We return with another episode of the Baseball America Fantasy Podcast in the midst of lots of action on the free agent and trade market. We open up by discussing Kyle Tucker just minutes before he signed with the Dodgers. We then discuss the Ranger Suarez and Alex Bregman signings. After that we jump into the First Year Player draft rankings, navigating through the first 30 or so picks.

• (2:00) Tucker tweets
• (7:00) Ranger Suarez signing
• (11:00) Alex Bregman signs with the Cubs
• (14:00) Tatsuya Imai at 1.1
• (19:00) Liam Doyle believer.
• (25:00) Dax Kilby buying into the tools
• (32:00) Insane prep shortstop group
• (40:00) Gage Wood hype machine.

Carlos and Jacob hop on the podcast and attempt to create the most impressive “build-a-player” possible by drafting the best tools in the college class. The two each attempt to create the best possible hitters by drafting hit, power, run, field and arm tools. On the pitching side they each draft a fastball, curveball, slider, changeup and control.

The ground rules: once a player is picked for any category, that player is no longer eligible for another. Other than that, it’s wide open. Which hitter and pitcher do you prefer?

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Time Stamps:

• (3:20) Carlos fielding
• (4:40) Jacob control
• (7:40) Carlos power
• (12:20) Jacob slider
• (14:25) Carlos fastball
• (17:30) Jacob curveball
• (20:10) Carlos run
• (23:45) Jacob hitter
• (27:20) Carlos changeup
• (30:30) Jacob power
• (33:35) Carlos arm
• (36:30) Jacob fastball
• (40:36) Carlos hitter
• (45:20) Jacob changeup
• (47:00) Carlos slider
• (51:30) Jacob fielding
• (53:00) Carlos curveball
• (54:40) Jacob run
• (57:00) Carlos control
• (59:45) Jacob arm

JJ Cooper and Jesús Cano are here for another Baseball America Prospects Deep Dive. Today we are looking at the Mariners farm system, led by shortstop Colt Emerson.

(03:00) How difficult was the decision to rank Colt Emerson No. 1?

(09:20) Is this farm system better or worse than last year?

(14:00) Who is the bet to be No. 1 in this system next year?

(16:30) What are the Mariners good at developing?

(22:00) Who are some sleepers to watch

(24:50) Where does the system drop off

(27:30) Talking about Michael Arroyo's position move

Mariners Top 30 Prospects: https://www.baseballamerica.com/teams/2018-seattle-mariners/prospects/?season=2026&ranking=preseason