No. 1 Overall & More MLB Draft Reactions | Hot Sheet Show Ep. 64
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' ages
(21:00) Tyler Bremner goes second overall to the Angels
(23:30) Red Sox pitching haul
(25:15) Nationals interim GM
(27:30) More picks we like

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32 min
July 14, 2025 Surprising Picks, Top Players & Day 1 MLB Draft Reactions
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.

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1 hr 48 min
July 11, 2025The Ultimate 2025 MLB Draft Preview Show
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-fledged draftnik or just want some insight on what your team might do, this podcast should have you covered for draft day.
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Time Stamps:
(2:10) Nationals
(17:30) Angels
(24:50) Mariners
(32:30) Rockies
(37:15) Cardinals
(43:30) Pirates
(50:00) Marlins
(1:01:45) Reds
(1:07:00) White Sox
(1:13:30) A’s
(1:15:00) Rangers
(1:22:00) Giants
(1:25:00) Rays
(1:29:20) Red Sox
(1:33:00) Twins
(1:39:30) Cubs
(1:44:00) D-backs
(1:50:00) Orioles
(1:57:30) Brewers
(2:01:00) Braves
(2:06:00) Royals
(2:09:30) Tigers
(2:12:00) Padres
(2:16:30) Phillies
(2:22:20) Guardians
(2:30:25) Mets
(2:35:00) Yankees
(2:40:00) Dodgers

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2 hr 52 min
July 11, 2025 MLB Draft Stats To Know
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 share insights and draft stats you probably didn't know.

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48 min
July 09, 2025 Prospect Podcast: True Sleeper Prospects To Know
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) Keep An Eye On This Cardinals' Pitcher
(15:15) A Pirates Outfielder Who's Mashing
(17:45) A Cubs' Pitching Sleeper
(21:15) A Speedy Orioles Outfielder
(25:45) JJ's Prospect Soapbox
(28:15) Geoff's Prospect Soapbox

Baseball America Updated Top 30 Prospect Rankings For 30 MLB Teams: https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2025-mlb-top-prospects-for-every-team/
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41 min
July 07, 2025Nationals Fire Manager, GM Before 2025 MLB Draft & Staff Draft 3.0 | Hot Sheet Ep. 63
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.
Time Stamps
(0:10) The rise of the MLB Draft
(2:20) The Nationals fired their GM right before the draft—what will happen at 1-1 now?
(9:40) Padres targets
(11:00) LSU-committed draft prospects that won't make it campus
(13:30) Staff Draft 3.0
(18:00) Giants targets
(19:30) Strong player-team connections
(20:30) Mariners connected to local high schoolers?
(23:15) What will make this year's draft memorable?
(25:00) Peter's pick to click
(26:30) Will the Bluejays select another HS shortstop?

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32 min
July 07, 2025 Baseball America Staff Draft
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
(06:30) No. 4 Rockies
(08:15) No. 5 Cardinals
(12:00) No. 6 Pirates
(13:00) No. 7 Marlins
(14:30) No. 8 Blue Jays
(17:00) No. 9 Reds
(19:30) No. 10 White Sox
(21:20) No. 11 Athletics
(22:20) No. 12 Rangers
(24:15) No. 13 Giants
(27:10) No. 14 Rays
(29:00) No. 15 Red Sox
(33:00) No. 16 Twins
(34:00) No. 17 Cubs
(35:45) No. 18 D'backs
(37:20) No. 19 Orioles
(39:30) No. 20 Brewers
(41:30) No. 21 Astros
(44:15) No. 22 Braves
(46:10) No. 23 Royals
(47:45) No. 24 Tigers
(48:50) No. 25 Padres
(50:30) No. 26 Phillies
(52:35) No. 27 Guardians
(54:20) No. 28 Royals
(56:30) No. 29 D'backs
(58:00) No. 30 Orioles
(59:10) No. 31 Orioles
(1:01:00) No. 32 Brewers
(1:03:45) No. 33 Red Sox
(1:04:45) No. 34 Tigers
(1:06:50) No. 35 Mariners
(1:07:40) No. 36 Twins
(1:10:10) No. 37 Rays
(1:11:45) No. 38 Mets
(1:13:50) No. 39 Yankees
(1:14:50) No. 40 Dodgers

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1 hr 31 min
July 04, 20252025 Draft Prospects Who Could Move Quickly & Our Favorite Tools
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 excited about now
(15:00) Our favorites to get to the majors first
(20:00) Our favorite tools in the class

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40 min
July 03, 2025Fantasy Podcast: Buying & Selling Young Prospects In The Majors
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 sell?
(16:00) Brady House
(20:00) Mick Abel
(24:00) Ronny Mauricio
(27:00) Cade Horton
(30:00) Cole Young
(35:00) Colby Thomas
(39:00) Marcelo Mayer
(41:00) Alejandro Osuna
(45:00) Jack Perkins

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50 min
July 02, 2025 Who Will Be Baseball America's Next No. 1 Prospect?
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 Been Released
(06:00) National League Futures Game Rosters
(09:00) American League Futures Game Rosters
(15:00) Explaining Our Top 100 Prospects Revamp
(19:00) The Case For Brewers SS Jesús Made
(21:45) The Case For Tigers SS Kevin McGonigle
(27:45) The Case For Pirates SS Konnor Griffin
(43:00) The Pitcher Who Climbed Into The Top 5
(47:00) What To Make Of Roki Sasaki

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56 min

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