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Just ahead of expanding (to a Top 200!) and re-ranking the MLB Pipeline Draft prospects list, Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff do a deep dive into NCAA postseason play through decidedly Draft-colored glasses on this week's Pipeline Podcast. They bring up storylines across all 16 Regionals, set to begin Friday, from top prospect Roch Cholowsky and UCLA to No. 3 Vahn Lackey and his powerful Georgia Tech lineup and on to top pitching prospect Jackson Flora and Santa Barbara on a bigger stage, this episode has you covered. There was still time to talk professional prospects, of course, with the guys breaking down the newest addition to the Top 100, Nationals infielder Devin Fitz-Gerald, and a pair of Top 100 players getting called up to the bigs for the first time in Pedro Ramirez (Cubs) and Gage Jump (A's). As always, the trio wrapped things up with a fun Mailbag question about where Lackey would rank on the last three Draft lists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MLB Pipeline has just refreshed its Top 100 Prospects list, and Jim Callis, Sam Dykstra, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff kick off the latest Pipeline Podcast by hashing out all the changes. Brewers shortstop Jesús Made succeeds Konnor Griffin as the No. 1 prospect, holding off Athletics shortstop Leo De Vries, and the guys also discuss players making huge jumps (such as Padres catcher Ethan Salas) and joining the list for the first time (including Orioles outfielder/first baseman Ike Irish). There's the usual Draft Talk as well, including Golden Spikes finalists who are intriguing prospects and the weekly Roch Watch. The podcast concludes with the usual question from the listener mailbag, this time about Reds infielder Edwin Arroyo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're fresh off the first "official" mock draft of the spring, and that's exactly where Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff kicked things off on this week's Pipeline Podcast. They broke down what it looks like at the very top, discussing the probability that Roch Cholowsky, the No. 1 prospect in the class, goes No. 1 to the White Sox, before looking at how fluid the first round is after the first handful of picks. After examining Cholowsky's performance in the weekly Roch Watch segment, they turned their attention to pro prospects, starting with ones who have been promoted to the big leagues recently, like the Mets' AJ Ewing. There have been a slew of top prospects moving up levels in the Minors, and the guys give infielders George Lombard Jr. and Arjun Nimmala their flowers before finishing up with a look at MLB.com's first Rookie of the Year poll and how they voted in each league, capping things off with a Mailbag question about Pirates phenom Seth Hernandez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

On the latest Pipeline Podcast, Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo & Jason Ratliff break down the just-expanded and updated Draft Top 150 Prospects list. They discuss the players separating themselves at the top, starting with UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky and Texas prep shortstop Grady Emerson, before highlighting the biggest risers and top newcomers since the December rankings. Jonathan interviews Gio Rojas, the best high school pitching prospect in the Draft, before talk turns to callups (Joe Mack, Bryce Eldridge) and the latest Top 100 Prospect (Ethan Salas). The guys wrap it up with perhaps their longest answer to a listener mailbag question ever as they debate the merits of Yankees outfield prospect Spencer Jones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the brand new Draft Top 150 dropping at the end of this week, it's clear the Pipeline Podcast crew has a serious case of Draft fever. Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff kick off this episode by looking at the four quadrants of the class -- college hitters and pitchers, high school bats and arms -- putting a grade on and talking about some intriguing guys in each sector. After the weekly Roch Watch, Grady Emerson, one of the top overall players in the class, joins the show. The guys still have energy for the Minor League guys, and plenty of time is devoted to prospects who just got called up to the big leagues (like last week's guest, Travis Bazzana) as well as new additions to the Top 100 (Logan Henderson and Kevin Defrank) before answering a Mailbag question about the future of the Brewers infield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MLB Pipeline will release an expanded and updated Draft Top 150 Prospects list next week, so the latest Pipeline Podcast previews some of the biggest risers this spring. Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff chat about Mississippi high school outfielder Eric Booth, UCLA right-hander Logan Reddemann and California prep two-way star Jared Grindlinger, among others, and also update the weekly Roch Watch. Guardians second baseman Travis Bazzana, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 Draft, joins the guys and cements his status as one of the best Pipeline Podcast guests ever during a wide-ranging interview. There's also discussion of new Top 100 Prospects additions River Ryan (Dodgers) and Roldy Brito (Rockies), the latest Prospect Team of the Week and a Draft question from the listener mailbag. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're always on the lookout for the next big prospect callup, but never has one been this big! Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff kick off this week's Pipeline Podcast with a breakdown of the 6-foot-10 Noah Schultz, the lefty who was called up to make his big league debut on Tuesday, with his size and swing-and-miss stuff drawing comparisons to the Big Unit. Schultz serves as a jumping off point to talk about which Top 100 prospects could be next to get the call, from fellow White Sox lefty Hagen Smith to Tigers outfielder Max Clark. From there, the guys shift attention to the Draft, with Jason having seen Roch Cholowsky in person during UCLA's matchup at Rutgers last weekend. The talk of that Friday night game was RHP Logan Reddemann and his 18-strikeout performance, and he was among the college arms moving into first-round consideration discussed on the pod. Talk returned to the Minors, discussing two newcomers to the Top 100 and our first Prospect Team of the Week before answering a question from

