It was a terrific day two from Phoenix, Arizona and the MLB Draft Combine. Some players did themselves some favors from a draft stock perspective. Who has helium after a loud Wednesday?
-- Jayden Stroman
-- Tim Piasentin
-- Josh Owens
-- Will Hynes
-- Tyler Baird
-- Dylan Brown
-- Dylan Wood
-- Michael Oliveto
-- Kade Elam
-- Antonio Jimenez
-- CJ Hughes
2025-06-19 01:46:24 +0000 UTC View PostIt was a terrific day one from Phoenix, Arizona and the MLB Draft Combine. Some players did themselves some favors from a draft stock perspective. Who has helium after a loud Tuesday?
-- Taitn Gray
-- Brandon Compton
-- Bruin Agbayani
-- Mason Pike
-- Nick Dumesnil
-- Gavin Lauridsen
-- Parker Rhodes
-- Ethan Grim
-- Cooper Underwood
2025-06-18 04:38:06 +0000 UTC View PostGage Wood.
117 pitches.
97 mph the last pitch of the game.
A no-hitter on the biggest stage.
What does it mean for Wood's draft stock with just three weeks to go?
2025-06-16 22:47:04 +0000 UTC View PostNearly one entire hour dedicated to previewing the Toronto Blue Jays 2025 Draft.
The Athletic's Mitch Bannon joins the show to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the trade. We preview the trade deadline and discuss where the farm system is headed.
💎What Ross Atkins and Marc Tramuta bring to the Jays war room
💎Recapping Tram and Atkins' draft history, as well as dissecting the 2024 Jays draft for recency clues
💎Candidates for the No. 8 ov...
2025-06-16 11:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostNearly one entire hour dedicated to previewing the Cincinnati Reds 2025 Draft.
💎What Nick Krall and Joe Katuska bring to the Reds war room
💎Recapping Krall and Katuska's draft history, as well as dissecting the 2022-2024 Reds drafts for recency clues
💎Candidates for the No. 9 overall pick. Strengths, weaknesses, green flags, red flags, sleepers... Who could the Reds select with Pick No. 51?
💎Who are the Reds Top 5 options with their first pick?
💎Wh...
2025-06-12 10:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThis is the time of year when the famous names catch the headlines. But when the Draft rolls around, it's the surprises that leaves people asking questions. Who is 2025's Fenwick Trimble? Who is 2025's Jackson Ross? I've got five names for you to know.
2025-06-09 10:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThis is the time of year when the famous names catch the headlines. But when the Draft rolls around, it's the surprises that leaves people asking questions. Who is 2025's Hunter Cranton? Who is 2025's L.P. Langevin? I've got five names for you to know.
2025-06-02 12:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostNearly one entire hour dedicated to previewing the Pittsburgh Pirates 2025 Draft.
💎The State of the Pirates, the Pirates farm system and player development engine feat. Pirates beat writer Noah Hiles of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
💎What Ben Cherington, Steve Sanders and Justin Horowtiz bring to the Pirates war room
💎Recapping Cherington and Horowitz's draft history, as well as dissecting the 2024 Pirates draft for recency clues
💎Candidates for the No. 6 ov...
2025-05-29 12:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostNearly one entire hour dedicated to previewing the St. Louis Cardinals 2025 Draft.
💎The State of the Cardinals, the Cardinals farm system and player development engine feat. Cardinals expert and pre-game/post-game host Matt Pauley.
💎What John Mozeliak, Chaim Bloom and Randy Flores bring to the Cardinals war room
💎Recapping Flores' draft history, as well as dissecting the 2024 Cardinals draft for recency clues
💎Candidates for the No. 5 overall pick. Strength...
2025-05-27 12:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostAlmost 90 minutes dedicated to previewing the Seattle Mariners 2025 Draft.
💎The State of the Mariners, the Mariners farm system and player development engine feat. Jason Churchill of Baseball Things.
💎What Jerry Dipoto and Scott Hunter bring to the Mariners war room entering a decade at the helm.
💎Recapping Dipoto and Hunter's draft history, as well as dissecting the 2024 Mariners Draft for recency clues
💎Candidates for the No. 3 overall pick. Strengths, we...
2025-05-22 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostOver one entire hour dedicated to previewing the Miami Marlins 2025 Draft.
💎The State of the Marlins, the Marlins farm system and player development engine feat. Marlins expert Craig Mish.
