Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff start off the latest edition of the Pipeline Podcast with some Draft talk, including expectations for 2021 Mets first-rounder Kumar Rocker as he tries to build up his stock with the Tri-City ValleyCats of the independent Frontier League. Then they discuss upcoming changes to the Top 100 Prospects list, rookies & prospects who have been especially hot as of late, the week's slate of Minor League games on MLB.TV and a question from the listener mailbag.

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With five of baseball's Top 100 prospects making their big league debuts over the past week, Jim Callis, Sam Dykstra and Jason Ratliff discuss the long-term value of these players, as well as projecting the arrival of some elite prospects who are at Triple-A, including Adley Rutschman, Grayson Rodriguez and Triston Casas. Jim and Sam highlight a handful of the hottest pitching prospects in the Minors, while Sam previews the upcoming Pipeline Game of the Month broadcast, and Jim looks ahead to his next mock draft. And they wrap up the show by answering a mailbag question about what's behind the slow starts of highly touted prospects in their MLB debuts.

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On this week's edition of the MLB Pipeline Podcast, Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff unveil the first Rookie Power Rankings of the year and discuss the jump that Twins right-hander Joe Ryan has made on that list. They also look at the Prospect Team of the Week, which features A's catcher Shea Langeliers for a second straight week, and Braves outfielder Michael Harris II. Jim and Jonathan then conduct a not-a-mock Draft, selecting players they would take if they were making the first 10 picks of the upcoming Draft. They also preview the week's MiLB games on MLB.TV and answer a question from ... The Mailbag.

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Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff dig into the brand-new Top 150 Draft Prospects list, focusing on players who made the biggest jumps and falls, as well as the players as the very top of the list, including fifth-ranked Brooks Lee, who joins the pod on the heels of being ranked No. 5. They also look at some of the hottest hitting prospects in the Minors, including the Dodgers' Michael Busch and the Angels' Jordyn Adams. And they wrap up the show by answering the question of what they think the Orioles should do with the No. 1 overall Draft pick.

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Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff discuss several players off to blazing beginnings to the Major and Minor League seasons in the latest edition of the Pipeline Podcast. Not only do they break down Seiyo Suzuki, Spencer Strider, Matt Brash and prospects Nolan Gorman and Jordan Brewer, but they also chat with Reds 2020 first-rounder Matt McLain, who needed just seven pitches to hit for the cycle on Sunday. There's also some Draft talk in advance of the new Draft Top 150 list coming out and a dip into the listener mailbag to ponder Japanese sensation Roki Sasaki.

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Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff discuss 2022 rookie debuts on the MLB Pipeline Podcast, looking at the top prospects who impressed with big moments in week one—including Julio Rodriguez's first hit, Hunter Greene’s 7 strikeouts and Steven Kwan’s silly start. After the break, the group chats about the most stacked minor league teams, the biggest performers from the early college baseball season and finishes up, as always, with a question from the Mailbag. 

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Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff celebrate the start of the 2022 season on the MLB Pipeline Podcast, looking at all the top prospects who made big league Opening Day rosters, starting with No. 1 prospect Bobby Witt Jr. From there, the trio discussed some interesting and surprising Minor League assignments for other Top 100 prospects, broke down Rookie of the Year candidates in each league and finished up, as always, with a question from the Mailbag.

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On the latest Pipeline Podcast, Jim Callis, Sam Dykstra and Jason Ratliff focus on top prospects who could make Opening Day rosters, including the momentum that Julio Rodriguez is building to join the Mariners earlier than anticipated. After that, they interview 2021 No. 2 overall pick Jack Leiter, chop up the newly released organization Top 30 lists, identify some prospects they're excited about monitoring in the upcoming season and answer a mailbag question about Padres left-hander MacKenzie Gore.

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With the recent release of the 2022 Top 100 Prospects list, Jim Callis, Sam Dykstra, and Jason Ratliff dive right in, starting at the very top, where there's a new No. 1 prospect in baseball: Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. Jim and Sam discuss what went into the decision to rank Witt ahead of the incumbent top prospect Adley Rutschman. They also identify some new additions to the list, some of the highest risers and some of the biggest falls, and then they look ahead to a couple players who could shoot up the list and a couple more who could crack it. The show ends, as it often does, with a question from friend of the podcast Steven D'Alesio.

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In perhaps the most jam-packed Pipeline Podcast ever, Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff find themselves with a lot to break down in the wake of the lockout ending. They discuss the prospects involved in the flurry of trade activity, the bevy of changes to the Draft in the new Collective Bargaining Agreement, the Top 10 Position lists (RHP, LHP, 1B, 3B) that are beginning to drop as a prelude to a new overall Top 100 and Minor League rule changes. And as always, they delve into the listener mailbag, this time to put together trade proposals that might wrest Matt Chapman from the Athletics.

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