With all of the Minor Leagues underway, Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff can finally take a minute to talk about the 2026 Draft. For the first time this spring, they go beyond their weekly Roch Watch, detailing how top Draft prospect Roch Cholowsky is faring, with Jim and Jonathan plotting out how they think the top 11 picks should go in the first round. The guys then return to the Minors by examining the affiliates with the most prospect-laded rosters and breaking down the seven new additions to the Top 100 list. They finish things off by discussing rookies off to rough starts before answering a Draft-related question in the Mailbag. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rookies are taking MLB by storm and dominating discussion on the latest Pipeline Podcast. Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff kick off the latest edition by breaking down the hot starts by Kevin McGonigle (Tigers), JJ Wetherholt (Cardinals), Sal Stewart (Reds) and Chase DeLauter (Guardians), among others. After an interview with White Sox shortstop prospect Caleb Bonemer, talk turns to when exactly the next wave of top talents could arrive in the Majors, starting with Konnor Griffin (Pirates). Griffin also comes up under the subject of prospects signing long-term contracts before making their big league debuts, which Cooper Pratt (Brewers) and Colt Emerson (Mariners) did this week. After the weekly Roch Watch, the guys field a mailbag question about which Draft prospects have boosted their stock the most so far this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fresh off of their Spring Training travels, capped off by seeing as many Spring Breakout games as possible, Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff look back and ahead in this week's MLB Pipeline Podcast. They kick things off by reviewing some of the best moments and performances from the third Spring Breakout, including Pirates phenom Seth Hernandez hitting 102.4 mph, Mariners right-hander Ryan Sloan tossing three perfect innings and Padres catcher Ethan Salas serving notice he's ready to jump back on the prospect scene. Then Jim sits down with Angels top prospect Tyler Bremner to talk about his Draft experience and getting ready for his first full season before the guys look ahead to Opening Day and where the Top 100 prospects are starting, including 20 making big league rosters. After a quick RochWatch -- the weekly update on top Draft prospect Roch Cholowsky -- they close things out with a Mailbag question about high school talent in this year's Draft class. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg

With 16 Spring Breakout games scheduled for the next four days, there's no doubt what Jim Callis, Sam Dykstra and Jonathan Mayo would talk about on the latest Pipeline Podcast. From sites around the Cactus and Grapefruit Leagues, they discussed the best players and matchups in the various prospect showdowns, including baseball's top prospect Konnor Griffin and the Pirates clashing with Max Clark and the Tigers, and star shortstops Jesus Made and Leo De Vries squaring off when the Brewers face the Athletics. Jonathan interviewed Pirates right-hander Seth Hernandez, the sixth overall pick in the 2025 Draft and another Breakout participant. After all that Breakout talk, the guys also found time for another installment of Roch Watch and a question from the listener mailbag. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spring is definitely in the air at MLB Pipeline and Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff are here for all of it for this week's Pipeline Podcast. Spring Breakout is less than two weeks away and the guys are giddy with excitement, talking about some of the prospects they can't wait to see. Both Jim and Jonathan are in Spring Training, and Jim was able to talk to Mariners lefty Kade Anderson, the No. 3 overall pick in last year's Draft. Then talk turned to the recently-released farm system rankings, with a focus on the top three teams -- the Brewers, Dodgers and Pirates -- before shifting to looking at the World Baseball Classic through a prospect lens. The pod closed, as it always does, with a Mailbag question, this time about off-the-radar prospects who could be Top 100 guys a year from now. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