💎What Peter Bendix and Frankie Piliere bring to the Marlins war room
💎Recapping Bendix and Piliere's draft history, as well as dissecting the 2024 Marlins Draft for recency clues
💎Candidates for the No. 7 overall pick. Strengths, weaknesses, green flags, red flags, sleepe...
2025-05-20 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMiami Marlins Director of Amateur Scouting Frankie Piliere joins the show. The scouting department is going through serious changes. Piliere is a critical thinker. He believes there are more efficient ways for front offices to scout amateur talent, as well as how to identify and evaluate future value. Piliere provides his vision for the Marlins farm system in the present and future, as well as how he's instructing his scouts to evaluate risk v. reward.
35 mintues with Piliere talking b...
2025-05-19 12:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostOver one entire hour dedicated to previewing the Los Angeles Angels 2025 Draft.
💎The State of the Angels, the Angels farm system and player development engine feat. The Athletic beat writer Sam Blum.
💎What Perry Minasian and Tim McIlvaine bring to the Angels war room
💎Recapping Minasian and McIlvaine's draft history, as well as dissecting the 21, 22, 23 and 24 Drafts for recency clues
💎Candidates for the No. 2 overall pick. Strengths, weaknesses, green flag...
2025-05-15 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostOver one entire hour dedicated to previewing the Washington Nationals 2025 Draft.
💎The State of the Nationals, the Nationals farm system and player development engine feat. Washington Post beat writer Andrew Golden.
💎What Mike Rizzo, Brad Ciolek, Danny Haas and Reed Dunn bring to the Nationals war room
💎Recapping Rizzo's draft history, as well as dissecting the 2023 and 2024 (Ciolek and Haas) Drafts for recency clues
💎Candidates for the No. 1 overall pick. ...
2025-05-13 13:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostWhat exactly is Jamie Arnold? An outlier. A unicorn. Some of his stuff has exploded in 2025. But some is backing up too. What to make of it. Pros. Cons. Where does it go from here in Major League Baseball?
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Jim Callis joins the show to discuss his Top 150. Draft crushes.
Trading Draft picks? Sandy Alcantara to the Rockies!? Bo Bichette to the AL West?! Trent Grisham to the Blue Jays?!
Who he'd take at No. 1. Plus, how does he evaluate Jace La...
2025-05-05 18:42:38 +0000 UTC View PostBonus pools for the 2025 MLB Draft were announced last week and the Mariners landed the third-largest bonus pool in Draft history. How will they spend it? How wild can they get?
Plus, college shortstops. Why the industry may be sleeping on a quartet of college hitters. Let me introduce you to Cody Miller, Jack Goodman, Ty Hodge and Tim Simay.
2025-04-29 18:03:07 +0000 UTC View PostJace LaViolette and Aiva Arquette both entered the 2025 draft cycle as potential Top 5 draft picks. Both have scuffled at times throughout the season. But they're trending back upwards. Who really are LaViolette and Arquette? We dive into their histories, trajectories and more.
--Green flags
--Red flags
--Exposable holes
--Career trajectory
--Areas for growth
--True defensive values
--Potential outcomes
--Realistic paths to 4 fWAR
<... 2025-04-22 19:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostGreat Oak shortstop Gavin Oak isn't having the spring that I'm sure he was hoping to have. It's not been a poor spring by any measure, but he's surely not reaching the heights he may have expected. But a word to teams in the Draft... Do not overthink this.
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Plus, let's talk about the top prospects and the hidden gems in the Pacific Northwest? A disgusting March has made it difficult for national scouts to fly up. What, and who, are they missing?
2025-04-16 15:44:34 +0000 UTC View PostFantasy Baseball is everywhere. Who are the Top 10 prospects in the 2025 Draft from a Fantasy Dynasty perspective? I'll give you reasons to buy, reasons to draft and just what to expect from their production at the big league level.
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Discussing the Top 6 high school prospects in the class? How are they doing? What am I hearing/seeing from scouts around the country?
-- Xavier Neyens
-- Billy Carlson
-- Ethan Holliday
-- Eli Willits
-- Seth Hernand...
2025-04-11 23:42:55 +0000 UTC View PostBut first, something incredible could happen in the 2025 Draft. I won't give it away in this blurb. For the first time since 2002, we could see something happen in the Draft. It would be reasonably unprecedented. And I think it's going to happen.
Then -----
Lance Brozdowski joins the show to detail the college pitching in this class.
Jamie Arnold: Red flags? Better than Hagen Smith? Chase Burns? Chase Dollander? What a FREAKY changeup. Areas to improve? A ...
