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On this week's Prospect Podcast, JJ Cooper, Geoff Pontes, Josh Norris and Ian Cundall look back at our pre-season 2026 rankings to see where we missed, as well as some reports we nailed.
(00:00) Intro
(01:35) Prospect Miss: Moises Ballesteros
(08:15) Prospect Hit: Arjun Nimmala
(12:15) Prospect Miss: Carson Williams
(20:50) Prospect Hit: Kevin McGonigle
(28:30) Prospect Miss: Spencer Jones
(34:00) Prospect Hit: Caden Bodine
(41:30) Prospect Miss: Marek Houston
(50:20) Prospect Hit: Enddy Azocar
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On this week's Hot Sheet Show, Jacob Rudner, J.J. Cooper and Geoff Pontes welcome a pair of promising prospects—one from each of the teams in this year's World Series—in the Brewers' Jett Williams and the Rays' Nathan Flewelling.
The Hot Sheet Show airs live on the BA YouTube channel every Tuesday at 3 p.m. Give us a sub, and we'll see you then!
Time Stamps
(0:00) Introduction
(0:45) Brewers shortstop prospect Jett Williams joins the show
(16:00) World Series: AL's Best vs. NL's Best
(17:15) How the Rays built their WS roster
(21:20) Rays catcher prospect Nathan Flewelling joins the show
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Ahead of our next big rankings update for the 2027 draft class, JJ, Carlos and Jacob try to make the case for three of the favorites to be the first overall pick. Unlike a year ago with Roch Cholowsky, there’s not a slam dunk 1-1 favorite—but which player has the most compelling, iron-clad case to be the first pick? And whose minds are changed after the cases are made?
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Time stamps:
(0:00) What our next draft update is capturing
(7:00) Explaining our case for 1-1 exercise
(10:00) The case for Dylan Seward
(25:00) The case for Tomas Valincius
(38:00) The case for Brendan Lawson
(50:00) The Dax Whitney factor
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With the recent release of James Anderson’s Dynasty Top 500 Prospects list on Baseball America, we kick off the 2027 rankings season in style. On this week's show hosts James Anderson and Geoff Pontes talk through the updated 500 rankings with an eye on the youth at the top, the clear pitching tiers, 2026 rookies to buy in on and some undervalued players to target in dynasty this offseason.

(2:00) Young Stars Ascending
(5:00) Konnor Griffin
(8:00) Jackson Merrill
(11:00) Top Pitchers
(16:00) 2026 Rookie Battle: Sal Stewart vs. McGonigle
(21:00) Victor Mesa Jr.
(27:00) Jackson Jobe for 2027
(31:00) Bulk-Reliever-To-Starter Pipeline
(33:00) Grant Taylor
(35:00) Didier Fuentes
(37:00) Hagen Smith
(39:00) Gage Wood
(42:00) Curtis Mead—Breakout Hitter To Target?
(48:00) Isaac Paredes
(54:00) Cam Cannarella
(59:00) Kane Kepley
(62:00) Bryan Rincon
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On this week's Prospect Podcast, Geoff Pontes, Ian Cundall and JJ Cooper discuss the pitching prospects with the best fastballs and breaking balls as measured by Baseball America's Stuff+.
(00:00) Explaining Our Stuff+ model
(02:00) Why It's Useful
(05:45) Reinold Navarro's fastball
(10:00) What Makes A Good And A Bad Fastball?
(16:15) Brody Hopkins' fastball
(19:00) Jacob Kuhn's fastball
(20:45) Tanner Franklin's fastball
(24:30) What Makes A Good Cutter?
(27:30) Tanner Franklin's Cutter
(31:15) Brody Hopkins' Cutter
(33:30) What Is A Slider, And What's A Good One?
(37:15) Luke Gabrysh's Slider
(39:40) Sandro Santana's Slider
(43:00) What Makes A Good Curveball?
(46:00) Pierce George's Curveball
(47:45) Gage Wood's Curveball
(50:00) Josh Knoth's Curveball

Best Fastballs: https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/best-minor-league-fastballs-per-stuff-in-2026/
Best Breaking Balls: https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/best-minor-league-breaking-balls-per-stuff-in-2026/
Best Offspeed: https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/best-minor-league-changeups-splitters-per-stuff-in-2026/

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