Ben and Carlos continue their divisional prospect breakdown with the AL East. The two analyze each team’s farm system, talk about the strengths and weaknesses, get into some of the top players and more.

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• (0:00) Intro
• (5:30) AL East overview
• (8:00) Red Sox
• (33:30) Orioles
• (58:00) Blue Jays
• (1:16:00) Rays
• (1:36:00) Yankees

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Ben and Carlos throw the mailbag wide open and take a variety of listener questions ahead of Thanksgiving. The two put grades on Thanksgiving dishes and also spend plenty of time talking about prospects, scouting, baseball jargon, sleepers, potential position switches, draft busts, personal cheeseballs and more. 

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Time Stamps:

• (0:00) Intro
• (3:00) Thanksgiving food grades
• (14:00) What do we mean by hitterish?
• (28:30) Biggest personal cheeseball hits?
• (35:00) Pitchers beyond the first round who could pop
• (43:00) Who has the best command in the 2026 class?
• (50:00) Is travel ball a scam? Has it been good or harmful?
• (1:00:00) Biggest draft busts?
• (1:12:50) Should Rainiel Rodriguez move off catcher?
• (1:14:30) Who are the top 2027 northeast arms to know?

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Ben and Carlos continue their divisional prospect breakdown with the NL West. The two analyze each team’s farm system, talk about the strengths and weaknesses, get into some of the top players and more.

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• (0:00) Intro
• (5:30) Dodgers
• (31:40) Giants
• (56:30) D-backs
• (1:18:00) Rockies
• (1:41:10) Padres

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Ben and Carlos continue their divisional prospect breakdown with the NL Central. The two analyze each team’s farm system, talk about the strengths and weaknesses, get into some of the top players and more.

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• (0:00) Intro
• (8:00) Brewers
• (41:00) Pirates
• (1:00:00) Cardinals
• (1:25:00) Reds
• (1:42:00) Cubs

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Ben and Carlos kick off their annual farm system review series with the NL East. The two talk through each farm system, discuss development and acquisition trends, break down the top players in each system and try to talk through where players and orgs will rank in the greater prospect landscape. 

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Time Stamps:

• (0:00) Quick World Series recap
• (3:00) Rockies struggles
• (13:00) Mets
• (40:00) Marlins
• (1:02:00) Nationals
• (1:18:00) Phillies
• (1:42:00) Braves

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Ben and Carlos talk about Trey Yesavage’s lights out start in the World Series and think back to draft day when he fell further than expected to the Blue Jays at 20. The two talk about how medical questions impact the decision-making process for signing players and then turn to the AFL. Which high-performing hitters from the league are we buying and which are we selling? The two then briefly touch on some of the managerial hires around the league and answer a listener question about scouting shortstop defense.

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Time Stamps:

• (0:00) Intro
• (3:00) Trey Yesavage’s slide on draft day
• (13:00) Where will Yesavage rank on the 100
• (14:30) Do doctors have too much say in the draft room?
• (22:00) Who’s running the room on signing decisions?
• (31:30) AFL standouts
• (32:00) Esmerlyn Valdez
• (36:30) Josh Adamczewski
• (42:00) Luke Adams
• (51:00) Seaver King
• (58:00) Max Anderson
• (1:00:30) Kevin McGonigle
• (1:03:30) MLB managerial hires
• (1:12:30) What are the “three” things we look for with shortstops? 

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Ben and Carlos talk about the official news that Tennessee coach Tony Vitello is moving to the majors and discuss some of the strategic managerial lessons that can be learned from this year’s postseason. The two then talk about our October draft update and explore some of the question marks in the 2026 class beyond Roch Cholowsky and Grady Emerson. The two discuss a handful of their favorite sleeper candidates to move into the first round and then take a listener question about batter handedness. 