2025-04-02 12:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostSome stunners up and down the first mock draft of the year. High schoolers going early and often. 40 picks in this edition. We use metrics and data to support the evidence for each pick.
Three picks for the Brewers.
Three picks for the Orioles.
Two picks for the Royals.
Two picks for the Mariners.
Two picks for the Tigers.
Two picks for the Twins.
Two...
2025-03-25 13:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostBut first, a few names to circle as July approaches. Scouts are buzzing. What are they saying about these names?
Cam Millar, Noah Yoder, Kaleb Wing, Maddox Miller + Lorenzo Meola, Jake Munroe and Jack Arcamone
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CJ Ebarb joins the show
Convincing players to want to play in Canada?
The tense Trey Yesavage negotiations
Arjun Nimmala on the precipice of a breakout. How high is his ceiling?
Are the Blue Jays done drafting high school pitchers? ...
2025-03-19 16:19:51 +0000 UTC View PostFour months out from the 2025 Draft, things are changing. Dramatically. Guys are fall. Precipitously. Uncertainty and muddiness reigns supreme.
Will SIX college pitchers go inside the Top 12 picks?
Is Jamie Arnold a LOCK inside the Top 3?
Brendan Summerhill the first college hitter off the board?
Is Marek Houston surging or is it eyewash?
What scouts are saying: Get to know Jacob McCombs...
2025-03-12 18:30:54 +0000 UTC View PostIt's time for PATIENCE or PANIC...
Several noteworthy draft prospects are off to concerning starts. Tyler Jennings joins the show to discuss whether it's time to pull the rip cord on guys like Jace LaViolette, Mason White, Cam Cannarella, Henry Ford and more
Also! Tyler and I chat about the trajectory and upside of two high school pitchers in the Carolinas. Briggs McKenzie and CJ Gray have scouts talking.
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2025-03-05 18:55:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Los Angeles Angels Scouting Director Tim McIlvaine joins the show
But first, five high school bats who are catching scouting directors' attention. Why Steele Hall, Daniel Pierce, Tim Piasentin, Blaine Bullard and Jordan Yost are the talk of the town in front offices.
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McIlvaine joins the show
-- Growing up in the industry
-- The Angels draft strategy. Is the team purposefully targetting guys who can help the big league club immediately?
-- What ...
2025-02-25 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Damon Oppenheimer joins the show for a 40-minute interview.
But first, college baseball has a massive exit velocity problem and someone needs to fix it.
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9:10 -- Damon Oppenheimer joins the show
11:50 -- Catching "The Big Unit" Randy Johnson at USC. It was tough...
17:30 -- The most impressive "makeup" guy Damon has ever drafted.
21:50 -- The most miserable scouting experience of all-time.
23:40 -- The worst in-home interview of all-time w...
2025-02-20 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Recapping the first weekend of the college baseball season. What it means. What it DOESN'T mean. Names to know:
Handing out some awards:
But first, who is the next Kristian Campbell? A guy selected in the fourth round who turns into a Top 5 prospect in baseball? I'll tell you why Sam Antonacci, Woody Hadeen and JR Freethy check some boxes.
But also, I'll give you five names in college baseball RIGHT NOW that are giving off Kristian Campbell energy.
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17:40 -- You get one beer for all eternity stranded on an island...
22:00 -- Working at Hewlett-Pack...
2025-02-13 13:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Seattle Mariners President of Baseball Operations Jerry Dipoto joins the show. One-half of the Cespedes Family BBQ, Jordan Shusterman joins the show.
3:00 -- Draft, Develop and Trade
9:00 -- Why isn't MLB trading draft picks yet? Jordan provides his two cents and the opportunity for MLB.
17:55 -- Jordan Shusterman's sleepers for the 2025 college baseball season and MLB Draft
32:00 -- Jerry Dipoto joins the show
36:50 -- Is the value of prospects decreasing duri...
2025-02-10 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Eric Kubota joins the show to discuss 40 years in the industry, Jacob Wilson, Nick Kurtz and what to do with pick 11.
But first...
Recapping Area Code Games: Select East and Area Code Games: Select West
Standouts and what it means for their draft stock:
💎Jayden Summerville
💎Gabe Graulau
💎Max Murray
💎Michael Ragusa
💎Gavin Fien
💎Angel Laya
💎Brayden Jaksa
💎Cooper Flemming
💎Ethan Porter
Eric ...
2025-02-05 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post