This week on the Baseball America Fantasy Podcast, hosts Dylan White and Geoff Pontes discuss struggling stars and give a panic level for each. In other words, don't panic yet.

We open up the show by talking about some news and notes before diving into our discussion around underperforming stars. We finish the show by talking about some Roboscout standouts for Triple-A and Double-A.

• 0:00 - 14:00 - Breaking down injuries and promotions
• 14:00 - 15:30 - Corbin Carroll
• 15:30-16:30 - Ronald Acuna
• 16:30 -19:30 Julio Rodriguez
• 19:30 - 22:00 - Francisco Lindor
• 22:00 - 24:00 - Jackson Holliday
• 24:00 - 26:00 - Kevin Gausman
• 26:00 - 27:00 - George Kirby
• 27:00 - 28:00 - Luis Castillo
• 28:00 - Roboscout standouts
• 29:30 - Triple-A Roboscout Standouts
• 35:00 - Double-A Roboscout Standouts
• 38:00 Ending

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Carlos and Peter hop back on the draft podcast to talk about players up and down the board. They get things started by talking about JJ Wetherholt’s return to the lineup for West Virginia last weekend and try and think through where he fits on the draft board now. Is he fully back into the 1-1 mix that he started the season at or have players like Charlie Condon and Travis Bazzana created a gap?

And how about Nick Kurtz? The Wake Forest slugger has gotten back to his power-hitting ways over the last two weeks and all of the sudden looks like the exact sort of hitter we expected to see. Can he rejoin the top-of-the-draft conversation as well and just how insane has his home run streak been?

The two move further down the board to discuss another big power name, but one without the same refined offensive approach as Kurtz: Mississippi State outfielder Dakota Jordan. The two marvel at his bat speed, talk about his improvements this spring and dig into some of the details about his overall offensive approach and hit tool questions.

Next the two talk about Texas shortstop Jalin Flores as a potential salve for the 2024 class' lack of impact shortstops and wonder about how real his loud spring performance is thus far.

Finally the two close by talking about ECU righthander Trey Yesavage, who continues to post weekly, rack up strikeouts, limit his walks and deploy a deep pitch mix with impressive feel to command the baseball.

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Time Stamps

(3:45) JJ Wetherholt’s return to action

(11:00) Are Wetherholt and Nick Kurtz back in the 1-1 convo?

(14:30) Nick Kurtz’s home run streak

(23:30) Mississippi State OF Dakota Jordan

(31:30) Should we talk more about Texas SS Jalin Flores?

(40:45) Trey Yesavage’s SP3 case in the class

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Teddy Cahill and Peter Flaherty break down all the college baseball action from around the country before week nine of the season. They start in the SEC, discussing Missouri's upset of Florida and this weekend's top-five showdown between No. 3 Texas A&M and No. 5 Vanderbilt. They also break down all the action from the ever-intriguing Big 12, from Oklahoma State's rivalry series win to this weekend's showdown between UCF and West Virginia. Finally, they examine the Big East, which is having a moment this season. Could it become a multi-bid league in this year's NCAA Tournament?

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On this week's episode of the Baseball America Fantasy Podcast, Dylan White and Geoff Pontes discuss the epidemic of pitching injuries and how we're navigating it with our own fantasy teams. We released an updated Top 700 for Dynasty with a few major adjustments due to the injuries to Strider, Cole and Eury Perez.

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Per ESPN's Jeff Passan, the Orioles plan to call up the No. 1 prospect in baseball. J.J. Cooper, Carlos Collazo and Scott Braun break down what fans can expect from Holliday, offer our latest scouting report and reflect on Holliday's impressive surge through the minor leagues.

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Today's Hot Sheet show is LOADED. The guys are also joined by Orioles LHP prospect Cade Povich, one of 20 members of this week's Hot Sheet and a key piece of a loaded Norfolk Tides roster. Among the discussion topics this week...

