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On this week's Prospect Podcast, JJ Cooper, Ian Cundall and Geoff Pontes discuss how the current Top 100 Prospects list compares to other recent ones, and some of the challenges and improvements we've made to our rankings.

(00:00) Comparing the current Top 100 to recent Top 100s
(02:30) Why last offseason's Top 100 was better
(05:15) The strengths and weaknesses of the current class
(07:00) What's disappointing about how this year's class has developed
(17:00) Balancing over-reacting and not being reactive enough
(26:00) How prospects change--comparing Ethan Holliday and Josiah Hartshorn
(30:30) Balancing conflicting reporting
(35:00) What fastball characteristics to look for
(40:00) Evaluating pitching injuries
(47:00) How sometimes it requires a fusion of prospect and organization for everything to click
(55:00) Even hitters with MLB success can be hard to evaluate--see Colson Montgomery and Munetaka Murakami

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Baseball America National College Reporter Jacob Rudner is joined by Editor In Chief JJ Cooper to discuss the College Baseball Rules Committee's vote to bring ABS to college ball starting in 2027. Rudner and Cooper also take a closer look at the top three transfer classes in the country: Tennessee, LSU and Texas.
(2:30) Final takeaways from the 2026 MLB Draft
(6:00) ABS is coming to college
(11:56) The tech behind ABS
(14:28) How ABS could impact college umpires
(23:07) The importance of a good transfer class
(25:45) The SEC dominates the portal
(31:37) Why Tennessee has the No. 1 transfer class
(33:09) LSU reloads with stars
(35:24) Texas layers transfer haul onto sturdy core
(37:47) One non-SEC team with an intriguing transfer class
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On this week's Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Ian Cundall and Geoff Pontes answer your burning questions in advance of the 2026 MLB trade deadline.
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(0:00) Introduction
(1:35) Have teams gotten too cautious around the trade deadline?
(6:30) Will the Padres give us more deadline fireworks?
(8:45) What are the Dodgers going to do with all those OFs?
(11:55) What would be smart for the Mariners to do?
(15:10) Some Tarik Skubal trade proposals
(18:45) Will Anthony Volpe be on the move?
(22:20) Draft capital mismanagements
(23:45) Fielding more trade proposals & questions

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This week the Baseball America Fantasy podcast returns as host Geoff Pontes is joined by Jacob Rudner to discuss the 2026 draft class. We released out first FYPD ranking of the season on Thursday and Geoff and Jacob dive into some of the top players and decisions facing managers.
(2:00) Grady Emerson vs. Roch Cholowsky
(5:30) Eric Booth Jr.
(8:00) Zion Rose.
(13:00) Ranking a trio of college stars in Vahn Lackey, Jackson Flora and Drew Burress.
(21:00) Lack Of High End College Pitching.
(24:00) Digging into Liam Peterson.
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Ian Cundall and JJ Cooper take a look at what could be a wild trade deadline. What teams are buyers? Are there too few sellers?

(00:00) Why This Could Be A Wild Trade Deadline
(02:00) Trying To Figure Out Who's Buying, Who's Selling
(06:00) Why We Suggest Making Plenty Of Trades
(17:30) The Cubs Have Redundant Talent
(21:30) What Should The Dodgers Do
(31:00) Why The Rays Could Surprise
(37:00) Brewers/Braves Talk
(39:15) The Yankees Trade Offers Could Be A Bit Different
(44:00) One-Time Prospects Who Could Be Worth Moving

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