Prospect B-Sides

Nate and The Rook embark on a system by system look at their offseason B-Side hitter selections and where they went right or wrong, which leads to a bigger conversation over where all the ascending bats have gone.

While The Rook is off frolicking on tennis courts, Nate helps listeners define "pretty boys" vs "b-sides" before sharing his findings while on a dig for the most improved lightly rostered pitching prospects. The customary run through of the past week's most picked up prospects and look ahead to this week's MiLB action follows.

Javier Sanoja 5:35
Ryan Lobus 8:51
 Spencer Giesting 12:30
Yujanyer Herrera 15:01
Dylan Cumming 16:30
Trevor Martin 19:55
Austin Peterson 22:10
Joseph Montalvo 24:58
Eiberson Castellano 26:50
Jacob Steinmetz 29:40
Garrett Burhann 31:06
Robinson Pina 33:05
Walter Pennington 35:47

Nate and The Rook do a mudding faux pas and talk their top 25 hitting and top 20 pitching prospects in the land. They barely survived the disgusting task. The Players discussed most extensively include: Adael Amador, Sean Sullivan, Harry Ford, Dylan Beavers, Caden Dana, Matt Shaw, Ricky Tiedemann, Noelvi Marte, Shane Baz, and Jasson Dominguez.

Check out Nates write up on the top 20 pitching prospects at the Dynasty Dugout here:
https://www.thedynastydugout.com/p/top-20-pitching-prospects-for-dynasty-nate-handy

Nate capitalizes on what may be his only chance to talk about the Rockies, aka the hottest team in baseball, which turns into a conversation on player development. The duo then discuss prospects they may be rekindling some interest in before covering prospects whose roster% is trending up and the usual look ahead to this week's MiLB action. Some players discussed include: Yohendrick Pinango, George Valera, Leandro Pineda, Drew Romo, Andres Chaparro, Andre Lipcius, Jeremy Rivas, Noah Miller, Aaron Davenport, Deyvison De Los Santos, Niko Kavadas, Juan Daniel Encarnacion, Will Johnston, and Zebby Matthews.

The duo peruse minor league leaderboards discussing players sticking out there and in their video reviews, good or bad. The Rook wonders if there's a surprising organization next in line as one of the games legit arm producers. Nate wonders if there's a top shelf defensive shortstop coming into his offense, and much more mud explored. Some players discussed include: Travis Bazzana, Logan Evans, Will Dion, Brett Harris, Anthony Maldonado, Chayce McDermott, Lyon Richardson, Carlos F. Rodriguez, Sem Robberse, Christian Scott, Jaden Hamm, Austin Peterson, Gary Gill Hill, Sean Sullivan, Yujanyer Herrera, Jonah Tong, Matt Wilkinson, Jairo Iriarte, Wilfred Veras, Yilber Diaz, Winston Santos, Joander Suarez, Jarrod Cande, Cesar Prieto, Juan Baez, TJayy Walton, Colt Emerson, Jace Avina, Ariel Almonte, Emmanuel Rodriguez, Cole Carrigg, Ryan Ward, Charles McAdoo, Jake DeLeo, Noah Miller and others

Nate dives into a slew of Cardinal pitching prospects, The Rook gets temporarily booted off the show, they both share hitters getting up arrows in their books, observations from the MiLB week, rundown some trending dynasty adds, and take a look at the week ahead. Some of the players discussed include; Quinn Mathews, Juan Salas, Ixan Henderson, Chen-Wei Lin, Sem Robberse, Jordan Beck, Orelvis Martinez, Addison Barger, Carson Williams, Cole Fontenelle, Agustin Ramirez, Zac Veen, Jacob Wilson, Nathan Church, Jalen Vasquez, Omar Martinez, Jace Avina, Alex Mooney, Eduarqui Fernandez, Ben Williamson, Jaison Chourio, Jesus Lopez, Andy Perez, Andderson Rojas, Rayne Doncon, A.J. Blubaugh, Gary Gill Hill, Matt Wilkinson, Emmett Olson and others.

The Rook comes off the developmental list to get back to some mud as he and Nate talk about more observations from their B-Side looks, check in on some prospects trending in dynasty leagues, and take a look forward at this week's interesting minor league watches. Some players discussed include: Jackson Holliday, Gavin Conticello, Will Simpson, Henry Bolte, Brooks Baldwin, Edgar Quero, Luke Gold, Trevor Werner, Yoyner Fajardo, Mark Coley, Brant Hurter, Reid VanScoter, Carson Palmquist, Trystan Vrieling, Owen Wild, Ben Kudrna, A.J. Blubaugh, Jaden Hamm, Jackson Ferris, Adam Serwinoski, Hayden Mullins, Lazaro Estrada, Michael Darrell-Hicks, Yujanyer Herrera, Joey Loperfido, Jarel Perez, Jose Fernandez, Reynaldo Yean, and others.

With The Rook out, Nate takes a stab at covering the first full week of MiLB action, sharing thoughts and observations of what he was taking in, including a twist in the Gavin Conticello appeal, some impressive season debuts by some B-Side arms, and much more, including a look at the week ahead and some trending prospects.

Players talked about inculde: Gavin Conticello, Felix Arronde, Carlos Jimenez, Juan Flores, Allessandro Ercolani, Caden Dana, Mason Adams, Dayan Frias, Jackson Humphries, Kade Morris, Nacho Alvarez, Logan Evans, Gary Gill Hill, Cameron Weston, Adam Mazur, Andrew Morris, Edgar Quero, Edinson Batista, Quinn Matthews, Ben Kudrna, Tink Hence, George Klassen, Jonah Tong, Will Simpson, Adam Maier, Chen-Wei Lin, Noble Meyer, Samuel Aldegheri, C.J. Culpepper, TJayy Walton, Creed Willems, Nick Goodwin, Agustin Ramirez, Matthew Etzel, Benny Montgomery, Alex Iadisernia, Diego Velasquez, Blake Adams, Trystan Vrieling, Byron Chourio

Nate and Matt get into the season's first looks at all four full season levels of the minor leagues, sharing observations and thoughts on George Klassen, Jonah Tong, Yoander Suarez, Reid VanScoter, Owen Murphy, Jhonathan Diaz, Yariel Rodriguez, Joe Rock, Christian Scott, Jack Leiter, Logan Evans, Adam Maier, Rhett Lowder, James Gonzalez, Caleb Durbin, Brett Wisely, Jimmy Herron, Matt Kroon, AJ Vukovich, TJayy Walton, Agustin Ramirez, Alex Ramirez, Roderick Arias and plenty others. The two also take a look at prospects with trending roster percentages and a preview of the MiLB week to come. Strap on your mudders and let's go!

Nate and the Rook share some observations from the first weekend's MLB and Triple-A action and then preview the rest of the minor leagues, including the best broadcasts to watch and which rosters are shaping up to be the most interesting looks.