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It's a different podcast this week, as JJ Cooper talks with Bradenton Marauders Manager of Game Presentation & Marketing Brian Spradlin about what are the keys to a quality baseball broadcast. The Marauders have one of the best TV productions in the minor leagues, Cooper and Spradlin get into how they got there, and what they have learned along the way.

(00:00) How JJ and Brian got connected

(03:30) How the MiLB broadcasts have gotten better year after year

(04:45) The costs keep going down

(12:10) If you are starting from scratch, what are the keys?

(20:00) Location, Location, Location

(24:00) If you have more cameras, where should you put them?

(28:45) Talking about graphics

(37:00) Building the staff to run a broadcast

(47:00) You have to watch a lot of baseball broadcasts

(53:00) Lessons learned and pitfalls to avoid

(60:00) How the tech keeps getting better

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On this week's Prospect Podcast, Ian Cundall and JJ Cooper take a look at some of the prospects who made the biggest jumps on our August Team Top 30 Prospects rankings update.

(0:45) What Did We Learn From This Top 30 Update?

(02:30) How The Orioles Farm System Has Been Transformed

(07:15) How The Rays Showed The Value Of Prospect Depth

(13:00) A Royals OF Prospect Who Made A Massive Jump

(21:00) A Nationals OF Prospect Who Climbed Nearly 20 Spots

(23:45) An Orioles LHP Prospect To Watch

(28:15) The Tigers Prospect Has Gone From Being A Good Story To More

(32:20) A Twins SS Who Is Showing He Can Hit As Well As Field

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Baseball America National College Reporter Jacob Rudner is joined by Editor-In-Chief JJ Cooper to discuss how college baseball recruiting has evolved in recent years. Rudner and Cooper take a look at the influence of NIL and the transfer portal and how college coaches are building their rosters in 2026.

(3:19) How the value of Area Code Games has evolved

(8:03) Why regionality no longer matters as much in recruiting

(11:41) Life for the developmental three-star

(29:36) Finding your level

(32:34) Why the players win in this system

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On this week's Hot Sheet Show, Jacob Rudner, J.J. Cooper and Ian Cundall talk all about BA's final in-season Top 30 Prospect ranking update of the season. We break down which players and orgs are on the rise, plus lots more.

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
• (0:58) Biggest changes in updated Top 30 rankings
• (2:33) New No. 1 prospects & Angels add Arjun Nimmala
• (4:09) Top prospect risers & Angeibel Gomez
• (6:32) Mets farm system adds talent
• (9:02) Cubs Top 30 changes after trade deadline
• (13:08) Which farm systems are on the rise?
• (13:33) Giants' farm system could become No. 1
• (16:58) Orioles farm system surges after deadline
• (18:54) Evaluating Tigers’ Tarik Skubal trade return
• (21:35) Brady Smith’s upside with Tigers
• (24:29) Why did Roch Cholowsky fall in Top 100?
• (25:41) Twins prospect Khadim Diaw
• (27:16) Reds prospects Eric Becker & Justin Lebron
• (29:05) Astros on the rise

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On this week's Draft Podcast, Ben Badler joins JJ Cooper to discuss the next two high school draft classes. How do these two classes stack up, and why are Dylan Seward and Flip Watters at the top of the rankings?

(00:00) The challenges of evaluating underclassmen

(10:00) Why ranking No. 1 right now really means something

(11:00) This 2027 class has plenty of shortstops

(13:00) Evaluating No. 1 2027 prospect Dylan Seward in-depth

(21:10) Looking at the 2027 high school pitchers

(24:15) Why the 2028 prep class is more muddled

(25:15) Why Flip Watters is No. 1 in the 2028 high school class

(27:00) The physicality of the 2028 class

(30:15) How college recruiting has changed

(37:15) Throwing 100 mph in high school is no longer incredibly rare

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The Fantasy podcast returns with a vengeance this week as Dylan White returns to the show with Geoff Pontes to discuss the mid-summer Dynasty Top 500 update. The boys dig into ten players with big green up arrows heading into your fantasy trade deadline.

• (2:00) Trade Deadline Thoughts
• (5:00) Which players saw the biggest fantasy value boost following the trade deadline?
• (11:00) Michael Harris' progression
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• (16:00) Jordan Walker best breakout of 2026?
• (18:00) How high is Sebastian Walcott's upside?
• (22:00) Gavin Williams breakout
• (25:00) Otto Lopez's breakout
• (27:00) Braxton Ashcraft beating the projections.
• (30:00) Brandon Marsh's strange season.
• (33:00) Pick a Pair of Pirates (Jared Jones and Bryan Reynolds)

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On this week's Hot Sheet Show, Jacob Rudner, J.J. Cooper, Ian Cundall and Geoff Pontes react to the MLB trade deadline, breaking down standout moves, questionable trades and more. Plus, we talk about George Lombard Jr. is heading to the Bronx.

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• (0:00) Introduction
• (0:50) This was a busy trade deadline
• (2:00) Trade deadline moves that stood out
• (4:45) The Angels finally sell off
• (6:40) Giants add arm talent
• (8:00) Teams that didn't have a great deadline
• (13:40) Did the Red Sox give up too much for Adley Rutschman?
• (17:35) George Lombard Jr. called up to the Yankees
• (21:15) Answering viewer questions

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Baseball America delivers a comprehensive recap of this year's trade deadline action, with major emphasis on prospect movement of all levels. BA's staff provides analysis on major MLB and MiLB storylines, while also fielding questions from viewers throughout.

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JJ and Carlos analyze the 2026 signing deadline for the draft and break down all the numbers you need to know. Why was this year a historic one for the Rockies, what do we think of the Logan Schmidt non-signing, what bonuses surprised or shocked us and what did we get right and wrong in this year’s draft? What are the trends we need to be aware of? All that and more. 

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Time Stamps:

• (0:00) Intro and top-level takeaways
• (6:00) The Logan Schmidt non-signing
• (12:15) What bonus amounts surprised us?
• (17:40) What trends did this draft have?
• (31:20) What did we get right?
• (36:00) What did we get wrong?

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Baseball America's Jacob Rudner, J.J. Cooper and Ian Cundall join forces to prepare you for every scenario, strategy and surprise MLB trade deadline season will bring as August 3 approaches! The BA trio fields questions about trade packages, prospects, buyers & sellers and more!

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