Baseball America

Welcome to the Hot Sheet Show, James Wood! Baseball's No. 8 prospect joined the show to discuss closing in on the majors for the Nationals, who he emulates his swing after, teaming up with Dylan Crews and more. Scott, Carlos and Peter also discuss Heston Kjerstad's callup to Baltimore, our latest mock draft, then Geoff Pontes joins to break down impressive players in this week's Hot Sheet. You can find the full run of show below.

• Intro
• Mock Draft version 2.0
• Why Peter has Travis Bazzana 1.01
• Do teams draft for need in the first round?
• James Wood joins the show (13:00)
• Orioles promote Heston Kjerstad
• How concerned are we with Jackson Holliday?

On the latest episode of the Baseball America Fantasy Podcast, Geoff Pontes and Dylan White run through the news of the week before going over six trade targets they're chasing after the first month.

Time Stamps

0:00 - 2:00 - Opening

2:00 - 6:00 - Triston Casas and Francisco Alvarez injuries

6:00 - 9:00 - Jackson Holliday struggles

9:00 - 12:00 - Don't panic on Wyatt Langford

12:00 - 15:00 - Ricky Tiedemann injury

15:00 - 22:00 - Peter Fairbanks injury and Jason Adam

22:00 - 24:00 - Victor Scott sent down

24:00 - 27:00 - Heston Kjerstad promotion

27:00 - 30:00 - Andy Pages promotion

21:00 - 45:00 - Trade targets

Carlos and Peter hop on the draft podcast to talk about the state of the top of the 2024 class. The two talk about how the top tier of players hasn’t changed significantly in the last few weeks and that the group seems pretty wide open after about pick 10 or so. 

The two talk about one of the more consistent up-arrow prep prospects in the class, Bryce Rainer, who the two previously loved as a pitching prospect, though they both are coming around to liking his toolset and hitting ability as a shortstop prospect. His NHSI performance does nothing to sway that opinion and has him a steady mover up draft boards.

After that the two talk about Sam Houston State catcher Walker Janek, who is having a career year with the bat and also might just be the top defensive catcher in the class. How long will a profile like that last on draft day and what is our confidence in the catcher pecking order at this stage?

Next the two talk about a unique hitter who profiles as both a first baseman and center fielder in Texas lefthanded hitter Jared Thomas, who like Janek is having a strong offensive season. After that the two break down a few Vanderbilt pitchers who, despite a rough last week against Texas A&M, could be poised to hear their names called on day one of the draft.

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Time Stamps

(0:00) State of the top of the class

(7:00) Bryce Rainer

(14:10) Walker Janek

(21:40) Jared Thomas

(29:00) Carter Holton

(34:30) Bryce Cunningham

Teddy Cahill and Peter Flaherty break down all the college baseball action from around the country before week 10 of the season. They start with Texas A&M, college baseball's new top-ranked team, which is fresh off a sweep of Vanderbilt. They also talk about last weekend's big upsets, as Alabama felled Arkansas and N.C. State took down Clemson, and examine which series was more impactful. They then turn their attention to the weekend ahead, highlighted by a top-10 showdown between Kentucky and Tennessee and a first-place showdown in the Sun Belt between Louisiana and Coastal Carolina.

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1: Texas A&M takes over at No. 1

8: The sweep’s impact on Vanderbilt

13: Arkansas and Clemson both lost their first series of the year. Which was more concerning?

20: Was Alabama or N.C. State’s upset more important?

27:40: Ad break

27:45: Kentucky and Tennessee meet for SEC East clash

34:30: Florida State takes on Wake Forest

40: North Carolina and N.C. State renew rivalry

46: Louisiana and Coastal meet in first-place Sun Belt showdown

54: Big 12 breakdown

67: Series to watch around the country

What a day for prospect news. Jack Leiter, Andy Pages and Forrest Whitley are on their way to the big leagues. Our latest Hot Sheet show breaks down what we expect from all three, and also takes a look at whether Nick Kurtz is homering his way back into No. 1 overall pick contention in this year's draft. The guys discuss...

• Jack Leiter's arrival in Texas (0:30)
• How Andy Pages can help the Dodgers lineup (10:20)
• #FreeMichaelBusch is going according to plan (18:30)
• Nick Kurtz's homer blitz (21:00)
• Comparing Kurtz to Jac Caglianone & how they stack up at the top of the draft (23:50)
• Forrest Whitley's long path to the majors (26:20)