Dylan stumps for Burns while Geoff argues for Misiorowski’s merits.

We also dive into some recent injury news and discuss a pair of names RoboScout thinks fantasy managers need to know.

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• (3:00) Jacob Misiorowski vs. Chase Burns
• (11:00) Corbin Carroll wrist injury
• (16:00) Chris Sale injury—is it time to sell?
• (23:00) Francisco Alvarez demoted
• (26:00) Adley Rutschman’s injury and lack of production the last few years
• (35:00) Gage Stanifer breakout
• (38:00) Esmerlyn Valdez—should we buy in?

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We begin with the AL East. Who has taken steps forward? Who’s backing up?

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• (00:00) We’re excited by the young pitching prospects reaching the majors
• (05:00) Chase Burns/Jacob Misiorowski talk
• (19:00) Baltimore Orioles farm system analysis
• (28:00) Boston Red Sox farm system analysis
• (38:40) New York Yankees farm system analysis
• (47:30) Tampa Bay Rays farm system analysis
• (55:00) Toronto Blue Jays farm system analysis
• (1:00:00) Geoff’s Prospect Soapbox: Blue Jays LHP Johnny King
• (1:03:30) JJ’s Prospect Soapbox: Orioles RHP Trey Gibson

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We also break down Reds top prospect Chase Burns making his MLB debut on Tuesday and discuss the latest whispers surrounding the top of the MLB Draft.

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• (0:50) Chase Burns set to make MLB debut on Tuesday
• (10:00) Orioles RHP Trey Gibson joins the show
• (23:30) Kade Anderson’s draft buzz for SP1
• (25:40) Gage Wood’s late rise up boards
• (27:15) Who the Rays might draft
• (28:45) Who the Marlins might draft
• (30:45) Draft buzz to know

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We also broke down our final Top 25 of the season and made way-too-early predictions for the 2026 national title.

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• (2:57) LSU’s incredible run
• (13:50) What made Coastal great? Is it sustainable?
• (27:28) Non-Omaha teams that impressed
• (38:01) Final Top 25 breakdown
• (44:30) Way-to-early 2026 national championship predictions

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We talk about standout players, what the event was like, what value teams get from it and get into the specifics of names like Brandon Compton, Quentin Young, Kayson Cunningham, Marcos Paz and others.

After that, Ben highlights a few players who could be rising on our Top 100 Prospects list, then gets further into the weeds on a handful of complex league standouts who are hot out of the gate.

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• (0:00) Carlos vs. Phoenix heat
• (6:00) Brandon Compton 
• (9:30) Quentin Young 
• (15:00) Kayson Cunningham
• (19:00) How much does the combine move the needle?
• (23:00) Marcos Paz
• (27:00) Pitch data importance
• (30:00) Joshua Flores
• (40:00) Quality of the combine in year five
• (50:00) Thoughts on athletic testing
• (57:00) Top 100 Risers
• (58:00) Travis Sykora
• (101:50) Zyhir Hope
• (1:05:00) Eduardo Quintero
• (1:10:00) Complex League Standouts

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Mendonca and the Bulldogs weren’t worried.

“As long as you click at the right time, you gotta get in, and we got in,” Mendonca said. “We had to win the WAC, and that’s what we did. We knew we had to take care of business.”

Once WAC conference games began, Mendonca and the Bulldogs got down to business. They swept through the conference tournament, earning a spot as an NCAA Tournament four-seed in the Long Beach State Regional.

Fresno stormed through regionals, then stunned No. 3 national seed Arizona State in super regionals to earn an unlikely berth in the College World Series.

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On the individual front, Mendonca entered Omaha jokingly chasing a dubious 20/100 milestone—20 home runs, 100 strikeouts. He’d fall short, finishing with 19 home runs and a Division 1 record 99 strikeouts, but was confident in his all-or-nothing approach, mainly because he backed it up with stellar defense.

“Hitting-wise, my philosophy was if I strike out, I better save a run on the field,” Mendonca said. “I knew if I did fail at the plate—which you fail way more times than you succeed—I would make it up in the field with a play or double play or something crazy … And if I got hold of one? Fielding would be a lot easier because the pressure is off.”

Fresno State was undoubtedly the College World Series Cinderella story that year in a field filled with stalwarts like Miami, Florida State and North Carolina. While Mendonca and his teammates enjoyed the bandwagon support from locals and fans of eliminated teams, they had the same championship goal as their competitors.