MLB Pipeline has just released updated Top 30 Prospects lists for every organization, giving Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff plenty to unpack on the latest Pipeline Podcast. They focus on some of the best and most interesting farm systems, including the Brewers, Dodgers, Mariners and Tigers. They also delve into Spring Breakout, explaining the schedule for this year's roster announcements and next year's expansion to a full-fledged tournament. They finish up with a listener mailbag question about which prospects could make a name for themselves in the upcoming World Baseball Classic. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From rankings to Spring Training to the college game, prospects are all over the radar, and Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff are discussing all of them on this week's Pipeline Podcast. They kick things off with a look at 10 prospects who will be debuting on team Top 30 lists, out early next week, from Pirates RHP Antwone Kelly to Rangers 3B Jack Wheeler. From there, the guys take a look at hitting and pitching standouts over the first two weeks in the college game, including the weekly "Roch Watch" about top Draft prospect Roch Cholowsky. Then talk bounces back to the pro game and some early Spring Training standouts before one last ping pong to a Mailbag question about how Cholowsky stacks up against other college shortstops taken atop other Drafts. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo celebrate the beginning of the college season and the opening of Spring Training on the latest Pipeline Podcast. They begin by checking in on how top college prospects performed during the first weekend, including UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky (the projected No. 1 overall pick), Texas A&M outfielder Caden Sorrell and UC Santa Barbara right-hander Jackson Flora. They also stack up all-prospect teams of the best college and high school players in the 2026 Draft and see how they compare. Then they shift gears and discuss some of the biggest prospect news in Spring Training, such as Yankees righty Carlos Lagrange throwing 103-mph heat past Aaron Judge and Mariners infielder Colt Emerson's efforts to squeeze into the lineup of the defending American League West champions. As always, the guys conclude with a question from the listener mailbag, this time trying to determine which phenom they'll talk about the most on the podcast this year. To learn more about listener data and our priv

There may have been frigid temperatures across the country over the last couple of weeks, but baseball is about to start heating up. Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff are excited to warm their hands by that fire on this week's Pipeline Podcast. They kick things off by previewing the start of the college baseball season this weekend, where a ton of top Draft prospects will get things going. None are ranked higher than UCLA's Roch Cholowsky, the No. 1 prospect in the Draft class, and he joined the pod to talk about the Bruins and the Draft. Then the guys shifted focus to the start of Spring Training by looking at the top prospects in baseball in big league camps and their chances of making their respective Opening Day rosters before finishing the episode off with a Mailbag question about who from last year's Draft class could be this year's Konnor Griffin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices.

Clubs are making a slew of deals including prospects as they get ready for Spring Training, and we analyze them on the latest Pipeline Podcast. Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff start with the MacKenzie Gore blockbuster that sent five prospects (including 2025 first-round pick Gavin Fien) from the Rangers to the Nationals. They also examine T.J. Rumfield moving from the Yankees to the Rockies, a pair of righties changing Sox as part of a Jordan Hicks salary dump and the three-team Brendan Donovan trade that included a Top 100 Prospect (Jurrangelo Cijntje) plus two other prospects and two Draft picks. Jim & Jonathan also draft teams based on our Top 10 By Position lists and answer a listener mailbag question about under-slot overachievers. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

MLB Pipeline just published its new Top 100 prospects list, so that's what Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff focused on for this week's episode of the MLB Pipeline Podcast. They broke down the top of the list, starting with No. 1 prospect Konnor Griffin, who also joined the show, then looked at biggest risers from last year and prospects who could make big jumps in 2026. They finished with a pair of Mailbag questions about New York prospects, Spencer Jones (Yankees) and A.J. Ewing (Mets). To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There are plenty of rankings to discuss on the Pipeline Podcast as MLB Pipeline prepares to release its annual Top 100 Prospects list Friday at 8 p.m. ET on MLB Network and MLB.com. Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff start by breaking down the top 10 position lists for catcher, first base, second base and third base, identifying intriguing players and sleepers to watch for each spot. Then they're joined by international prospects maven Jesse Borek to discuss all the recent major signings on that market, highlighted by the Giants landing Venezuelan shortstop Luis Hernandez. The guys wrap things up with a listener mailbag question about another Giants international shortstop, Josuar Gonzalez. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Prospect-ranking season has begun at MLB Pipeline, and Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff are all over it on this week's episode of the MLB Pipeline Podcast. Things have kicked off with the top 10 right-handed and left-handed pitchers lists, with Jim and Jonathan talking about which arms intrigue them most (RHP: Jonah Tong and Seth Hernandez; LHP: Liam Doyle and Cam Caminiti) as well as who might be next up to jump onto those lists in the future. The guys then jumped into the time machine to talk about Dansby Swanson and Alex Bregman as prospects now that they are about to pull off the rare feat of the top two players in a Draft playing for the same team. From there, they dug into the last two parts of the Executives Survey looking at top tools and farm systems, broke down the Edward Cabrera for Owen Caissie (and other prospects) trade and finished off with a question from the Mailbag. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Le