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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  Atlanta Braves Top Prospects Deep Dive

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  Carlos Collazo and JJ Cooper are taking an in-depth look at the Braves farm system for the latest Prospect Podcast Deep Dive. This remains a very pitcher-heavy farm system, but we look at some hitters to know as well. (00:00) Looking at the shape of this system (02:30) Why Cam Caminiti Ranked No. 1 (09:00) JR Ritchie could make an MLB impact in 2026 (11:30) Are There Position Players Who Could Help This Year? (13:30) Looking At The Three Shortstops The Braves Drafted In 2025 (18:45) Why Carlos Is Excited About Briggs McKenzie and Diego Tornes (23:00) What Are The Braves Good At Developing? (28:00) Braves Sleeper Prospects To Know (37:00) Could The Braves Pitching Approach Change With New Coaching? Braves Top 30 Prospects: https://www.baseballamerica.com/teams/2026-atlanta-braves/prospects/ 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: Who Will Be No. 1 In The 2026 Preseason Top 25?

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  Baseball America national college reporter Jacob Rudner and national writer Peter Flaherty look ahead to the 2026 preseason and break down their process for putting together the Preseason Top 25. Rudner and Flaherty also take a closer look at the teams vying for top-five rankings in 2026 and Omaha sleepers. Time Stamps (4:55) Main considerations when putting together the Preseason Top 25 (11:06) The debate at No. 1 (21:23) Breaking down the top of the SEC (37:52) Our way too early top fives (40:10) Omaha sleepers 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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  Just How Good Can Konnor Griffin Be?

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  Pirates SS Konnor Griffin is Baseball America's 2025 MiLB Player of the Year, as we announced on the Hot Sheet show. In today's Prospect Podcast, Geoff Pontes, Josh Norris and J.J. Cooper try to explain what stands out about Konnor Griffin, and why he's the best prospect in baseball. Time Stamps (00:00) How fortunate we were to see Konnor Griffin play (02:45) How tough a decision was it? (08:45) What made Konnor Griffin's season special? (16:45) Our impressions of Konnor Griffin from watching him play (26:45) Does Griffin compare to past MiLB POYs like Gunnar Henderson and Bobby Witt Jr.? (36:30) The way too hot comp we're hesitant to bring up? (43:00) Prospect Soapboxes https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/konnor-griffin-baseball-americas-2025-minor-league-player-of-the-year/ https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2025-milb-player-of-the-year-race-presented-plenty-of-options/ https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/how-konnor-griffin-compares-to-every-baseball-america-milb-player-of-the-year-since-1981/ Go to https://OmahaSteaks.com to get 50% off sitewide during their Red-Hot Sale Event and 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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  Fantasy Podcast: Top 500 Dynasty May Update

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  This week on the Baseball America Fantasy Podcast hosts Dylan White and Geoff Pontes get into the weeds on their recent update to the Dynasty 500 and Fantasy Prospects 400. (5:00) Jacob Misiorowski budding ace? (8:00) Jesus Made the top prospect in baseball for good reason. (13:00) Cam Schlittler continues to climb. (16:00) Kyle Schwarber the new David Ortiz? (20:00) Franklin Arias (23:00) AJ Ewing (27:00) Michael Harris (29:00) Byron Buxton (34:00) Munetaka Murakami (36:00 Max Clark 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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