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BA staffers J.J. Cooper and Jacob Rudner react to the second and final day of the 2026 MLB Draft, covering rounds five through 20. The BA duo fields questions pertaining to the St. Louis Cardinals, Atlanta Braves, Athletics, Los Angeles Dodgers, Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox, Colorado Rockies, Arizona Diamondbacks, Miami Marlins and more!

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Baseball America staffers J.J. Cooper, Jacob Rudner and Carlos Collazo react to the first day of the 2026 MLB Draft with analysis on multiple teams' draft hauls, strategies and missteps.

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On this week's Prospect Podcast, JJ Cooper, Geoff Pontes, Ian Cundall and Josh Norris talk about the top farm systems in baseball, fresh off our updated Organization Talent Rankings.

(00:00) How We Do These Rankings

(03:00) Why The Brewers Rank No. 1?

(14:00) The Rays Aren't That Far Behind

(18:00) The Dodgers Are Rolling, As Usual

(25:00) The Nationals Are Higher Than They've Been In Years

(29:30) The Mariners Have The Best Top-End Pitching

(34:10) Two Teams Who Get Most Improved Awards

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On this week's Hot Sheet Show, Jacob Rudner, Geoff Pontes and Ian Cundall talk about a number of trending topics, including BA's new farm system talent rankings, Luis Lara's callup, the Futures Game this weekend, draft week news and updates,

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
• (1:00) Updated farm system talent rankings
• (7:00) Luis Lara called up to the Brewers
• (9:20) Futures Game: Who's in and out?
• (14:30) Draft week is here... and Brody Bumila is hurt
• (17:35) Draft prospects who are standing out
• (22:40) Viewer questions

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Ben and Carlos are joined by JJ Cooper for a hybrid Future Projection/draft podcast breaking down everything we know or are hearing about the top of the 2026 draft. We talk through possibilities and players for each team’s first pick, talk about org tendencies, system strengths and weaknesses and try to get a better understanding of how the draft could unfold to get you ready for draft day. 

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Time Stamps:

• (2:30) White Sox
• (10:00) Rays
• (15:15) Twins
• (22:30) Giants
• (31:00) Pirates
• (40:20) Royals
• (44:30) Orioles
• (50:20) Athletics
• (54:20) Braves
• (59:30) Rockies
• (1:03:40) Nationals
• (1:08:30) Angels
• (1:12:00) Cardinals
• (1:15:10) Marlins
• (1:18:30) D-backs 
• (1:21:30) Rangers
• (1:25:00) Astros
• (1:27:10) Reds
• (1:30:20) Guardians
• (1:33:30) Red Sox
• (1:38:40) Padres
• (1:43:20) Tigers
• (1:46:50) Cubs
• (1:50:20) Mariners
• (1:52:10) Brewers
• (1:54:50) Mets
• (1:57:10) Yankees
• (1:59:30) Phillies
• (2:01:00) Blue Jays
• (2:02:50) Dodgers

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To preview the 2026 MLB Draft, we held our final staff draft of the draft season, picking the top 75 picks. Even more than the order, this gives us a chance to talk about the vast majority of players who will go in the top two rounds on Saturday in the MLB Draft.

(02:30) Roch Cholowsky, SS

(03:15) Vahn Lackey, C

(05:15) Grady Emerson, SS

(07:35) Jackson Flora, RHP

(09:30) Eric Booth, Jr., OF

(11:00) Tyler Bell, SS

(12:50) Jacob Lombard, SS

(15:10) Drew Burress, OF

(17:30) Derek Curiel, OF

(20:45) Jared Grindlinger, OF

(22:20) Ace Reese, 3B

(24:00) Gio Rojas, LHP

(25:25) AJ Gracia, OF

(28:30) Liam Peterson, RHP

(31:40) Ryder Helfrick, C

(32:50) Trevor Condon, OF

(35:15) Chris Hacopian, 2B

(37:40) Cameron Flukey, RHP

(39:30) Tyler Spangler, SS

(40:55) Tegan Kuhns, RHP

(42:00) Sawyer Strosnider, OF

(43:10) Taylor Rabe, RHP

(45:15) Mason Edwards, LHP

(46:45) Zion Rose, OF

(48:05) Aiden Ruiz, SS

(49:25) Jarren Advincula, 2B

(50:45) Justin Lebron, SS

(52:25) Logan Reddemann, RHP

(54:10) Cole Prosek, C/2B

(55:35) Hunter Dietz, LHP

(57:15) Picks 31-35

(1:00:25) Picks 36-40

(1:04:00) Picks 41-45

(1:06:55) Picks 46-50

(1:09:15) Picks 51-55

(1:13:00) Picks 56-60

(1:16:00) Picks 61-65

(1:19:00) Picks 66-70

(1:22:30) Picks 71-75

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JJ and Carlos get out of the first two rounds and talk about players they are interested in deeper on the draft board. 

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• (0:00) Intro and opening banter
• (06:20) Jason DeCaro, RHP, North Carolina
• (13:00) Camden Johnson, 3B, Oklahoma
• (18:20) Elliot Lascelles, SS, Upper Canada College HS, Toronto, Ont.
• (22:30) Peyton Bonds, OF, Rutgers
• (27:00) Jaxon Willits, SS, Oklahoma
• (32:00) Andruw Giles, OF, Basic HS, Henderson, Nev.
• (37:30) Jake Lamdin, SS, Duke
• (40:00) Gage Peterson, RHP, Appalachian State

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We have updated our Top 100 Prospect rankings for July, so for today's Prospect Podcast Ian Cundall and JJ Cooper take a look at six prospects who rose significantly or joined the rankings this month.

(00:00) Rays OF Theo Gillen

(07:15) Braves OF Eric Hartman

(17:15) Cubs OF Josiah Hartshorn

(23:15) Guardians OF Jaison Chourio

(28:00) Orioles LHP Joseph Dzierwa

(34:00) Brewers OF Alexander Frias

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We're back for our first offseason college podcast of the summer, and with the transfer portal closing, we take a look at everything going on in the portal.

(00:00) Explaining The Transfer Portal And Everything That's Changed This Year

(26:40) Which Schools Have Made The Most Of The Portal And Who Is Hurting?

(38:40) Why Are Players Who Are Likely To Be Drafted Going Into The Portal?

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On this week's Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Carlos Collazo and Ben Badler dive headfirst into the 2026 MLB draft with a look at our latest mock, helium names to watch and lots of viewer questions ahead of the big day in a couple weekends.

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) New wrinkles for the 2026 MLB draft
• (2:30) How much player evaluation is still going on this late?
• (4:10) BA's 5.0 mock draft
• (6:30) Grady Emerson's appeal
• (8:40) Importances of the draft combine
• (13:20) Mason Edwards' helium
• (16:15) Helium prep names to watch
• (18:00) Effects of Angels' FO changes
• (21:30) Answering viewer questions

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