Ben and Carlos talk about Jac Caglianone’s return to the mound in the 2025 season and how they view him as a two-way player moving forward, as well as why people should stop referencing Shohei Ohtani as a comp for him—or any other player.

After that the two continue their organizational overview series with the National League West, starting with a pair of strong farm systems with the Dodgers and Rockies, and then with a trio of more questionable groups with the Padres, D-Backs and Giants.

The two open up the listener mailbag at the end of the show with question that include: sleeper bats in the 2025 draft class, international signing tax implications, potential issues with international players coming to the states and how the nitty gritty of international signings happens.

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Time Stamps

• (0:01) Opening Banter
• (5:00) Jac Caglianone
• (14:00) NL West Overviews
• (14:30) Dodgers
• (17:30) Dalton Rushing
• (22:00) Zyhir Hope
• (28:00) Eduardo Quintero
• (30:00) Kellon Lindsey
• (32:00) Rockies
• (34:00) Chase Dollander
• (36:00) Charlie Condon
• (41:20) Adael Amador
• (43:00) Zac Veen & Robert Calaz
• (47:30) Padres
• (49:00) Don’t jump ship on Ethan Salas
• (52:00) Ethan Salas vs. Leo De Vries
• (55:00) Deeper Padres names
• (1:02:00) D-backs
• (1:05:30) Slade Caldwell
• (1:08:00) Adrian Del Castillo
• (1:12:00) Druw Jones
• (1:15:15) Giants
• (1:18:00) Dakota Jordan
• (1:21:00) Solid international moves for San Francisco
• (1:23:00) Carson Whisenhunt
• (1:25:00) Listener Mailbag

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Ben and Carlos talk about all things Roki Sasaki for the first ~30 minutes of today’s episode. How would we line up the pitching trio of Roki, Paul Skenes and Yoshinobu Yamamoto? What do we think about Sasaki’s pitch mix? He’s the best pitching prospect since… who? And how is Sasaki going to create chaos for the 2025 international signing class?

After that the two continue their organization overviews with the NL Central.

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Time Stamps

• (0:00) Opening Banter
• (1:50) Roki Sasaki convo begins
• (4:30) Sasaki vs. Paul Skenes and Yoshinobu Yamamoto
• (6:30) Sasaki’s arsenal
• (13:00) A pitching-heavy top 100 list
• (16:00) When will Sasaki sign?
• (23:00) What happens to the international players of the team Roki signs with?
• (28:30) Where do we want Sasaki to sign?
• (30:30) NL Central Org Overviews
• (33:30) Cubs
• (46:00) Reds
• (1:06:00) Brewers
• (1:24:00) Pirates vs. Cardinals

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Ben and Carlos talk about the Cesar Altagracia age fraud story and Ben gives more information about the state of the international mark as well as details of MLB’s expanded investigations into players falsifying ages.

After that, the two start their organization overview series, beginning with the National League East. With updated top 10s now live at Baseball America for each team in the division, Ben and Carlos talk through each team and try to get a feel for the state of the farm.

At the end of the show the two take listener questions with topics that include a power-armed 2026 college name to know, whether or not Billy Carlson will be a top-five pick next year and a question about 2024 Latin American signees with the best usable in-game power.

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Time Stamps

• (0:00) Opening banter
• (5:00) Cesar Altagracia story (link Ben’s in the show notes)
• (10:00) Is an international draft the answer?
• (19:00) NL East Org Overviews
• (21:00) Nationals
• (39:00) Phillies
• (57:00) Mets
• (1:12:00) Marlins
• (1:28:30) Braves
• (1:41:00) Listener Questions

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