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The Baseball America Fantasy podcast returns for the weekend with another divisional prospect preview. After running through the American League over the last three weeks, we jump to the National League and the talented NL West division. Hosts Geoff Pontes and Dylan White breakdown all the Phillies, Mets, Braves, Marlins and Nationals prospects to know for 2026 and beyond.

Phillies
(2:00) Justin Crawford
(4:00) Andrew Painter
(7:00) Aidan Miller
(9:00) Cody Bowker
(11:00) Cade Obermueller

Mets
(13:00) Nolan McLean
(14:00) Carson Benge
(15:00) AJ Ewing
(16:00) Jonah Tong
(18:00) Will Watson

Braves
(21:00) JR Ritchie
(22:00) Didier Fuentes
(23:00) Diego Tornes
(25:00) Garrett Baumann
(26:00) Lucas Braun

Marlins
(28:00) Robby Snelling
(30:00) Thomas White and Kevin DeFrank
(33:00)Fenwick Trimble and Andrew Salas

Nationals
(35:00) Harry Ford 
(37:00) Jarlin Susana and Travis Sykora
(39:00) Devin Fitz-Gerald and Christian Franklin

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On this week's Draft Podcast Carlos Collazo and JJ Cooper take an in-depth look at a pair of fascinating and famous college outfielders. LSU outfielder Derek Curiel and Georgia Tech's Drew Burress are the top two college outfielders on our draft rankings, but both draw varied responses from scouts and front office officials. We take a look at why.

(0:00) Eric Booth Jr. vs. Kevin Roberts Jr.
(4:00) Derek Curiel convo begins
(10:00) Why JJ is skeptical
(17:30) The college outfield demographic is scary
(23:30) Drew Burress enters the fold
(31:00) Why the right-right OF demographic is critiqued
(34:00) A shifting bias for short hitters
(48:00) On being OK with uncertainty

Scouting 101 on Derek Curiel: https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/scouting-derek-curiel-a-polished-pure-hitter-with-power-questions/

Scouting 101 on Drew Burress:
https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/scouting-drew-burress-a-tooled-up-college-bat-challenging-first-round-norms/

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Baseball America national college reporter Jacob Rudner and prospect writer Geoff Pontes look back at an upset-filled week in college baseball, including LSU's 1-4 showing that caused it to slide from the top 10. Rudner and Pontes also consider whether the SEC's grip on the top of college baseball has loosened.
(1:49) LSU's big blunder
(9:18) Florida drops back out of the top 20
(16:42) Mississippi State and Texas look elite
(21:52) Is the SEC losing its grip
(33:00) Southern California pitching
(38:21) Wake Forest cracks the top 20
(39:49) What we're looking forward to in Week 5
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With USA Baseball's WBC hopes completely out of their own hands, Carlos Collazo, JJ Cooper and Geoff Pontes gathered for an emergency podcast to discuss what happened in Team USA's loss to Italy, how it happened and what it could mean going forward.
(00:00) Setting the stage on a shocking evening of baseball
(03:15) Looking through what happened in the game
(10:00) What did Mark DeRosa know and when did he know it?
(16:45) 3-1 = 3-1 = 3-1. That's not complicated math
(21:15) Explaining the tiebreaker permutations.
(25:00) Looking the USA managerial choices
(31:45) This has been a systemic issue for Team USA

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Geoff Pontes and JJ Cooper are getting ready to head down to spring training to watch the Spring Breakout games and prowl the MiLB games on the back fields. So what do we hope to get out of the trips and what should prospect watchers glean from spring training performances?
(01:00) How Shohei Ohtani and Khalil Watson taught us to not over-react
(06:00) MiLB spring training assignments can offer useful info
(08:45) The back fields give a useful sense of organization depth/talent
(11:00) Previewing how we will build our April Top 100 Prospects update
(18:05) Looking at our 2025 April Top 100 Movement. Some successes (Kevin McGonigle/Konnor Griffin) and one to regret (Colson Montgomery)
(21:30) Why you can get more out of pitchers changes in spring training than hitters
(27:00) Things we are looking forward to seeing on our trip
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