• Ceddanne Rafaela's extension
• This week's ranking of the 20 hottest prospects
• Cade Povich's experience joining the O's system
• Could the Tides beat a MLB team in a series?
• How Povich approaches arm care in 2024
• How BA factors injury risk into pitching rankings
• Peter Flaherty discusses our NCAA Top 25
• Are teams like Florida and LSU in trouble?

The show streams live on our YouTube channel each Tuesday at 3 p.m. ET. Check it out here.

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After last year's LSU versus Oakland Athletics debate, we revisit a similar conversation but this time swap LSU for the 2024 Norfolk Tides. The Orioles Triple-A team has laid waste to competition in 2024 and features a collection of Top 100 Prospects. Matt Pajak and Geoff Pontes debate each team's strengths and weaknesses.

0:00-5:30 - Introduction/Capriotti’s Review

5:30-8:30 - Reviewing The Norfolk Roster

8:30- 11:00 - Revisiting LSU vs Oakland debate

11:00-12:30 - Why Norfolk could win

12:30- 15:00 - Comparing signing bonuses numbers of each team.

15:00-17:00 - Norfolk’s ability to improve game to game.

17:00-19:00 - Is Oakland a third division MLB team?

19:00- 21:00- Oakland Rotation.

21:00- 22:00- Are the Athletics a historically bad sports team?

22:00- 24:00- Top of The Norfolk better than Oakland’s?

24:00 - 28:00- Comparing the two rotations and bullpens.

28:00 - 35:00- Comparing lineups

35:00 - 41:00 - Final thoughts, who wins?

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Carlos and Peter hop on the pod to talk draft.

The two discuss the recently announced slot values and bonus pools for the 2024 draft. How does having more than $18 million dollars in pool money impact a team like the Guardians picking 1-1? Other teams like the D-backs have a relatively large amount of money to work with considering their first pick, while the Cardinals are on the other end of the spectrum with relatively little inside the top 10.

After that the two talk through a staff draft that they did with JJ Cooper, Geoff Pontes and Ben Badler. Which picks were surprises? What was our thought process for each of our individual picks? And how does the class seem to be shaping up now? 

Finally Peter gives a preview of the 2026 college class after dropping his first ranking of that group on the site this week.

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Time Stamps

4:00 Bonus Pool overview

7:20 Why the D-backs are a team to watch at the back of the draft

11:15 How Cleveland and Cincinnati have operated differently with pool money

16:47 Staff draft conversation begins

18:00 Peter’s 1-1 rationale

19:24 Carlos’s 1-5 dilemma

24:40 The first high school player off the board at 10

33:10 Peter pops the first high school pitcher

46:20 Staff draft wrap and overall thoughts

48:20 Peter’s 2026 college class overview

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This week on the Baseball America Fantasy Podcast, Geoff Pontes and Dylan White cover some of their early regrets and reactions to the first week of play in Major League Baseball. They call out some potential breakouts from early-season performances like Garrett Crochet and Jared Jones. The second half of the show is focused on Dylan and Geoff's recently released Prospect Breakout Teams.

• Intro 0:00 - 3:00
• Imanaga 3:00 - 6:30
• Crochet: 6:30 -12:00
• Jared Jones 12:00 - 15:00
• Pirates future and Paul Skenes 15:00 - 18:00
• Eury Perez Tommy John surgery reaction 18:00 - 22:00
• Josh Jung injury reaction 22:00 - 26:00
• BREAK 26:00
• Logan Evans 26:00 - 28:00
• Kyle Carr 28:00 - 30:00
• Josue Briceno 30:00 - 33:00
• Yophery Rodriguez 33:00 - 35:00
• Brett Wichrowski 35:00 -36:00
• Aiden Smith 36:00 - 38:00
• Outro 40:00

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Teddy Cahill and Peter Flaherty break down all the college baseball action from around the country before week eight of the season. They start with the parity filled Big 12, which has been a weekly roller coaster ride. This week's highlight is the last Bedlam Series between Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. They also talk about impressive road sweeps last weekend by North Carolina and Kentucky and look ahead to a Big West showdown this weekend, as UC Irvine hosts UC Santa Barbara in a series with lots of postseason implications.

