Fantasy Baseball Prospects at Razzball

The Itch recaps the 2020 MLB Draft. Spencer Torkelson leads an ambush of young Tigers. Austin Martin books a surprise gig with a band of Blue Jays. Nick Gonzales leads a promising crew of Pirates. Ed Howard hops the El train to join the Cubs. Throw in a whole bunch of other players along some conspiratorial thoughts connected to the post-draft signing period, and you’ve got mail! Or a notification, anyway. It’s a Razzball podcast! Back after an MLB-sized hiatus to gather around the prospect fire, gaze into the dancing future flames, and see what we can see.

We're back in the saddle and ready to get you up to speed on all the top names in Monday's MLB Draft. We talk Adely Rutschman, Andrew Vaughn, Bobby Witt Jr., J.J. Bleday, Riley Greene and others. We give you the lowdown on the real life value versus fantasy of each draftee, and tell you which player we feel can be the top fantasy asset from this draft. If you're a dynasty addict, then you don't want to miss this one. We end the show touching on a handful of pitchers that have our interest at the moment. It's the latest episode of the Razzball Prospect Podcast.

With all of baseball in full swing we have a lot to dig into this week on the show. Always one to avoid all the heavy lifting we brought along our Prospects Live teammate Jason Pennini to run through all the happenings on all levels of baseball. Well, we didn't quite have enough time to cover your local little league, but we were close. We start with all the happenings and hot performers in MiLB, running through Luis Robert, Carter Kieboom, and many others. We move onto the college ranks talking some of the recent draft prospects I've caught, and culminate in the coup de grace of Jason Pennini's NHSI looks. It's an all encompassing episode of the Prospect Podcast.

Not going to lie, I couldn't be more excited to release this podcast to the public at large. The band is back together for one night only as the Halph Reunion Tour sets up shop in your ear holes. That's right Michael Halpern joins me as the host stand-in this week. So you know we had to bring it back to the good old days as Halp and I touch on the wave of top prospects breaking camp. With all of these talents likely to exhaust their prospect eligibility in the coming months, we decided to hit you with 16 players we view as the next wave of elite players. It's back to the future this week on the latest episode of the Razzball Prospect Podcast.

Finally we have a trade to sink our teeth into, as JT Realmuto was traded for the Phillies in exchange for Sixto Sanchez, Jorge Alfaro, and lefty Will Stewart. An interesting deal with some ripple effects on the fantasy catching landscape. Lance and I discuss all the players involved, stump for Sixto a little before moving on. What do we move on to? Me waxing poetic about how good the Padres Chris Paddack can be and just how remarkable his 2018 really was. If you don't know now you know. We wrap up the show with a little Daniel Espino talk and send you on your merry way. It's the latest episode of the Razzball Prospect Podcast. Follow Lance on Twitter @Lancebroz and follow Ralph @ProspectJesus, and of course find all their work on www.prospectslive.com

As the off-season continues to creep by at a slow drizzle, Lance and I bend over backwards to bring you this tasty dynasty morsel. We start the show talking some Wander Franco and just how high of a ranking is justifiable. We follow that up with a pair of Royals prospects in Nick Pratto and M.J. Melendez, and make some predictions regarding their 2019s. Next we jump into Daniel Espino's ever climbing draft stock, is he the high school righty ready to break the stigma? We end the show talking a collection of top talents in Jesus Luzardo, Forrest Whitley, Mark Vientos, and Danny Jansen. It's another episode of the Razzball Prospect Podcast.

It's been a long two weeks. Gifts were purchased, wrapped, and un-wrapped. Traveling was done, and merry times were had by all. Unfortunately the by product of this joyous season is my co-host Lance Brozdowski is in high demand. As my better half traveled back to Chicago, I did what any philandering husband would do. I called my man Eddy Almaguer and we recorded a podcast behind Lance's back. It's all good though, Eddy's part of the PL Team, and just so happens to be our in house Yusei Kikuchi expert. So of course we dig into our expectations for the Japanese lefty in 2019, the best place to draft him in mixed league redraft, and where we might pluck him in a Dynasty First Year Player Draft. After that we talk some ETAs for 2019 (Alonso, Tatis, etc.), before diving into ten players squarely on our radar going into 2019 dynasty drafts. It's the Razzball Prospect Podcast powered by ProspectsLive.com.