“We wanted to be a good story and win it all,” Mendonca said. “We all contributed in some kind of way.”

Powered by Mendonca, who hit four homers in Omaha and was named Most Outstanding Player, Fresno State pulled off a historic upset by defeating Georgia in the CWS finals. While improbable on the surface, their month-long run didn’t catch Mendonca or his teammates by surprise, as winning discipline was built into the core of their program.

“Discipline was huge, and we all had a job,” said Mendonca. “We were such a great, fundamentally sound team with not huge name players, but it worked out better for us, because we knew what our jobs were, and we stuck to it.”

Despite playing into June and enduring the pain of dislocated fingers in his right hand for weeks, when asked to play on the U.S. Collegiate National Team immediately upon leaving Omaha, Mendonca didn’t hesitate.

“There’s no better feeling than wearing a United States of America jersey on a field against another country,” Mendonca said. “I would never say no to an opportunity like that.”

As the star player on the biggest Cinderella story in college baseball history, it’s hard to imagine having a better season than Mendonca’s 2008, but he continued his momentum. In 2009, he cut down the strike outs, was a Golden Spikes Award semifinalist,and became the Rangers second-round draft choice.

He followed a similar formula to his time at Fresno—hitting home runs and playing strong defense—early in his MiLB run, reaching Double-A Frisco by his second full season. However, after a tough first season in Triple-A, an organizational shuffle stalled his momentum. Mendonca was selected by the Athletics in the MiLB portion of the Rule 5 Draft in December 2012 but was released early in the next minor league season without playing an official game.

Mendonca signed with the Phillies for the 2013 season in what would be his last chance at affiliated ball. By the end of 2013, he begrudgingly gave Indy Ball a chance.

“I was so bitter,” Mendonca said. “I thought I was above Indy Ball. But I am 100% wrong about that. I am so glad I played Independent Ball, it was so fun. I loved it, I kept playing until they told me I couldn’t.”

Mendonca played five seasons in Indy Ball before retiring. And while he never made it to the big leagues, he’ll forever be able to savor being the MOP of the only four-seed ever to win a College World Series. 

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• (00:00) J.J.’s back from a baseball vacation
• (03:15) The Blue Jays are better and deeper
• (09:00) The Tigers are rolling at every level
• (19:30) The Mets pitching development has made strides
• (24:30) It’s been bleak for a while for the Angels, but it’s getting worse
• (33:45) The best basestealer in the minors
• (37:00) The craziest hitting stat in MiLB
• (42:30) Geoff’s Prospect Soapbox is a Red Sox’s hitter
• (45:00) J.J.’s Prospect Soapbox is a look at at Tigers’ bounce back

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• (0:30) Initial reactions to the trade
• (7:45) Digging into the prospect return: James Tibbs & Jose Bello
• (13:15) Did the Red Sox get enough back in the deal?
• (17:50) Breaking down the trade from the Giants’ perspective
• (21:10) How Devers fits with SF
• (24:00) Will the Sox sign their prospect core long-term now?
• (25:15) Will Boston make another move this season?
• (27:00) Aidan Miller

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• (0:00) Ben’s 2026 scouting experience
• (6:00) Gio Rojas as a standout prep lefty
• (10:25) MacKenzie Gore & HS pitching timelines
• (19:30) Denton Lord, Noah Wilson, Malachi Washington
• (23:05) Cole Prosek
• (27:30) Standout 2027 names
• (38:30) Kaiden McCarthy
• (42:30) Big league promotions
• (45:00) Jacob Misiorowski
• (48:00) Kyle Teel
• (51:00) Kayson Cunningham
• (56:00) Jacob Wilson vs. Marek Houston
• (1:05:00) Christian Moore
• (1:08:00) MLB Combine talk

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We discuss the selection process, players moving up, challenging plates to place and a fun theoretical question about whether teams would prefer pick capital or bonus pool capital if they had the choice.

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• (4:00) Kade Anderson up top
• (6:30) The uncertainty of the mock
• (13:00) Ike Irish inside the top 10
• (17:00) Brendan Summerhill’s well rounded profile
• (19:30) JoJo Parker helium
• (24:00) Would you rather have pool money or pick capital?
• (34:30) Gage Wood and the next tier of college arms
• (38:00) Caden Bodine, Luke Stevenson vs. Jace LaViolette
• (46:30) Orioles draft strategy
• (48:00) Surprising picks or players left out?

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