The Pirates announced today that Paul Skenes will make his MLB debut on Saturday against the Cubs. In this prospect profile, Scott Braun, JJ Cooper and Geoff Pontes take a look at Paul Skenes, pitching prospect for the Pirates and the top draft pick in the 2023 MLB Draft. With a high-octane fastball that regularly passes triple digits, will he be one of MLB's best arms the moment he steps on the field?

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Let's talk Top 100 MLB prospects. Today's show dives into the biggest risers and fallers from our most recent May update. The guys were also uninspired by the Marlins return in the Luis Arráez trade, discuss the Padres farm system, then close with an update on Charlie Condon's incredible college season at Georgia. Key discussions include...

• James Wood vs. Dylan Crews
• Jared Jones' rise
• A Cubs prospect who makes a huge surge
• Christian Scott's debut
• Cam Collier's impressive start
• Ricky Tiedemann concerns
• Scuffling Braves arms

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With one month in the books, there's plenty of information to dig into, as hosts Geoff Pontes and Dylan White cover 10 prospects with standout statcast data in the early part of the season. They each go over five players and provide some insights that can be used in both shallow and deep dynasty leagues.

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Teddy Cahill and Peter Flaherty break down all the college baseball action from around the country before week 12 of the season. They start with South Carolina's upset of Kentucky last weekend and Mississippi State's big win at Vanderbilt. They examine the fallout of Florida State's series win at Duke, as well as Oregon State's rivalry series win against Oregon. In another rivalry series, Texas took down Oklahoma. They break down what that meant for the Longhorns, Sooners and Big 12 title race. Finally, they preview this weekend's rivalry series between Indiana and Purdue, a battle for first place in the Big Ten.

Time Stamps

1:45: South Carolina upsets Kentucky

9:30: Where the Wildcats stand in the NCAA Tournament picture

17:30: Arkansas' Peyton Holt's web gem

20:30: Mississippi State takes down Vanderbilt

29:30: Charlie Condon's home run chase and the Golden Spikes race

36:30: Ad break

36:35: Florida State beats Duke

49: Notre Dame upsets Wake Forest

53: Oregon State beats Oregon

59:15: A big finish coming for Utah

65:35: Ad break

65:45: Texas wins the rivalry series at Oklahoma

74:30: Around the Big 12

82:30: Purdue hosts Indiana with first place on the line

90:30: Around the Sun Belt

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Scott Braun, JJ Cooper, Geoff Pontes and Ben Badler discuss the latest Prospect Profile spotlighting Colorado Rockies No. 4 prospect Jordan Beck's promotion. Iowa Hawkeyes ace Brody Brecht is ascending into first-round consideration given his recent pitching performances. Plus, pro prospects that pop as April concludes and which pitchers' stuff sticks out after the first month?

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The Rockies have promoted former first-round draft pick Jordan Beck who will join the Colorado outfield after posting a .999 OPS in the minor leagues in 2024.

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According to a report from Jon Morosi, the Brewers are set to call prospect Tyler Black to the big leagues. Black currently ranks No. 73 on the Top 100 and earns high marks for his hittability and speed, though his ultimate defensive home is questionable and his power might only be fringe-average once he reaches his peak. The 23-year-old lefty swinger has five home runs this season at Triple-A Nashville.

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This week on the Baseball America Fantasy Podcast hosts Geoff Pontes and Dylan White cover some of the news of the last week to open before diving into a five round waiver wire draft. What's a waiver wire draft? Simple, Dylan and Geoff choose from all players with 10% or lower ownership on Fantrax and pick the best players from that group. It's a great exercise to introduce you to ten under-rostered players you should be looking to add.

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Everyone is talking velocity and the injury epidemic, but on this week's episode we ask, "What's the alternative?" To discuss this far-reaching topic, we invited two friends of the show and high-level coaches to join us. First, old friend Matt Pierce of Kinkaid Baseball and then first-time guest and legendary Juco coach Mike Robbins of New Mexico JC. Mike shares insight into the recruiting process and the different philosophies he's implemented over the years. He identifies what works and what doesn't.

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The recent run of significant elbow injuries among prominent MLB starters has everyone including us thinking and talking about pitching injuries. On today's podcast, JJ Cooper is joined by Alan Jaeger and Randy Sullivan, two experts who have worked with hundreds of pitchers, to talk about injury prevention as well as their free return to throwing program they have released that proposes a different way to return to throwing after Tommy John surgery. The return to throwing manual is available here.

00:00 What are Alan Jaeger and Randy Sullivan's backgrounds/credentials

12:15 Why ramping up is a time of significant risk

20:45 Is our current system actually reducing injury risk?

31:00 What's involved in this new return to throwing program after Tommy John surgery?

45:00 How will you all know if this is a better program, long-term?

52:00 How the new NCAA recruiting rules may help with injuries

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Carlos and Peter hop on the draft podcast to talk through some of the most interesting players in the 2024 class from a data perspective. 

After the rollout of the top 400 draft list this week, the two go back and forth and trade information on prospects who analysts, or those big on batted ball data and stuff+ metrics, might fall in love with. 

The players include a few potential day one hitters, but the bulk of the conversation revolves around names who could be upside picks on the second day of the draft. There’s a hitter whose batted ball data fits with a handful of first rounders but is never mentioned in that range, a slugger with exit velocity data similar to Jac Caglianone, a pitcher with perhaps the best slider in the country and another pitcher who might quietly have the best fastball in the country among others.

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Time Stamps

(2:30) A well-rounded bat who fits with prominent first-round names

(6:50) A deep cut prospect from the Patriot League 

(10:15) A day one slugger with elite EVs and strong contact

(14:30) An outfielder with elite bat-to-ball skills

(18:15) The freakiest sweeper in the class?

(24:00) The best fastball in the class you haven’t heard of

(30:00) A small school pitcher with unique usage

(36:30) A righty with a big velo jump

(41:00) A strong contact hitter with sneaky top-end EV data

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