The rumors were false, Lance did not leave to join the circus, he has returned and recommitted himself to the discipline of prospecting. Truthfully I kidnapped him and he's locked in my basement, forced to 13 hours a day of game logging. Strangely he enjoys it. Yeah, I know what the hell is wrong with me? Bizarre fantasy aside, Lance and I dive into the prospects in the "tentative" Robinson Cano deal, the Mariners burgeoning rebuild, and all the small deals taking place. We then hit on some sleepers we've uncovered during our Top 30 work with Prospects Live, and why these are names you need to know. It's the off-season but we're still churning content to help guide your dynasty teams. It's the Razzball Prospect Podcast powered by ProspectsLive.com. As always make sure you stop by Rotowear.com, and support our sponsor by picking up some of the freshest T-shirts out there.

On Saturday Night my phone rang, my cellphone obviously I'm not a dinosaur. I quickly looked at my screen noticing it was Lance. This was unusual because Lance usually texts me. I feared the worst, perhaps Lance was kidnapped by a street gang and held for ransom. Was he lost? Cold? Did he forget his Keys IN CONNECTICUT?!? I put aside my panic for a moment and decided to answer it. **Deep breath** "Hey Lance, what's up?" "WE HAVE EMILY COMING BACK THIS WEEK". Lance then hung up and immediately texted me the rundown of his day like a normal person. Phone calls are for weirdos. Long story short, Emily Waldon of The Athletic Detroit and The Athletic MLB, joins us to talk some Arizona Fall League, Tigers Prospects, and some recent interviews she did with AA catcher Jake Rogers and AA outfielder Daz Cameron. (Yes, that's Mike's son.) It's another episode of rapid fire minor league takes. I wouldn't go that far but we talk a lot of players. It's the Razzball Prospect Podcast powered by ProspectsLive.com. As always make sure you stop by Rotowear.com, and support our sponsor by picking up some of the freshest T-shirts out there.

This is the opening where I make a joke about Victor Victor Mesa having two first names. (Insert laughter here) (Backflip into awkward transition). Oh damn, I seemed to have forgot to fill in the blanks on my "Victor Victor themed" podcast opening template. Well, now that the cat is out of the bag, the Razzball Prospect Podcast powered by Prospects Live returns after a two week hiatus. This week on the podcast we talk the Marlins landing Victor Victor, his potential impact, and where we'd rank him in the Miami system (Pssst #1). Following some spirited Mesa talk, we dive triumphantly back into the 5X5 with 10 top performers from the first month of the Arizona Fall League. We wrap up the show with some discussion of the on-going Prospect 480 Mock, going through picks we liked and picks... well, we didn't like so much. It's another episode of the Razzball Prospect Podcast powered by ProspectsLive.com. As always make sure you stop by Rotowear.com, and support our sponsor by picking up some of the freshest T-shirts out there.

It's that funny space between the end of the minor league season, and the beginning of the Arizona Fall League on Tuesday. With limited information coming out of instructs (head over to Prospectslive.com to get those updates), Lance and I run through some of the story lines of the moment. In particular the Carter Stewart Grievance, and try to predict how much the young right-hander signed for. We then ask, "If you had to start a team (real life) with one hitter and one pitcher who would they be? Following that we jump into our biggest disappointments of 2018, where Lance and myself detail four players who let us down this season. As always make sure you stop by Rotowear.com, and support our sponsor by picking up some of the freshest T-shirts out there.

All the games have been played, the seasons have been wrapped up, players are at home or in their respective Instructional Camps, and all eyes are on MLB. That can only mean one thing; it's Superlatives SZN on the Razzball Prospect Podcast. We kick it off this week, with a quick look at our Projected Top 10 Prospects entering 2020. I'm not going to spoil it and list out the names, but it's a pretty talented group (obviously Ralph). We start the show off with a quick run through of the recently promoted players, congratulate the champions at all levels of the minors, and have a quick discussion of what makes a top organization. We round the show out by running through the LIDOM draft, and discuss some of the top names on The Island this Winter. As always make sure you stop by Rotowear.com, and support our sponsor by picking up some of the freshest T-shirts out there.

On this week's show we broke out of our normal setup to answer some of your questions. It’s a full episode from the mailbag, and we got some good ones. Everything from player development philosophy to which prospects rank the best for fantasy. We of course open the show with the latest victim of the Tommy John epidemic, Michael Kopech. Obviously Lance and I lament our recent loss, and ask where to rank him heading into the off-season. It’s another week of prospect banter from Broshitz! As always make sure you stop by Rotowear.com, and support our sponsor by picking up some of the freshest T-shirts out there.