MLB Pipeline

The 2025 season is a week underway and the MLB Pipeline Podcast crew is ready to take a look at how prospects have been faring, both in the big leagues and the Triple-A level. Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff kick things off by discussing the shaky start of No. 1 prospect Roki Sasaki and how well Red Sox phenom Kristian Campbell has been swinging the bat out of the gate, along with other big league performances. Then they project when guys high up on the Top 100 who are in Triple-A, including Roman Anthony, Bubba Chandler and Kyle Teel, will make it to the big leagues. Talk turns to the 2025 Draft, with Jonathan chatting with potential No. 1 pick Jamie Arnold before the guys finish things off with a Draft-related Mailbag question.

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The excitement of not one but two Opening Days this week -- MLB on Thursday, Triple-A on Friday -- drives the discussion on the latest edition of the Pipeline Podcast. Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff begin by talking about what they're most interested in about this season, from Japanese pitching sensation Roki Sasaki coming to the Majors to top 2024 draftees playing their first full pro seasons to Phillies right-hander Andrew Painter returning to complete health. The guys also take a look at Top 100 Prospects who are beginning the year in the big leagues (such as Red Sox second baseman Kristian Campbell) and those who are waiting for the call from Triple-A (such as Pirates righty Bubba Chandler). They wrap up by talking about the prognosis for prospects who struggled in their first taste of the big leagues, including outfielders Dylan Crews (Nationals) and Jasson Dominguez (Yankees), before answering a listener mailbag question about the complex leagues.

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The second edition of Spring Breakout is in the books and there were a ton of top prospect performances to recap. That's exactly what Jim Callis, Sam Dykstra, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff did on this week's episode, reviewing standout moments across the four-day event. From four of MLB's top 12 prospects homering in the Red Sox-Rays opener to the dominant start of Pirates' Bubba Chandler to Jurrangelo Cjintje's switch-pitching for the Mariners and the Reds' Sal Stewart's 3-RBI game, the gang has you covered. Jonathan got to chat with A's prospect Nick Kurtz ahead of his Spring Breakout game as well, and the guys finished up with a question from the mailbag.

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It's Spring Breakout week and the MLB Pipeline Podcast crew can barely contain their excitement. On this week's episode, Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff do a deep dive and break down every matchup in the second year of Spring Breakout games that pit each team's best prospects against each other on one field at one time. They follow the action from the Cactus League to the Grapefruit League, highlighting some of the best prospects and matchups we'll see March 13-16. Then Jim sat down with Rangers top prospect, and Spring Breakout participant, Sebastian Walcott before the gang finished up with a Mailbag question about, yep, Sebastian Walcott.

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As MLB Pipeline releases the brand-new 2025 Top 30 Prospects lists for all 30 organizations this week, Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff spend the latest edition of the Pipeline Podcast breaking down the farm systems one by one. Tigers right-hander Jackson Jobe, the No. 5-ranked prospect in baseball, joins Jonathan for an interview, and the guys answer a listener mailbag question about which Top 30 lists were the easiest and hardest to rank.

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The next couple of weeks will feature the release of MLB Pipeline's organization Top 30 Prospects rankings and the second edition of Spring Breakout games, so those events were the focus of the latest Pipeline Podcast. Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff began by highlighting some lesser-known but interesting newcomers to the Top 30 lists, such as Cubs shortstop Juan Tomas and Reds outfielder Arnaldo Lantigua. Then they previewed the five Spring Breakout contests Jim and Jonathan will help broadcast on MLB Network, including premier showdowns between the Rays and Red Sox and the Cubs and Dodgers. After that, they shone the spotlight on some prospects making strong impressions in the first few days of exhibition games and answered a Draft-related question from the listener mailbag.

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With Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo bemoaning the frigid temps in their home towns, they warm things up by talking Spring Training and college baseball. With Major League camps getting going, they start by looking at Top 100 prospects who might have a chance to make their Opening Day rosters. From there, they dig into one of those prospects, Kristian Campbell, and how hard it is to find a historic parallel to his ascension in 2024 before shifting focus to college baseball's opening weekend and highlighting a handful of standout performances. They finish up, as always, with a question from the Mailbag

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With the college baseball season starting on Friday, the Pipeline Podcast turns its focus in that direction. Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff discuss the best teams and the best prospects in the nation before interviewing outfielder Jace LaViolette, who's the consensus top college prospect and plays for No. 1-ranked Texas A&M. The guys also preview the best high school players in the country before answering a listener mailbag question about which under-the-radar guys they're most interested in seeing this season.

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As work continues on team Top 30 rankings (coming the week of March 3!), there are still plenty of ways to slice and dice the already-released lists. On this week's episode of the MLB Pipeline Podcast, Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff do just that, starting with Jim and Jonathan drafting off the positional Top 10s, with the caveat of filling outa lineup while taking one prospect per ranking spot. After that, Jim chatted with Cubs outfield prospect Owen Caissie (No. 54 on the Top 100) before the gang talked about some prospects who just missed the list. As always, the episode concludes with a question from the mailbag, this time discussing who could make a Jackson Merrill-like jump to the big leagues in 2025.

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MLB Pipeline released its preseason Top 100 Prospects list late last week, so Jim Callis, Sam Dykstra, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff dedicate the Pipeline Podcast to breaking down the rankings. They start with the guy at the very top, Dodgers right-hander Roki Sasaki, and where he fits among past No. 1 prospects and the best pitching prospects in recent memory. They also discuss the top of the list, the teams with the most Top 100 dudes, which prospects made the biggest upward moves in 2024 and who could follow them in 2025. The podcast finishes with the usual dip into the listener mailbag, this time for six Top 100-related questions.

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