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It's Top 100 Prospects Day at Baseball America! To celebrate, Geoff Pontes and JJ Cooper are taking an in-depth look at the top of the Top 100. We explain why our No. 1 prospect ranked at the top. How close our No. 2 prospect was to ranking No. 1 and examine five other prospects from the top of the rankings.
(00:00) The Top 100 Prospects rankings are here
(03:00) Scouting No. 1 Prospect Konnor Griffin
(10:30) Scouting No. 2 Prospect Kevin McGonigle
(16:10) Scouting No. 3 Prospect JJ Wetherholt
(21:30) Scouting No. 4 Prospect Jesus Made
(26:00) The Two Best Pitching Prospects In The Game
(30:00) The Most Surprising Prospect Near The Top Of The Rankings
(33:30) Evaluating The Strength Of This Year's Top 100

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Geoff Pontes and JJ Cooper are back for another Prospect Podcast Deep Dive. This time we take an in-depth look at the Houston Astros farm system, which was thinned out a bit recently in a trade that brought back MLB starting pitcher Mike Burrows.

(00:00) Looking At The Recent Burrows Trade
(04:30) How Tough Was The Decision To Rank Xavier Neyens No. 1 And Who Were The Other Candidates?
(14:00) How Is This System Better Or Worse Than Last Year?
(17:35) Who Could Rank No. 1 Next Year?
(21:45) What As The Astros Good At Developing?
(26:45) How Has Player Development Changed Under Dana Brown?
(35:00) Other Astros Sleepers To Watch
(40:30) Why Geoff Is Bullish On This Farm System
Astros Top 30 Prospects: https://www.baseballamerica.com/teams/2010-houston-astros/prospects/

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On this week's Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Geoff Pontes and Jacob Rudner discuss a number of exciting topics, including BA's latest Top 100 Prospects list set to drop this week, the new preseason college baseball Top 25 and the biggest NIL deals they've ever heard of.
We stream the Hot Sheet Show every Monday at 3:30 p.m. ET on YouTube.
Time Stamps
(0:00) Introduction
0:30) Previewing the new Top 100 Prospects list
(3:15) Breaking down the preseason Top 25
(5:00) Top players in the 2026 college draft class
(10:15) College NIL deals—strategy & biggest deals
(19:00) Will Shotaro Morii be a two-way player for the A's?
(23:00) Favorite two-way players we've seen

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Baseball America national college reporter Jacob Rudner is joined by Penn State head coach Mike Gambino to go in-depth on the Nittany Lions' recruitment of Japanese righthander Genei Sato. Sato, whose fastball and splitter consistently drew reviews as plus offerings, is set to play at Penn State in 2027 and carries early first-round buzz.
(2:06) Welcoming in Coach Gambino
(4:52) When did Sato first hit Penn State's radar?
(12:12) The recruiting timeline
(14:54) Scouting Sato
(24:03) Why 2027 instead of right now?
(26:48) The impact of having elite Japanese athletes already on campus
(29:04) What this recruiting win does for Penn State
(33:16) Is Sato a trendsetter?
(34:53) Gambino's favorite moment from Sato's recruitment
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On the latest Baseball America Prospects Podcast Deep Dive, we're looking at the Tampa Bay Rays system. Coming into the offseason, this looked like a system that had taken a step back, but that was before a series of trades added a massive amount of prospect depth.

(00:00) A whole lot has changed in the Rays farm system
(06:00) What made Brody Hopkins the No. 1 prospect and who else was considered for the top spot?
(15:20) Is the system better or worse than a year ago?
(20:25) Who is our guess to be No. 1 a year from now?
(24:00) What is the organization good at developing?
(29:00) The Rays REALLY loaded up on 2025 draft picks
(32:00) Some lower ranked Rays prospects who are fascinating
(35:00) Where the Rays have prospect depth
(39:00) Looking at Rays catching prospects
Rays Top 30 Prospects: https://www.baseballamerica.com/teams/2021-tampa-bay-rays/prospects/?season=2026&ranking=preseason

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