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Carlos and Peter talk through four notable up-arrow players in the 2025 class who will climb our draft board significantly on our next update. That includes two North Carolina preps: Josh Hammond, who is increasingly interesting for his exploits as a hitter; and Briggs McKenzie, who continues a North Carolina high school lefty tradition. The two also talk about Friday night SEC lefthanders Zach Root (Arkansas) and Kade Anderson (LSU).

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• (1:00) Josh Hammond
• (8:00) Briggs McKenzie
• (15:00) Zach Root
• (21:00) Kade Anderson

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We're going deep on each of the top prospects in the AL Central. 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) -- Travis Bazzana, Guardians

(9:10) -- Noah Schultz, White Sox

(19:55) -- Jackson Jobe, Tigers

(28:45) -- Walker Jenkins, Twins

(37:30) -- Jac Caglianone, Royals

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Baseball America College Writers Jacob Rudner and Peter Flaherty break down Texas A&M's fall from preseason No. 1 to unranked heading into Week 6. Rudner and Flaherty also take a closer look at No. 5 Texas, No. 14 Stanford, No. 15 Louisville, No. 17 Auburn and No. 25 West Virginia's early-season success.

(3:27) Breaking down Texas A&M’s fall

(14:00) Texas jumps up to No. 5

(19:00) Is Stanford back?

(23:33) Louisville up to No. 15 after another big week

(26:58) Auburn and West Virginia make their Top 25 debuts

(29:03) How does Virginia avoid and A&M-like collapse

(34:56) Rice hires former Texas head coach David Pierce

(36:18) Week 6 matchups to watch

(45:06) Picks to Click

(49:13) Final thoughts

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On this week's Hot Sheet Show, Ben Badler, Carlos Collazo and Scott Braun dish on a number of topics, including Jackson Jobe's new offerings, Boston's "Big Three," Spring Breakout studs, Charlie Condon's wrist ailment and 2026 college recruiting.

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• (0:50) Jackson Jobe's developing pitch mix
• (6:30) The timeline for Red Sox "Big Three"
• (12:20) Spring Breakout standouts
• (17:50) Charlie Condon injury woes
• (20:00) 2026 college recruiting rankings

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Carlos and Peter discuss the first in-season mock draft of the 2025 cycle on today’s draft podcast. Peter gives his reactions to where players went, the two discuss the up/down movement of the class and talk through a few compelling positional battles, including a top-10 cluster of shortstops and a mid-round group of college pitchers. 

See the complete mock draft here: https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2025-mlb-mock-draft-1-0-anonymous-scout-analyzes-top-40-picks/

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• (3:00) Peter’s thoughts on the mock draft
• (4:30) Tyler Bremner going 2 and other options after Jamie Arnold
• (7:00) Trying to separate the shortstops in the top 10
• (14:00) The first pick that surprised us
• (17:30) Xavier Neyens vs. Ethan Holliday
• (20:00) Steele Hall’s huge rise
• (25:00) Max Belyeu vs. Cam Cannarella
• (32:00) College pitchers on the rise

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The Dynasty Top 500 underwent its first significant update of the season and hosts Geoff Pontes and Dylan White are here to talk about it. On this week's show they discuss some of the risers and fallers on the list. As well as touching on lots of recent injury news bound to impact dynasty managers.

(1:00) Backfield action in Florida

(2:30) Gerrit Cole news

(4:00) Will Warren breakout

(6:00) Grayson Rodriguez and George Kirby Injuries.

(7:30) Are Strider and Eury Perez trade targets?

(11:00) Francisco Alvarez injury.

(15:00) Matt Shaw Breaks Camp

(16:00) Young players rising up the ranks.

(19:00) Chandler Simpson

(21:00) Cam Smith surging

(24:00) The Drake Baldwin question

(28:00) Marco Luciano and Noelvi Marte down arrow players

(31:00) Pitching breakouts

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Carlos Collazo and JJ Cooper discuss the first in-season mock draft of 2025. Carlos did a mock with a MLB scout, and they alternated picks. We discuss the first 11 picks.

(00:00) How this class shapes up

(04:30) Pick #1, Washington Nationals

(06:00) Pick # 2, Los Angeles Angels

(07:10) Pick # 3, Seattle Mariners

(11:00) Pick # 4, Colorado Rockies

(13:30) Pick # 5, St. Louis Cardinals

(15:00) Pick # 6, Pittsburgh Pirates

(16:30) Pick # 7, Miami Marlins

(18:00) Pick # 8, Toronto Blue Jays

(21:00) Pick # 9, Cincinnati Reds

(22:00) Pick #10, Chicago White Sox

(24:30) Pick #11, Athletics

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We're going deep on each of the top prospects in the AL West. 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) -- Kumar Rocker, Rangers

(9:10) -- Caden Dana, Angels

(18:50) -- Cam Smith, Astros

(30:50 -- Colt Emerson, Mariners

(42:25) -- Nick Kurtz, Athletics

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Baseball America College Writers Jacob Rudner and Peter Flaherty discuss the start of conference play, teams boosting their stock and Top 25 newcomers Stanford and Louisville. Rudner and Flaherty also take a closer look at what Virginia, Oklahoma State and Texas A&M need to do to get their seasons back on track.

(2:20) Strength of Week 5 midweek schedule

(4:46) Breaking down the top six

(12:51) Big week ahead for No. 6 Florida

(19:02) Breaking down North Carolina vs. Stanford

(26:31) Welcoming Louisville to the Top 25

(31:48) Breaking down Virginia’s drop to No. 19

(36:22) It’s time to worry about Texas A&M

(43:30) Why Oklahoma State fell out of the rankings

(46:36) Picks to Click

(50:41) Final thoughts

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On this week's Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Carlos Collazo, Geoff Pontes and Scott Braun react to BA's MLB mock draft of 2025 featuring big league scout analysis for every pick. Are scouts concerned with Jace LaViolette's slow start? Is there a clear-cut No. 1 pick?

We also preview the Top 500 dynasty ranking update dropping on the BA site Tuesday to get you ready for your fantasy draft. The discussion includes how to manage the recent pitching injuries to key names and which players have in-season momentum thanks to solid spring training performances.

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(1:00) Carlos breaks down his new mock draft

(2:45) Why this year's draft is hard to predict

(5:30) This draft has good depth

(8:35) Where will Jace LaViolette go?

(15:40) Updating the top 500 dynasty list

(17:20) Hitters Geoff is high on for 2025

(21:35) Pitchers Geoff is high on for 2025

(26:20) Injuries to big-name players

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