The Heat Check Prospect Podcast: Most Underrated Prospects for 2024

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The Heat Check Prospect Podcast: Most Underrated Prospects for 2024

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Mar 21, 2024

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Smith and Nathan are back with another season of the Heatc Check, and they've assembled members of the BP Prospect Team to draft their most underrated prospects going into the 2024 minor league season.

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Mar 21, 2024

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Flags Fly Forever, Episode 208: Sooth Sayre-ing: On this week's episode, Mike Gianella and Jon Hegglund are joined by Baseball Prospectus President and former host Bret Sayre. They go in depth about his championship season in Tout Wars. by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network
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For All You Kids Out There, Episode 188: "The Winter of Mixed Drinks": In Episode 188 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett chat about the Mets managerial search, the roster flexibility to sign Anthony Rendon, and what exactly is going on with the baseballs in the playoffs. by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network
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Flags Fly Forever, Episode 209: Raising (prospects in) Arizona: On this week's episode, Mike Gianella and Jon Hegglund are joined Wilson Karaman of the Baseball Prospectus Prospect Team. Wilson was out at First Pitch and the Arizona Fall League, so we asked him a whole bunch of questions about that. He also... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network
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There Is No Offseason, Ep. 2.8: We Don't Have Sweet Tea: Mark and J.P. are back! They discuss their playoff regrets, their biggest dynasty blunder of the year, and listeners' questions. J.P. thinks about selling high on the best reliever in the game, while Mark brings back an old favorite to hug him a... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network
70 min listen
Five and Dive, Episode 2: "Is he a peanut-sized peanut or a man-sized peanut?": In Episode 2, Bradford William Davis and Craig Goldstein tackle five more (mostly) baseball topics. 1. One Weird Trick to piss of the Boston media, as the Red Sox and Rangers get in a dust up over a dropped foul ball. 2. The Merry Go-Round is in... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network
58 min listen
Five and Dive, Episode 5: "How does it always come back to Joe Kelly?": In Episode 5, Emma and Craig tackle five more (mostly) baseball topics. 1. Between Two Craigs: Craig should probably jut hire a therapist for his Joe Kelly feelings, but we'll debrief here instead. 2. Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln: It could be... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network
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Five and Dive, Episode 6: "Justice for Michael Young": In Episode 6, Bradford and Craig tackle five more (mostly) baseball topics 1. About Last Night: It's been some long October nights for our co-hosts, but they have had enough coffee to jump at least as high as Carlos Correa. 2. Party Like it's... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network
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Three-Quarters Delivery, Episode 3: #process: Jeffrey and Nick have a late night chat about the evaluation process, the player development process, and trusting the process. We suggest your favorite amaro or cognac for this one, a nice sipper in your slippers. by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network
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For All You Kids Out There, Episode 186: "I don't care to belong to any club that will have me as a manager": We will eventually get around to wrapping up the 2019 Mets season, but for now we have to put a bow on Mickey Callaway's tenure as Mets manager. by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network
21 min listen
There Is No Offseason, Ep. 2.11: The Asdrúbal Cabrera of Podcasting: Mark Barry returns from his worldly travels to join J.P. Breen for this episode of TINO. The fellas think about whether Kris Bryant's grievance could mean that teams stop messing around with service time for top prospects. They talk about the majesty... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network
75 min listen
There Is No Offseason, Ep. 2.10: I Make That Lamb Money: The podcast has finally come full circle, as ex-TINOer Ben Carsley joins BP Fantasy Editor, J.P. Breen, to sub in while Mark is on vacation. The fellas reflect on Yu Darvish telling a random Twitter troll to eat fried chicken until he dies. They think... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network
61 min listen
There Is No Offseason, Ep. 2.17: May Your Lindor Trades Never Happen: Mark Barry and J.P. Breen try to make some sense of what's been a wild baseball offseason thus far. Is Gavin Lux really available in trade deals, and is he the best young dynasty second baseman? How does Mark feel about the Kluber trade? The fellas... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network
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Three-Quarters Delivery, Episode 6: So you wanna be a prospect writer...: This is maybe a prospect list introduction. It's definitely a contemplation on an artist working within a rigid hierarchy he has no say in. It's also about how damn amazing and infuriating Sam Miller is. It's some other weird stuff too. We will maybe... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network
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For All You Kids Out There, Episode 189: "The Scorpion and the Frog": In Episode 189 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett break down the current state of the Mets managerial search, and look towards potential free agent targets in the offseason (don't get too excited). In the second half of the show, we... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network
136 min listen

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The Heat Check Prospect Podcast: Most Underrated Prospects for 2024

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