This week on the Baseball America Fantasy Podcast hosts Geoff Pontes and Dylan White cover some of the news of the last week to open before diving into a five round waiver wire draft. What's a waiver wire draft? Simple, Dylan and Geoff choose from all players with 10% or lower ownership on Fantrax and pick the best players from that group. It's a great exercise to introduce you to ten under-rostered players you should be looking to add. 

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Fantasy Podcast: All-April Waiver Wire Draft

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Carlos and Peter hop on the draft podcast to talk about impact performers in the first few days of conference tournament action and also discuss the most recent news about ECU righthander Trey Yesavage’s health situation. After that, the two talk through a trio of prep pitchers who have stormed up draft boards this spring and debate those profiles vs. some of the college pitchers who could go off the board in a similar range. Next, the two talk about the flaws of the prospects in the middle of the first round and beyond and then pick out a few players who could go in the 10-25 range they feel most confident in—if they feel confident about any. The show closes with a discussion about how challenging it has been to line up the top college players in the class beyond Charlie Condon and Travis Bazzana. Seemingly every scout we talk to has a different order for lining up Chase Burns, Hagen Smith, Braden Montgomery, Nick Kurtz, JJ Wetherholt and Jac Caglianone. How do Carlos and Peter line them up? Depends on the day. — Time Stamps (2:20) Ryan Waldschmidt (3:30) Gage Jump (5:20) Luke Holman (7:50) Trey Yesavage health situation (14:00) Three prep pitchers storming up boards (22:00) College arms vs. high school arms at the back of the first (27:00) Everyone in the back of the first has flaws (30:30) Profiles we’re most convicted on in the 10-20 range (35:30) How difficult lining up players 3-8 on the board is

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Prep Pitching Risers & The Difficulty Of Lining Up The Top Of The Draft Class

Teddy Cahill and Peter Flaherty break down conference tournament action from around the country, as the race to Selection Monday hits a fever pitch. They start with the SEC, where the conference's bubble teams have worked to shore up their NCAA Tournament resumes. The opposite has happened in the ACC, where Georgia Tech, Louisville and Virginia Tech all started sluggishly. There's also plenty of action in the Big 12 and Pac-12. Teddy and Peter also outline why college baseball fans need to be paying attention to the American Athletic Conference and Big Ten Tournaments this week. Time Stamps Open: Why we love conference tournament week (2:00) The SEC bubble picture (13:00) Teddy is all in on LSU (18:58) Ad break (19:15) ACC bubble picture (25:00) ACC teams vying for a top-eight seed (30:00) Big 12 breakdown (36:00) Pac-12 breakdown (40:30) Big Ten breakdown

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College Podcast: Breaking Down Conference Tournament Action

Scott Braun, JJ Cooper & Ben Badler discuss the state of a broken MLB international signing system. Ben explains the current situation -- where teams are often agreeing to deals with players as young as 12 and 13 years old -- and why things haven't changed. The guys also discuss...Ways to fix itWhether we're headed toward an international draft The next wave of international prospectsAn early look at MiLB Player of the YearHow the Angels can better develop prospects
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Can A Broken MLB International Signing System Be Fixed? | Hot Sheet Show Ep. 8

Talent doesn't discriminate and that's a truth that bothers a lot of people, particularly in the youth baseball space. Geoff and Matt dive into the topic, discussing different combinations or talent, attitude and motivation. It's often not the hardest worker on the field. 

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90th Percentile: Talent Doesn't Discriminate

Carlos and Peter are joined by Geoff Pontes to discuss Baseball America’s second staff draft of the 2024 season. The trio talk through each of their picks and give their thoughts on how the draft is shaping up as we near the end of the college baseball season.  — Time Stamps (4:00) Top of the board (6:00) Hagen Smith vs. Chase Burns (13:00) How Trey Yesavage stacks up with the top arms (15:00) A wide-open draft board after pick 11 (19:00) James Tibbs III trending up (25:00) Slade Caldwell’s well-rounded profile (28:00) Power bats with hit tool questions in the 20s (33:00) A mini run of high school righthanders  (37:00) Ryan Waldschmidt a sleeper stud to know (43:00) Tommy White not in the first? (50:00) Closing thoughts on the draft, picks we liked, players we are surprised weren’t taken

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Fantasy Podcast: All-April Waiver Wire Draft

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