Prospect B-Sides

Nate and The Rook continue their offseason series taking stabs at hardly rostered prospects they feel have a chance to gain popularity and dynasty utility in 2025. They share thoughts on 17 prospects (plus) from the NL West.
6:02 Tim Tawa
16:00 Jose Cabrera
22:54 Roman Angelo
27:44 Yujanyer Herrera
32:33 Blake Adams
36:34 GJ Hill
44:36 Lisbel Diaz
49:56 Sabin Ceballos
53:29 Jack Choate
57:04 Dylan Carmouche
1:00:23 Logan Wagner
1:07:35 Christian Zazueta
1:09:55 Chris Campos
1:17:54 Henry Baez
1:22:47 Omar Cruz
1:27:39 Romeo Sanabria
1:30:05 Brendan Durfee

Nate and The Rook continue their offseason series taking stabs at hardly rostered prospects they feel have a chance to gain popularity and dynasty utility. They share thoughts on 19 prospects from the AL West.
2:39 Ryan Gusto
7:56 Ethan Pecko
14:45 Jeron Williams
19:15 Austin Deming
23:47 Samy Natera Jr.
28:32 Keythel Key
30:45 Tucker Flint
34:10 Eric Wagaman
37:50 Arturo "The Diesel" Disla
44:05 Cody Freeman
50:10 Jose Gonzalez
55:41 David Davalillo
101:15 Will Simpson
105:10 Nate Nankil
107: 53 Will Johnston
1:13:00 Victor Labrada
1:18:30 Austin St. Laurent
1:22:13 Brandyn Garcia
1:25:26 Juan Mercedes

Nate and The Rook kickoff their second season together getting into their offseason series taking stabs at hardly rostered prospects they feel have a chance to gain popularity and dynasty utility. They share thoughts on 18 prospects from the NL East.
6:45 Lucas Braun
9:55 Davis Polo
14:48 Keyner Benitez
18:35 Jake Brooks
20:22 Wellington Aracena
22:58 Jack Wenninger
29:09 Luke Russo
32:51 Eiberson Castellano
36:07 Liam Sullivan
43:01 John Gil
47:30 Ethan Workinger
51:55 Ryan Ignaffo
55:27 Johnny Olmstead
57:24 Eli Serrano III
1:00:41 Christopher Suero
1:05:40 Otto Kemp
1:13:19 Rafael Ramirez Jr.
1:16:13 Phillip Glasser

Nate and The Rook cap off the 2024 Mudding season, tallying up the total and crowning this year's mudding champ. After selecting some B-Sides of the Year, the two get into a discussion on Brant Hurter and his unique MLB performance.

The Rook's good friend, and new Washington Huskies Pitching Coach, Connor Lambert comes on to talk ball. Connor joined the Washington program after an extremely successful run at the University of Portland which culminated in three Pilot pitchers being selected in the 2024 MLB draft; Sam Stuhr, Nick Brink, and Joey Gartrell. Connor shares some great insight into the arms he's worked with, his process, the new college recruiting landscape and other fun stuff. This is a good one!

Nate and The Rook talk some recent B-Sides called to the bigs before getting into just how good is Bo Davidson? Then the two embark on a thorough dive into all the prospects who've jumped two or more levels this season. Some of the players discussed are: Brant Hurter, Bo Davidson, Yamal Encarnacion, Otto Kemp, Phillip Glasser, Payton Eeles, Romeo Sanabria, Luis Merejo, K.C. Hunt, Kohl Drake, Anderson Brito, James White, Ethan Pecko, Wyatt Crowell, and Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang.

The Rook and Nate discuss some current consensus values, some players getting their attention of late, and revisit a preseason exercise, wondering how they may be feeling today about not buying into a few preseason Top 100 prospects. (There's also a tease for a big upcoming episode.)

Nate and The Rook are off their hiatus and back mudding around the minor leagues. Some players discussed: Demetrio Crisantes, Allan Castro, Devin Saltiban, Otto Kemp, Jared Dickey, Axel Plaz, Tirso Ornelas, Rosman Verdugo, Jadher Areinamo, Jairo Pomares, Victor Bericoto, Nick, Cimillo, Jack Brannigan, Peyton Williams, Ricardo Olivar, Brewer Hicklan, Nehomar Ochoa, Aron Estrada, Gustavo Campero, Franklin Arias, Engelth Urena, Kyle Karros, James Gonzalez, Kade Morris, Tyler Schweitzer, D.J. McCarty, Michael Morales, Isaiah Lowe, Nick Sinacola, Ryan Gusto, Chris Campos, Joey Gartrell, Sam Stuhr, Nick Brink, and a little serving of pretty boy MLB draft talk.

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