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Time Stamps:

• (0:30) Tony Vitello news
• (6:15) Implications for the Giants
• (13:00) Strategic lessons to learn from the ALCS
• (20:00) More thoughts on MLB bullpen management
• (28:00) Draft class talk
• (35:00) Justin Lebron & Tyler Bell
• (39:00) College pitching 
• (44:00) High school pitching
• (53:30) Players who have a chance to jump into the first round
• (1:06:00) Valuing lefty hitters and righty hitters

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Ben and Carlos talk about the finalists for the 2025 gold glove awards and talk about the players’ defensive backgrounds leading up to now. Who were the no-brainer gold glove winners as amateurs, and who are the players who surprise us now that they are? After that the two talk about some of the top minor league candidates to win future gold glove awards. They also talk about 2027 high school catcher Will Brick jumping into the 2026 class and wonder where all the high school catching talent has gone in recent years. Finally they tackle a few listener questions. 

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Time Stamps

• (0:00) Intro
• (2:00) Gold glove nominees
• (4:30) Catchers (Alejandro Kirk and Patrick Bailey)
• (15:20) First base (Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bryce Harper)
• (21:00) Second base (Brice Turang, Xavier Edwards)
• (24:40) Third base (Matt Shaw, Ke’Bryan Hayes, Ryan McMahon)
• (32:00) Shortstop (Corey Seager, Mookie Betts, Bobby Witt Jr.)
• (48:00) Left field (Wyatt Langford, Tyler Soderstrom)
• (52:00) Center field (Pete Crow Armstrong, Ceddanne Rafaela, Jacob Young, Julio Rodriguez)
• (1:02:00) Right field (Fernando Tatis Jr., Sal Frelick, Corbin Carroll)
• (1:07:00) Will Brick and high school catchers
• (1:22:00) Minor league gold glove candidates
• (1:37:00) Grady Emerson & Jacob Lombard vs. Max Clark & Walker Jenkins
• (1:42:00) LSU and Tennessee 2027 recruiting classes

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Ben and Carlos talk about the Arizona Fall League and the degree to which it matters. The two pick out a few players they are excited about in the league, then turn to Ben’s piece on hitting standouts in the Dominican Summer League. The two compare and contrast top prospects like Josuar Gonzalez and Elian Peña to draftees like Ethan Holliday and Eli Willits, then take listener questions including: should we give Angel Genao and Cam Collier mulligans? Is Joshua Baez’s breakout legit? And what do we look for when trying to find out if a prospect is breaking out? 

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Time Stamps

• (0:00) Intro
• (3:30) Arizona Fall League
• (14:00) Statcast data in the fall league
• (15:30) Names we are excited about in the AFL
• (22:10) Dominican Summer League Standouts
• (24:00) Josuar Gonzalez
• (27:00) Josuar Gonzalez vs. Eli Willits
• (31:20) Juan Sanchez
• (34:00) Diego Tornes
• (39:00) Diego Tornes vs. Tate Southisene
• (45:00) Elian Pena vs. 2025 drafted shortstops
• (50:00) Angel Genao & Cam Collier’s stock
• (57:00) Joshua Baez
• (1:04:00) How do we identify huge prospect jumps like Cam Schlittler’s?

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Ben and Carlos talk about the Tony Vitello to the majors rumors and think about the skills that would or wouldn’t translate from the college game to the majors. Should MLB teams be looking for more managers from the college ranks? And why don’t we see more MLB/college coaching crossover in general? The two then discuss which of the current MLB manager vacancies would be the most and least appealing.

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Time Stamps

• (0:00) Cam Schlittler
• (10:30) Tony Vitello, big league manager?
• (17:00) The value of college head coaches vs. MLB managers
• (25:00) Lifestyle of college jobs vs. MLB managers
• (37:30) The media scrutiny of an MLB manager
• (40:00) Should major league teams recruit college coaches more frequently?
• (51:00) Pat Murphy as a successful example
• (55:00) Which MLB manager jobs are the most/least appealing?
• (1:02:00) The Rockies & the Coors Field problem
• (1:09:30) A question about MLB ball adjustments

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