Baseball America

Baseball America delivers baseball news you can't get anywhere else. Covering the game from a player-development point of view, the staff of BA will deliver its take on what's going on in the world of baseball every week on its podcast, analyzing the game from the majors and minors--with an emphasis on prospects--through our unparalleled college and high school coverage.

Baseball America is a sports podcast hosted by iHeartPodcasts, with 1,000 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 92.

iHeartPodcasts hosts Baseball America, a sports show with 1,000 episodes published.

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  College Podcast: National Signing Day Preview

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  Baseball America national college reporter Jacob Rudner and national writer Peter Flaherty break down National Signing Day, examining top classes and discussing potential last-second movement. (2:44) A look at the top classes (9:59) Are more top high school prospects making it to campus? (14:45) Examining Texas' class (19:24) Stanford looks to land another star (24:33) Deep class heading to Wake Forest (32:29) How will Tony Vitello's departure impact Tennessee? (34:49) Will Florida's class hold up through signing day (39:45) Our favorite classes Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com for a great deal: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com * Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/ba2022 for a great deal: https://www.quince.com * Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/baseballamerica for a great deal: https://www.shopify.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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  College Podcast: UCLA Solidifies No. 1 Status, Teams Of Concern

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  Baseball America college reporter Jacob Rudner and national writer Geoff Pontes look back at the first full week of the season, including the No. 1 UCLA Bruins' sweep of then-No. 8 TCU, Texas and Georgia Tech getting off to hot starts and Oklahoma's fast rise in the Top 25. Rudner and Pontes also dive deeper on five teams with varying levels of concern. (4:09) UCLA dominates TCU (13:33) Texas off to a great start (19:29) Georgia Tech’s historic offensive start (22:34) Oklahoma enters the top 10 (30:54) The Fear Index (31:33) TCU’s five-game skid (34:06) Coastal Carolina drops in the poll (38:36) How much should you worry about Florida State? (40:43) Tennessee upset by Kent State (46:17) Oregon State falls from the top 20 (54:32) What we’re watching in Week 3 Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com for a great deal: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com * Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/ba2022 for a great deal: https://www.quince.com * Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/baseballamerica for a great deal: https://www.shopify.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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  College Podcast: LSU Unranked, Breaking Down Teams With Rising Stock

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  Baseball America national college reporter Jacob Rudner is joined by BA national writer Carlos Collazo to discuss reigning national champion LSU's stunning fall out of the Top 25 for the first time since 2024. Rudner and Collazo also give insights into how the Baseball America Top 25 is decided, break down at teams on the rise and look ahead to the draft. (3:19) What's happening to LSU (8:55) Explaining BA Poll Mechanics (14:29) The challenge of ranking Big Ten teams (22:56) Southern California stock booming (29:47) Florida State enters the top 10 (39:21) Things we're looking forward to this weekend (48:10) Lingering thoughts Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com for a great deal: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com * Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/ba2022 for a great deal: https://www.quince.com * Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/baseballamerica for a great deal: https://www.shopify.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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  Scouting Top MLB Draft Picks For 2026, College Baseball Rankings & More | Hot Sheet Show Ep. 94

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  On this week's Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Carlos Collazo and Jacob Rudner talk about the first in-season Top 25 college rankings , top draft prospects getting started on their spring seasons and more. The Hot Sheet Show airs live on the BA YouTube channel every week on Tuesday at 3 p.m. Give us a sub, and we'll see you then! Time Stamps (0:00) Introduction (1:55) The debate for No. 1 in our Top 25 rankings (5:00) Carlos' trip to Texas & season-opening thoughts (12:20) Scouting Grady Emerson (15:45) Could someone challenge Roch Cholowsky for No. 1? (17:45) Scouting Sawyer Strosnider (21:30) Phillies agree to a deal with an 11-year-old? Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com for a great deal: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com * Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/ba2022 for a great deal: https://www.quince.com * Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/baseballamerica for a great deal: https://www.shopify.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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  Prospect Podcast: Farm System Statcast Ranking Standouts

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  This week on the Prospect Podcast, Geoff Pontes and J.J. Cooper discuss the organizations stood out in our Hit+ and Stuff+ metrics. Using sourced pitch and hit tracking data from all levels of the minors, we've put together overall organization rankings from 1 to 30 in each category. (00:00) Explaining Hit+ and Stuff+ (13:35) Why the Dodgers rank so highly (21:30) The Orioles rank very high in pitching (31:15) What the Red Sox and Blue Jays are doing (32:00) The Mets' MiLB pitching is becoming a juggernaut (37:30) The Tigers' hitting has kept improving (40:00) How the Rockies and Nationals can improve Stuff+ Rankings: https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2025-mlb-farm-system-statcast-pitching-rankings/ Hit+ Rankings: https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2025-mlb-farm-system-statcast-hitting-rankings/ Go to OmahaSteaks.com to get 50% off sitewide, plus an extra 20% off select favorites and more limited-time deals during their Early Black Friday Sale. Use Promo Code FOUL at checkout for an extra $35 off. Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com for a great deal: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com * Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/ba2022 for a great deal: https://www.quince.com * Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/baseballamerica for a great deal: https://www.shopify.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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