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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/

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On today's Baseball America Hot Sheet show, Jacob Rudner, JJ Cooper, and Geoff Pontes dive in to the top 10 rising MLB prospects on the National League side. We talk about what makes the Brewers consistently successful and Cardinals outfield prospect Tai Peete joins the show.
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JJ and Carlos dive into the 2026 Draft Report Card series. Which teams have classes that stand out more today than they did on draft day, and why is that the case? Who are the players who have already impressed us in pro ball? Who are the players who are showing they might be better than we thought? That, plus non-obvious picks to move quickly and highlighting a few of the late-draft (or undrafted) sleepers we are most excited about.
See our complete Draft Report Card series here: https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2026-mlb-draft-report-cards-for-all-30-teams/
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Time stamps:
(0:00) Intro
(3:30) Why we don’t grade drafts
(6:00) More under-the-radar Brewers high schoolers
(13:11) A ton of strong performers with the Yankees
(19:08) Uncertainty with the Rays
(21:45) Non-obvious players who could move quickly
(28:40) A handful of late-pick names to know
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This week on the Baseball America Fantasy Podcast host James Anderson is joined by Ian Cundall to discuss the recently released Top 350 rankings for 2027 redraft leagues. They go through each positional group, discussing tiers as well as names to know.
(2:00) Liam Hicks

(5:00) Leo Bernal

(7:00) Who's No. 1 At First Base

(9:00) Rafael Devers

(12:00) Who's No. 1 at Second Base

(16:00) Bryson Stott

(17:00) Javier Sanoja

(18:00) Who's No. 1 at Third Base Rankings

(22:00) Who's No. 1 at Shortstop

(27:00) Who's No. 1 in the Outfield

(37:00) Who's No. 1 Among Starting Pitchers

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On the latest Baseball America Prospect Podcast, Geoff Pontes, Ian Cundall and JJ Cooper hold another draft. After drafting home runs last week, this week we're each picking eight pitching prospects with the goal of picking the most MLB strikeouts from 2027-2030. See who we picked.
(00:00) The Rules
(04:00) Round 1
(06:55) Round 2
(11:45) Round 3
(17:10) Round 4
(22:10) Round 5
(26:30) Round 6
(32:00) Round 7
(35:30) Round 8
(39:00) Talking about other prospects who could have gotten picked

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