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Baseball America delivers baseball news you can't get anywhere else. Covering the game from a player-development point of view, the staff of BA will deliver its take on what's going on in the world of baseball every week on its podcast, analyzing the game from the majors and minors--with an emphasis on prospects--through our unparalleled college and high school coverage.
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Data Sleepers To Know In The 2024 Draft Class
Carlos and Peter hop on the draft podcast to talk through some of the most interesting players in the 2024 class from a data perspective.
After the rollout of the top 400 draft list this week, the two go back and forth and trade information on prospects who analysts, or those big on batted ball data and stuff+ metrics, might fall in love with.
The players include a few potential day one hitters, but the bulk of the conversation revolves around names who could be upside picks on the second day of the draft. There’s a hitter whose batted ball data fits with a handful of first rounders but is never mentioned in that range, a slugger with exit velocity data similar to Jac Caglianone, a pitcher with perhaps the best slider in the country and another pitcher who might quietly have the best fastball in the country among others.
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Time Stamps
(2:30) A well-rounded bat who fits with prominent first-round names
(6:50) A deep cut prospect from the Patriot League
(10:15) A day one slugger with elite EVs and strong contact
(14:30) An outfielder with elite bat-to-ball skills
(18:15) The freakiest sweeper in the class?
(24:00) The best fastball in the class you haven’t heard of
(30:00) A small school pitcher with unique usage
(36:30) A righty with a big velo jump
(41:00) A strong contact hitter with sneaky top-end EV data
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College Podcast: Wake Forest's Surge, Rivalry Series & More
Teddy Cahill and Peter Flaherty break down all the college baseball action from around the country before week 11 of the season. They start with last weekend's showdown between Tennessee and Kentucky, and look at how the Volunteers and Wildcats stack up as national contenders. They look at Wake Forest's surge in ACC play, which has the Deacons in the hosting conversation. They also look ahead to some big rivalry series this weekend, as Oregon visits Oregon State and Oklahoma hosts Texas. Both series have big stakes in conference title races and the NCAA Tournament picture.
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1: Tennessee takes down Kentucky
11:30: Around the SEC
19:30: Ad break
19:40: Wake is back
25: Any concern about Florida State?
29:30 Around the ACC
38: Cal sweeps Oregon State
47: Oregon takes on Oregon State
52: Battle for first in the WCC
55:40: Ad break
56: Around the Big 12
61:30: Red River Rivalry on the diamond
71: Coastal beats Louisiana
77: Around the Sun Belt
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James Wood Joins; MLB Mock Draft 2.0 Unveiled | Hot Sheet Show
Welcome to the Hot Sheet Show, James Wood! Baseball's No. 8 prospect joined the show to discuss closing in on the majors for the Nationals, who he emulates his swing after, teaming up with Dylan Crews and more. Scott, Carlos and Peter also discuss Heston Kjerstad's callup to Baltimore, our latest mock draft, then Geoff Pontes joins to break down impressive players in this week's Hot Sheet. You can find the full run of show below.
IntroMock Draft version 2.0Why Peter has Travis Bazzana 1.01Do teams draft for need in the first round?James Wood joins the show (13:00)Orioles promote Heston KjerstadHow concerned are we with Jackson Holliday?
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Fantasy Podcast: Identifying Trade Targets After The First Month
On the latest episode of the Baseball America Fantasy Podcast, Geoff Pontes and Dylan White run through the news of the week before going over six trade targets they're chasing after the first month.
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0:00 - 2:00 - Opening
2:00 - 6:00 - Triston Casas and Francisco Alvarez injuries
6:00 - 9:00 - Jackson Holliday struggles
9:00 - 12:00 - Don't panic on Wyatt Langford
12:00 - 15:00 - Ricky Tiedemann injury
15:00 - 22:00 - Peter Fairbanks injury and Jason Adam
22:00 - 24:00 - Victor Scott sent down
24:00 - 27:00 - Heston Kjerstad promotion
27:00 - 30:00 - Andy Pages promotion
21:00 - 45:00 - Trade targets
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Digging Into Draft Risers Including Bryce Rainer & Walker Janek
Carlos and Peter hop on the draft podcast to talk about the state of the top of the 2024 class. The two talk about how the top tier of players hasn’t changed significantly in the last few weeks and that the group seems pretty wide open after about pick 10 or so.
The two talk about one of the more consistent up-arrow prep prospects in the class, Bryce Rainer, who the two previously loved as a pitching prospect, though they both are coming around to liking his toolset and hitting ability as a shortstop prospect. His NHSI performance does nothing to sway that opinion and has him a steady mover up draft boards.
After that the two talk about Sam Houston State catcher Walker Janek, who is having a career year with the bat and also might just be the top defensive catcher in the class. How long will a profile like that last on draft day and what is our confidence in the catcher pecking order at this stage?
Next the two talk about a unique hitter who profiles as both a first baseman and center fielder in Texas lefthanded hitter Jared Thomas, who like Janek is having a strong offensive season. After that the two break down a few Vanderbilt pitchers who, despite a rough last week against Texas A&M, could be poised to hear their names called on day one of the draft.
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Time Stamps
(0:00) State of the top of the class
(7:00) Bryce Rainer
(14:10) Walker Janek
(21:40) Jared Thomas
(29:00) Carter Holton
(34:30) Bryce Cunningham
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College Podcast: N.C. State's Big Upset, A Top-10 Showdown & More
Teddy Cahill and Peter Flaherty break down all the college baseball action from around the country before week 10 of the season. They start with Texas A&M, college baseball's new top-ranked team, which is fresh off a sweep of Vanderbilt. They also talk about last weekend's big upsets, as Alabama felled Arkansas and N.C. State took down Clemson, and examine which series was more impactful. They then turn their attention to the weekend ahead, highlighted by a top-10 showdown between Kentucky and Tennessee and a first-place showdown in the Sun Belt between Louisiana and Coastal Carolina.
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1: Texas A&M takes over at No. 1
8: The sweep’s impact on Vanderbilt
13: Arkansas and Clemson both lost their first series of the year. Which was more concerning?
20: Was Alabama or N.C. State’s upset more important?
27:40: Ad break
27:45: Kentucky and Tennessee meet for SEC East clash
34:30: Florida State takes on Wake Forest
40: North Carolina and N.C. State renew rivalry
46: Louisiana and Coastal meet in first-place Sun Belt showdown
54: Big 12 breakdown
67: Series to watch around the country
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Customer Reviews
College Podcast
Great analysis and insight on college baseball. It is a must listen for college baseball fans. The one thing I would recommend is improving audio quality and not allowing the dog barking to interfere with the analysis. Great pod!
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Great Podcast
Man, there a ton of people on here complaining about seemingly nothing. This podcast, mag, and website are all great in my opinion. There is new content almost hourly during the season and daily during the off-season. The magazine is thorough and they don’t try to sound as matter-of-fact as other outlets I subscribe to. Highly recommend!