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This week on the Baseball America Fantasy Podcast hosts James Anderson and Geoff Pontes dive into the top of the First Year Player Draft rankings. They discuss 15 players in total diving into the pros and cons of each profile. Who they think present the best values and which picks come with the greatest inherent risk. 

2:30 Grady Emerson, in a tier on his own?

8:30 Vahn Lackey future elite catcher

15:00 Jacob Lombard upside bigger than Emerson

19:00 Jackson Flora the best pitcher in the draft

25:00 Roch Cholowsky’s debut, could he run more?

29:00 Tyler Bell now underrated?

35:00 Do we believe in Justin Lebron

38:00 Drew Burress in the top tier of the FYPD?

45:00 Zion Rose a potential 1.1?

49:00 What is Derek Curiel’s upside

54:00 Is Eric Booth Jr. dropping after his debut? 

58:00 How high is Ace Reese’s upside

62:00 Trevor Condon another high upside player outside the top 10. 

67:00 Jared Grindlinger and Bo Lowrance compare and contrast.  

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The Arizona Fall League rosters have been released, and we have the analysis of who are the prospects to watch. Josh Norris and JJ Cooper have the breakdown.

(00:00) Josh loves the Arizona Fall League

(02:00) This year's AFL Rosters Are _______

(06:00) Who are the best prospects headed to the Arizona Fall League

(12:00) Which teams are the best in the AFL

(13:00) Some AFL insights for fans contemplating a trip

(17:15) Lesser-known prospects to watch in the AFL

(19:45) Vance Honeycutt talk

(22:15) Other things to know about the Arizona Fall League

Everything you need to know about the AFL: https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2026-arizona-fall-league-rosters-schedule-everything-you-need-to-know/

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On this week's Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Geoff Pontes and Josh Norris get set for the Arizona Fall League with a breakdown of the 2026 initial rosters released on Tuesday. Check out BA's complete AFL coverage for full rosters, schedule information and analysis.

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
• (0:45) Josue De Paula called up to the Dodgers
• (8:35) Arizona Fall League initial rosters are here—top players to know
• (13:00) What to expect if you go to an AFL game
• (15:30) Caleb Bonemer getting work in the OF
• (19:45) Answering viewer questions

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JJ and Carlos take a look back at the 2017 draft. Who picked well? Who picked poorly? Which players did we miss on and what can we learn about the draft with nearly 10 full years of hindsight? 

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Time stamps:

• (0:00) Why Start With 2017?
• (3:00) Our perception of the class at the time
• (10:40) The two-way lesson with Brendan McKay
• (17:20) What we learned with Austin Beck
• (23:50) You can’t force ideal demographics
• (32:00) Why the D-backs are the winners of this draft
• (35:00) Other notable late-draft success stories
• (40:30) The Astros excellent late-round finds

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The Baseball America Fantasy Podcasts welcomes new Fantasy Lead Analyst James Anderson this week. Hosts James Anderson and Geoff Pontes dive right into 2027 redraft talk, identifying which prospects might be hot commodities this offseason in NFBC draft and hold leagues.

(1:00) Introduction

(7:00) Jesus Made

(10:00) Leo De Vries

(16:00) Sebastian Walcott

(22:00) Franklin Arias

(31:00) Josue De Paula and Mike Sirota

(38:00) Rainiel Rodriguez

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Baseball America national college reporter Jacob Rudner is joined by Editor-In-Chief JJ Cooper to discuss fall storylines to track as players return to team activities.

(2:22) Things to look forward to with coverage at BA

(3:55) How the fall can influence draft rankings

(8:47) Embracing ABS in college

(22:09) Will the coaching carousel fire up again

(26:45) LSU in the spotlight

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Josh Norris and JJ Cooper are here for this week's Prospect Podcast to discuss the top prospects in the DSL. A Royals hitter leads our Dominican Summer League Top 35 Prospects rankings. We discuss Angeibel Gomez and other prospects who stood out on today's show.

(00:00) Ranking DSL Prospects is hard, but also very beneficial

(01:30) Looking back at the tops of the 2024 and 2025 DSL Top Prospects lists

(08:20) How does this DSL prospect class compare to other years

(13:15) Why Angeibel Gomez ranks No. 1

(16:10) Francisco Renteria stood out, but there are some reservations

(17:20) Yostin Pena discussion

(19:30) Albert Fermin is the lone shortstops among the top four prospects

(21:30) The Brewers had the most Top 35 prospects

(27:30) Two sleeper prospects to watch

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2024 DSL Top 31 Prospects: https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/top-31-dominican-summer-league-prospects-in-2024/

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On this week's Hot Sheet Show, Jacob Rudner, Geoff Pontes and Ian Cundall talk everything MiLB. We go level-by-level for 2026 season takeaways, top players and postseason series to watch. We also answer a slew of viewer questions.

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
• (0:45) James Anderson joins BA as lead fantasy analyst
• (1:10) MiLB season winding down—what & who stood out?
• (7:15) Low-A postseason series to watch
• (9:05) High-A postseason series to watch
• (11:30) A perfect game in Triple-A
• (13:00) Triple-A takeaways from 2026
• (16:30) Double-A takeaways from 2026
• (19:15) Answering viewer questions

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JJ and Carlos talk about where we’re at in the 2027 draft coverage cycle and what to expect on our next draft board update. The two discuss why the summer is so important for high school hitters in particular, and then talk about a handful of the notable up-arrow college and preps from the summer circuit—including some in-person looks at this year’s Under Armour Next All-America Game. 

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• (0:00) Intro
• (4:00) How much will change for the next update?
• (6:00) Why the summer matters more for hitters than pitchers
• (10:30) The summer has improved scouting for preps
• (14:00) How we’re handling college movement
• (16:20) Prominent up-arrow college names
• (26:50) Prominent up-arrow high school names

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This week on the Baseball America fantasy podcast, host Geoff Pontes is joined by National Draft Writer Carlos Collazo to discuss 2026 draftee debuts. Carlos has recently dug into the numbers and wrote up a whole host of first rounders that have played affiliated ball post-draft. We discuss with Carlos if any of these debuts are moving the needle for fantasy.

• (2:00) How much do pro debuts matter post draft?
• (10:00) Grady Emerson vs Roch Cholowsky
• (17:00) Vahn Lackey
• (23:00) Zion Rose
• (28:00) Drew Burress
• (31:00) Chris Hacopian
• (36:00) Ace Reese
• (41:00) Ryder Helfrick
• (45:00) Logan Hughes
• (51:00) Justin Lebron

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