From Phenom To The Farm

By Baseball America

"From Phenom to the Farm" is a monthly series presented by Baseball America featuring interviews with former & current professional players that made the jump from high school directly to pro b

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December 19, 2025 Former 4th Overall Draft Christian Colon On His MLB Career
On the latest ‘From Phenom to the Farm,’ Christian Colon walks through his rise to fourth-overall draft pick and rocky MLB career.
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(3:55) Playing with a 1st Rounder in HS
(7:00) Signing with Fullerton + Draft Decision
(17:45) Team USA Experience
(23:20) 2009 CWS Run
(34:00) Junior Year Draft Experience
(48:00) Jump to Double-A and Pressure of Being 4th Overall Pick
(59:20) Would He Have Been Happier Drafted Lower
(1:04:29) Struggles Breaking Into the Royals Lineup
(1:18:50) Positive Experience with the Reds

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1h 35min
November 20, 2025 Former MLB 3B Wes Helms On His 12-Year Career
On the latest episode of ‘From Phenom to the Farm,’ former big leaguer Wes Helms discusses his twelve-year MLB career.
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(3:15) Being scouted in high school
(11:30) Life in the GCL
(14:50) Playing with teenage Andruw Jones
(26:10) Being blocked by Chipper Jones
(31:50) The worst players to play 3B against
(38:20) How to pick a bat
(45:54) Job description as a veteran role player

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1h 1min
October 24, 2025Former Mets INF Zach Lutz On Going From Division III To MLB
On the latest ‘From Phenom to the Farm,’ Zach Lutz walks through his unique career path, which involved choosing a Division III college over traditional DI schools, getting drafted by the Mets and dealing with lots of untimely injuries.
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(0:00) Introduction
4:10) Choosing D3 over D1
(6:50) Playing for Your Dad
(9:45) Drafted by the Mets
(12:30) Life on the IL
(18:40) Crafting an Approach at the Plate
(28:00) Getting the Call to the Big Leagues
(35:00) Life Playing in Japan
(41:45) Dealing with Hecklers

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September 25, 2025Danny Graves On Life As An All-Star Closer & More
On the latest episode of ‘From Phenom to the Farm,’ former all-star closer Danny Graves joins to walk through his career in baseball.
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(4:30) Watching 90s Miami Football
(11:15) Recruitment and Early Years at Miami
(18:10) 90s College Baseball Postseason
(23:15) All American Junior Season
(27:00) Being Drafted, Then Tearing ACL
(32:20) Life of a MiLB Closer
(38:40) How to Get MLB Hitters Out
(49:20) Pitching in a Pennant Race
(52:15) Being Teammates with Ken Griffey Jr
(58:25) Pitching in the 2000 ASG
(1:01:20) Failed Conversion to Starting
(1:07:50) Finding Joy in Broadcasting After Retirement

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1h 19min
August 15, 2025Joba Chamberlain On Rise To Yankee Stardom, 'Joba Rules' & More
On the latest ‘From Phenom to the Farm,’ former reliever Joba Chamberlain discusses his high-profile career as a Yankees phenom and more.
TIME STAMPS
(5:30) Man vs. Food & Gossip Girl Appearances
(13:00) Parenting a Baseball Player
(23:30) Going from D2 Afterthought to Nebraska Star
(34:00) Pitching in the CWS
(40:00) Draft Day Slide
(50:00) The Notoriety of Pitching for the Yankees
(1:00:00) Joba's 2007 Debut
(1:03:00)"The Joba Rules"
(1:09:00)The Midges Incident
(1:18:00) Parenting in Pro Baseball

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1h 36min
July 10, 2025Jonathan Perrin On House v. NCAA Settlement & College Baseball Financial Changes
On the latest episode of ‘From Phenom to the Farm,’ former Brewers righthander and CFP Jonathan Perrin joins to break down the financial changes of college baseball.
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(3:30) A Breakdown of the New Changes in College Baseball
(7:10) Winners & Losers of the Revenue Sharing Era
(11:20) Impact on HS Draft Prospects
(18:40) Impact on Draft-Eligible Sophomores/Juniors
(27:00) Recipe for Success for Mid-Majors
(35:00) Where Does Compensation End?
(42:55) Impact on MiLB

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51min
June 19, 2025Tommy Mendonca On His College World Series Heroics & Fresno State's 2008 Cinderella Run
On the latest episode of ‘From Phenom to the Farm,’ 2008 CWS star Tommy Mendonca walks us through his career and Fresno State’s Cinderella run.
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(4:20) Being recruited by Fresno State (and as a punter)
(10:00) Slow Start to the '08 Season
(18:35) '08 Postseason Run
(26:00) '08 CWS + Winning Most Outstanding Player
(44:00) Playing with Strasburg on Team USA
(48:20) Draft Day
(58:20) Why He Loved Indy Ball

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1h 11min
May 16, 2025Brandon Finnegan On Being The First To Pitch In CWS & World Series In Same Season
On this episode of From Phenom To The Farm, former MLB pitcher Brandon Finnegan discusses his historic path to becoming the first player to ever pitch in both the College World Series and World Series in the same year, plus lots more.
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(4:00) Being recruited by TCU
(26:00) Junior year as a 1st round pick and pitching in the CWS
(42:00) Pitching in the World Series the same year as the CWS
( 58:00) Being part of a deadline deal
(1:13:00) Trying to recapture velocity

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1h 26min
April 17, 2025How Nick Goody Went From Failed Juco Shortstop To MLB Reliever
On the latest episode of ‘From Phenom to the Farm,’ former MLB reliever Nick Goody discusses his humble beginnings as a failed junior college shortstop and the road to making it on the mound in the big leagues.
Time Stamps
(5:00) Learning to fly in retirement
(9:20) Transitioning from SS to Pitcher in Juco
(29:00) Winning LSU Closer Job
(36:00) Adjustment to Pro Baseball
(53:00) Call to the Big Leagues
(1:08:00) Riding the "Scranton Express"
(1:18:00) Playing for Terry Francona in Cleveland
(1:41:00) Mexican League Experience

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1h 54min
March 13, 2025 Former MLB Outfielder Ian Miller On Running His Way To The Big Leagues
On the latest episode of ‘From Phenom to the Farm,’ Ian Miller joins to talk his journey from speedy college walk-on to big league outfielder.
(9:50) Walking On at Wagner College
(18:10) Breaking Out in the Alaska League
(22:40) Draft Day 2013
(29:10) The Art of the Steal
(48:40) Call-Up to the Big Leagues
(57:40) Playing During the Pandemic Season

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