Episode 113: American League Breakout Prospects
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by Baseball America
4d ago
With Baseball America’s 2025 prospect lists updated ahead of the season, Ben and Carlos pick breakout players they're excited about for each of the 15 American League teams. — Time Stamps: (0:00) Farm system talent rankings (11:00) Astros  (16:45) Mariners (22:25) Rangers (27:11) Athletics (31:40) Angels  (36:45) Guardians (41:00) Tigers (45:30) Royals (50:45) Twins (54:45) White Sox (1:00:00) Yankees (1:06:03) Orioles (1:10:10) Red Sox (1:15:00) Rays  (1:21:30) Blue Jays Do you have a question you want us to answer? Email us: futureprojection@baseballamerica.com   ..read more
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Episode 112: National League Breakout Prospects
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by Baseball America
1w ago
With Baseball America’s 2025 prospect lists updated ahead of the season, Ben and Carlos pick breakout players they're excited about for each of the 15 National League teams. — Time Stamps: (5:00) Dodgers  (9:45) Padres  (13:45) Diamondbacks  (17:30) Giants  (22:12) Rockies  (27:15) Brewers  (32:15) Cubs  (33:15) Cardinals  (41:00) Reds  (45:20) Pirates  (49:50) Phillies  (54:07) Braves (58:20) Mets  (1:03:30) Nationals  (1:06:45) Marlins  Do you have a question you want us to answer? Email us: futureprojection@baseballame ..read more
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Episode 111: A Deep Dive Into The 2025 Top 100 Prospects List
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by Baseball America
2w ago
Ben and Carlos work through the updated 2025 Top 100 Prospects List and talk through players in each bucket of the list. Who are they “buying and selling” in each of the tiers of prospects? After working through the list the two talk about a few players who just missed but could easily be on and then take a few listener questions including: the most polarizing players, thoughts on PPI eligibility and the best places in the country to live for baseball watching. — Time Stamps (1:30) Kristian Campbell (10:50) Dylan Crews  (13:00) Concerns for Andrew Painter (18:00) Thoughts on the talent o ..read more
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Episode 110: International Signing Day Analysis + IFA Listener Questions
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by Baseball America
3w ago
Ben and Carlos hop on the show to break down the chaos of the 2025 international signing day. While Roki Sasaki hasn’t signed (as of this podcast recording at least) with a team yet, the ripple effects of his status in the market has certainly created waves. Ben gives listeners a detailed breakdown of what’s happened and what might happen in the future, he breaks down a signing class he’s particularly excited about and also answers a few listener emails on the IFA market. — Time Stamps (0:15) Signing day update (3:40) Ben’s thought on the Roki Sasaki situation (8:00) The role of pitching deve ..read more
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Episode 109: State Of Scouting Survey + Roki Sasaki International Signing Day Fun
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by Baseball America
1M ago
Ben and Carlos hop back on the show for the first time in 2025 to talk about our recently released scouting survey, Carlos’s 2020 redraft and Ben’s work prepping for international signing day.  Up first, the two talk through some of the results from our offseason scouting survey, which was an attempt to gauge the pulse of the scouting industry in the midst of what many scouts are calling a brutal offseason for the field. After that, the conversation flips to the 2020 redraft that Carlos wrote over the holidays. The two talk about why the covid draft was so challenging and whether there ar ..read more
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Episode 108: AL West Organization Overviews
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by Baseball America
1M ago
Ben and Carlos wrap up their final series of organization overviews following the 2024 season with the American League West. The two open the show with a conversation about the process behind Baseball America’s annual Prospect Handbook—which you can purchase here as a last-minute Christmas gift for yourself or a loved one!—and then get into the organization rundowns. The two fawn over Seattle’s crop of young, up-the-middle hitting talent in one of the deepest and strongest systems they’ve covered yet, then get into an interesting discussion about who’s No. 2 in the system: the Rangers or the A ..read more
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Episode 107: Garrett Crochet Trade Breakdown + AL Central Org Overviews
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by Baseball America
2M ago
Ben and Carlos talk about the Garrett Crochet trade and break down AL Central farm systems on today’s episode. Ben lays out his case for why the Red Sox nailed this move while acknowledging a strong return going in the other direction for the White Sox.  That turns into a larger conversation about the strength of the White Sox farm system, and the two generally have positive things to say about the American League Central farms as a whole—with one notable exception.  At the end of the show the two take listener questions including: How much does Cam Cannarella’s shoulder impact his d ..read more
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Episode 106: AL East Organization Overviews
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by Baseball America
2M ago
Ben and Carlos talk briefly about the “Golden At-Bat” idea that has been floating around baseball circles, before dismissing it and moving into baseball topics you might actually care about—this week the AL East Organization Overviews.  The two talk about how strong the Red Sox farm system currently is thanks to an excellent core of hitters in the upper levels of the minors, then get into the tough-to-separate depth of the Rays. After that, the two talk about Baltimore’s still-solid, but diminishing farm and then wonder whether the Yankees or the Blue Jays are the weakest of the division ..read more
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Episode 105: 2025 International Prospects, Grady Emerson & Listener Questions
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by Baseball America
2M ago
Ben and Carlos talk through Ben’s recently released international bonus board for the 2025 signing class. Ben talks through his process this year and the specific challenges that persist when ranking international prospects and the two talk more about how Roki Sasaki can and will shake things up when he signs. After that they discuss the top-ranked prospect in the 2026 draft class, Grady Emerson flipping his college commitment from TCU to Texas. Does it even matter if he’s not likely to get to campus? What does this say about Texas? And how does Emerson compare to the top high school players i ..read more
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Episode 94: Red Sox Risers On Our New Top 100 Update
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by Baseball America
2M ago
Ben and Carlos hop on the show to talk through our most recent top 100 update that dropped this week, including notable up-arrow moves from a number of Red Sox prospects—most prominently Roman Anthony and Kristian Campbell. The two work through a number of risers on the list, including Chase Dollander, Kumar Rocker, Alejandro Rosario and Tyler Black, then also talk about a couple of players who have slid or fallen out of the list entirely.  Ben makes a point on potentially overvaluing athleticism in baseball, the two discuss whether or not Rhett Lowder’s pure stuff is underrated, wonder h ..read more
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