1:30: Big 12

5: Oklahoma

9:30 Oklahoma State

16: Texas

25: Assorted Big 12

31:07 ad break

31: UNC

38: Wake

44: Duke

48: Virginia

54:03 ad break

54: Arkansas

63: LSU

71: Kentucky

75: Assorted SEC

80: UC Irvine/UC Santa Barbara

85: Pac-12

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Our first Hot Sheet show is here! We're thrilled to team up with Foul Territory to deliver a weekly show focused on introducing you to the stars of tomorrow before anyone else. You can stream the show LIVE each week on our YouTube channel at 3 p.m. ET. Today's episode features J.J. Cooper, Scott Braun, Ben Badler and Carlos Collazo to discuss...

• A preview of our Top 100 update coming later this week
• Justin Foscue's arrival in Texas
• Jared Jones' impressive start in Pittsburgh
• Charlie Condon's emergence as the No. 1 draft prospect
• New draft bonus pools

Plus the guys answer reader questions as well.

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Colton Cowser and Colt Keith could end up being two of the most impactful rookie bats in the American League. Scott Braun, J.J. Cooper and Carlos Collazo explain what each brings to their respective lineups this year. Plus, the guys dive into how the Tigers seem to have adjusted their player development philosophy, and they also dive into why Cowser, not Jackson Holliday or Coby Mayo, gets first crack at a role in Baltimore.

You can find all of our Prospect Profiles on the Baseball America YouTube channel. Watch them here!

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Two of the best rookies in baseball are HERE. Our new BA Prospect Profiles dive into the anticipated debuts for Wyatt Langford and Jackson Chourio. Scott Braun, J.J. Cooper and Carlos Collazo examine Langford's fast rise through the minors -- including why he's in a great position to simply mash early in 2024 for the Rangers. Then they discuss why the Brewers feel Chourio is a future franchise cornerstone, plus why it's not crazy to draw some comparisons to Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr.'s early career arc.

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Peter and Carlos hop on the pod to talk more about the 2024 draft, including a recent trip Carlos took to Baton Rouge to watch LSU take on Florida. The two dig into Jac Caglianone and Tommy White at the top of the shot, then marvel at righthander Luke Holman’s start to the season before getting into some players further down the draft board, including righthander Ryan Johnson, second baseman Christian Moore and Campbell catcher and righthander Grant Knipp—who is off to a sensational start to the season.

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Teddy Cahill and Peter Flaherty get ready for another weekend of college baseball, looking back at Clemson's sweep of Florida State and ahead to LSU's big series at Arkansas.

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With Opening Day just one day away, hosts Dylan White and Geoff Pontes pick 12 players they believe will break out in 2024 and be drafted within the first 100 picks in re-draft next season. Lots of exciting names are covered with explanations for why we believe these players will move up rankings in 2024.

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Carlos and Peter hop on the podcast to talk about a big draft week, which included the first in-season mock draft of the year as well as our first in-season draft update—which also included an expansion to the top 300 players in the class. The two talk about the top of the board, talk through college third basemen, dig into how poor the high school class is shaping up to be and also talk through injuries to Nick Kurtz and JJ Wetherholt and how we should be handling them, among other topics.

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Teddy Cahill and Peter Flaherty break down the first weekend of SEC play and look ahead to this weekend's slate, highlighted by a national championship rematch and an ACC showdown.

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Dylan White and Geoff Pontes return and discuss all the news and notes impacting fantasy baseball drafts. We talk a little draft strategy, as both Dylan and Geoff have run some NFBC Draft Champions drafts in the last few weeks. We finish the show talking about some of Geoff's live looks at the Spring Breakout games.

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Carlos and Peter talk about the massive movement occurring in real time as the two work on the first in-season draft ranking update of the year in a wild and wide-open 2024 draft class. The two recap a fun Wake-Duke series that featured at least five first-round talents, then move into some of the up-arrow names you should know about from both the prep and college ranks.

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