This week on Future Projection we open up the listener mailbag:
💪 Are pitchers with deeper arsenals undervalued?
⬆️ Top 100 jumpers
🤔 Will Duke commit James Clark make it to campus?
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New Episode!
⚾️ What matters + what doesn’t in early looks
⚾️ Scouting Grady Emerson
⚾️ Players trending up
⚾️ Should baseball have more two-way players?
⚾️ Where will Jared Grindlinger rank?
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Episode 161: Farm System Rankings
⚾️ Debating the top systems
⚾️ Weighting top talent vs. depth
⚾️ Bias in farm system rankings
⚾️ Systems on the rise in '26
⚾️ Top 200 draft rankings
⚾️ Buzziest draft names
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Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7kFdtH…
Questions for the next episode on the new farm system rankings, 2026 draft list or anything else with prospects, scouting or player development? Leave them here for @CarlosACollazo and @BenBadler.
Today we updated and expanded our 2026 draft board to the top 200 players in the class.
Can't wait to get the season going. This group is quite good:
baseballamerica.com/rankings/2026-…
Episode 159!
⚾️ Teams with best chance to gain a PPI pick
⚾️ 2026 MLB draft talk
⚾️ Importance of HS recruiting vs. the transfer portal
⚾️ How colleges intentionally over recruit classes
⚾️ West Coast baseball challenges
baseballamerica.com/stories/ppi-el…
Brewers outfielder Luis Lara gets discussed on the Future Projection podcast (@FutureProPod) as someone Ben Badler thinks can find his way into BA’s Top 100 Prospects list this season. Highly recommend the podcast for those who enjoy in-depth prospect analysis.
Mailbag episode!
⚾️ The best prospects outside the Top 100
⚾️ Braves breakout prospects
⚾️ What happens to IFA signings in a lockout?
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Ep. 157: Breaking Down The Top 100
⚾️ Full Top 100 reactions
⚾️ Players who could rise up the Top 100
⚾️ Freddy Peralta trade winners
⚾️ Live reaction to the MacKenzie Gore return
🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/498SP1…
🎧 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/epi…
This was a fun one.
We talked about a ton of players, ran through the entire list, gave thoughts on the Freddy Peralta trade and then reacted in real-time to the MacKenzie Gore trade.
Ep. 157: Breaking Down The Top 100
⚾️ Full Top 100 reactions
⚾️ Players who could rise up the Top 100
⚾️ Freddy Peralta trade winners
⚾️ Live reaction to the MacKenzie Gore return
🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/498SP1…
🎧 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/epi…
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