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Bill Mitchell and JJ Cooper are taking and in-depth look at the Kansas City Royals farm system for the latest Baseball America Prospect Podcast Deep Dive.

(00:00) The Royals are building something around Bobby Witt Jr.
(02:00) What happened to help Carter Jensen break out in 2025. Why he's the No. 1 prospect
(07:30) How the farm system has improved since last year. It's not just Carter Jensen.
(14:00) Looking at the pair of top picks--Josh Hammond and Sean Gamble
(17:20) What is the org good at developing?
(22:30) Looking at prospects to know outside the top 10
Royals Top 30 Prospects: https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2026-kansas-city-royals-top-mlb-prospects/

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JJ Cooper and Bill Mitchell are talking all about the White Sox farm system on the latest Prospect Podcast Deep Dive. Even after graduating Kyle Teel, Edgar Quero, Colson Montgomery and Shane Smith last year, this is a very solid top 10.

(00:00) How the White Sox are making strides.
(02:00) Why Noah Schultz stood out as the No. 1 prospect and why patience may be required.
(09:00) Is the system better or worse than a year ago?
(09:45) Looking at the 2025 draft picks
(11:15) Other arms to watch
(14:25) A pair of shortstops who could vie for No. 1 on this list next year
(18:20) What this system is good at developing
(23:00) Prospects outside of the top 10 to watch
White Sox Top 30 Prospects: https://www.baseballamerica.com/teams/2027-chicago-white-sox/prospects/

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On this week's Hot Sheet Show, Jacob Rudner, Ben Badler and Geoff Pontes talk about UCLA's dominant start to the season, college names to know and MLB prospects who are worth monitoring in spring training.
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Time Stamps
(0:00) Introduction
(0:45) UCLA impresses
(4:00) Dax Whitney domination & draft profile
(10:50) Can someone push Roch Cholowsky for the 1-1?
(13:15) Jackson Flora's profile
(15:45) Other college prospects who had stood out
(19:30) What we're watching for early in spring training
(21:20) Konnor Griffin & Payton Tolle outlooks
(24:20) Will Joey Volchko go in the first round?

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Baseball America college reporter Jacob Rudner and national writer Geoff Pontes look back at the first full week of the season, including the No. 1 UCLA Bruins' sweep of then-No. 8 TCU, Texas and Georgia Tech getting off to hot starts and Oklahoma's fast rise in the Top 25. Rudner and Pontes also dive deeper on five teams with varying levels of concern.
(4:09) UCLA dominates TCU
(13:33) Texas off to a great start
(19:29) Georgia Tech’s historic offensive start
(22:34) Oklahoma enters the top 10
(30:54) The Fear Index
(31:33) TCU’s five-game skid
(34:06) Coastal Carolina drops in the poll
(38:36) How much should you worry about Florida State?
(40:43) Tennessee upset by Kent State
(46:17) Oregon State falls from the top 20
(54:32) What we’re watching in Week 3

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We're going deep on each of the top prospects in the AL East. The guys explain how each respective player climbed to No. 1 in their system, run through their scouting reports and lay out what you should expect in 2026.
Time Stamps
(0:00) -- Trey Yesavage, Blue Jays
(9:35) -- Payton Tolle, Red Sox
(17:55) -- George Lombard Jr., Yankees
(26:30) -- Samuel Basallo, Orioles
(35:00) -- Brody Hopkins, Rays

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