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Director of Pro Scouting for Prospects Live, Rhys White joins Greg to discuss all the minor league assignments and what prospects he sees moving quickly and which prospects could be good buys in dynasty.
Episode includes:
Best high school teams of all time discussion
MLB/MiLB news
Prospects Live news
Prospects starting in MLB (Sasaki, Campbell, Crews, Jobe, J. Wilson)
Prospects starting in Triple-A (Anthony, Basallo, E. Rodriguez, Keaschall, Kurtz, Mathews, Dollander, Teel, E. Quero)
Prospects starting in Double-A (Walcott, Jenkins, Bazzana, Wetherholt, Caglianone, Salas, Prielipp)
Prospects starting in High-A (De Vries, Emerson, Hope, Clark, McGonigle, Burns, T. White, Nimmala, Lombard Jr. A. Smith)
Prospects starting in Single-A (Made, Celesten, Griffin, Sykora, Sloan)Prospects starting on the Complex (Rainer, Padilla, Morales) -
Ryan (@ppenayr), Chris (@notnotcknock) and Greg (@greghoogkamp) discuss the beginning of the MLB season and provide insight into how to manage your dynasty teams during the season. They get into what tools they use in-season, how they manage poor starts, when to buy and sell (and how to do it properly), how to manage FAAB and their farm systems.
Opening Day memories
MLB/MiLB news
Prospects Live news
Topic: How to manage your dynasty roster during the season.
Questions discussed:
Does your league size/format change your strategy?
What tools do you use during the season?
How do you balance being proactive vs being over-reactive?
What is important to look for at the start of the season?
How do you manage your FAAB during the season?
How do you manage your farm system during the season?
How do you know when to go for it, how do you know when you sell?
What are some best practices you use when going for it?
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Brian (@bswitzerII) and Greg (@greghoogkamp) talk about the players who you should be considering in your Open Universe drafts. They talk college (draft eligible and underclassmen) and high school pitchers and hitters, both who's rising and who's falling plus some strategy tips for making good selections in your drafts.
0:00-4:07 Would a March Madness style tournament work for Baseball?
4:08-15:12 MLB/MiLB news and notes
15:13-20:29 PLive Update
20:30-32:20 Open Universe Leagues - Draft eligible College Pitchers
32:21-46:16 - Open Universe Leagues - Draft eligible College Hitters
47:17-52:34 Underclassmen (Hitters/Pitchers)
52:34-1:02:20 High School Hitters/Pitchers
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Matt Thompson (@mdthomp_PLive) and Greg Hoogkamp (@greghoogkamp) chat about MLB the Show 25, the major news and notes in baseball and answer dynasty mailbag questions in this episode.
Topics include: our favorite spring performances for players that will start in the minors, whether to buy low on injured players, who is the next Kristian Campbell and will anyone approach Rickey Henderson's single season stolen base record. -
Join Greg (@greghoogkamp) and Drew (@drewisokay) as they talk shop about Relief Pitching. Get your overrated, underrated and sleeper relief pitchers for dynasty here including relief pitching prospects! Relief pitching is an underrated position in dynasty and having a solid strategy is key to winning.
Favorite Relief Pitchers
MLB News and Notes
Prospects Live News
State of Relief Pitching
Top 10 Relief Pitchers
Underrated/Overrated/Sleeper Relief Pitchers
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Join Greg (@greghoogkamp), Kyle (@sonny_108) and Ryan (@ppenanyr) as they dive into the starting pitcher position. They discuss the landscape and strategy for the position and highlight players to target, players to fade and prospects to watch. Check out the corresponding article that is 200 SP and 100 prospects deep on https://www.prospectslive.com.
Favorite SP of All Time
MLB/MiLB news and notes
Prospects Live news and notes
Starting Pitcher position overview
Starting Pitchers 1-15
Starting Pitchers 16-30
Underrated Starting Pitchers
Overrated Starting Pitchers
Sleeper Starting Pitcher Prospects
Starting Pitcher Prospects 1-10
Starting Pitcher Prospects 1-20
Underrated Starting Pitcher Prospects
Overrated Starting Pitcher Prospects
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Greg (@greghoogkamp) is joined by MLB Network Radio host Mike Ferrin (@mike_ferrin) to recap the offseason and look forward to the 2025 season. Mike highlights which transactions will move the needle and some players who he thinks will be impactful in their new roles/homes.
Mike's journey to becoming a radio host and play by play announcer
MLB News
What's going on with Prospects Live
NL East
NL Central
NL West
AL East
AL Central
AL West
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Join Greg (@greghoogkamp), Drew (@drewisokay) and Taylor (@dynastypickups) as they break down the position of Outfield for dynasty. It's star-studded and deep and you can any type of player you want from it. The boys talk about their favorite outfielder of all time, news around MLB and MiLB, Prospects Live and overrated, underrated and sleeper outfielders (MLB and MiLB). Check out the corresponding article that features the top 200 Dynasty OF and top 100 Prospect OF on our Patreon.
Favorite OF of all time
News around MLB/MiLB/NCAA
What's new with PLive?
State of Outfield in Dynasty
1-15 Discussion
16-30 Discussion
Underrated Outfielders
Overrated Outfielders
Sleeper Outfielders
1-10 Prospects Discussion
11-20 Prospects Discussion
Underrated Prospects
Overrated Prospects
Sleeper Prospects -
In his hosting debut, Dynasty Team member Tom Gates (@tagates99) chats with Dynasty Lead Greg Hoogkamp (@greghoogkamp) about Dynasty Shortstop. This is the gem of all the positions; you have many of the superstars residing at this position (Bobby, Elly, Gunnar and more!) plus the depth is very strong as well. There is also more talent coming from the minor leagues with some elite prospects knocking on the door. Stock your team full of these guys, you will not be disappointed!
Opening (Favorite SS of all time, MLB/MiLB news, PLive news
Shortstop overview/Top 10 Shortstop
Underrated/Overrated/Sleeper Dynasty Shortstop
Top 10 Shortstop Prospects
Underrated/Overrated/Sleeping Prospect Shortstop -
Our fourth dynasty positional preview is third base! Greg Hoogkamp (@greghoogkamp) is joined by fellow Dynasty team member Kyle Sonntag (sonny_108) to go over the Hot Corner. They cover some names from our top 10, some underrated, overrated and sleepers and also some prospects to buy, sell or stash away. The article version including our top 60 for Dynasty and top 30 prospects complete with sleepers is on our Patreon.
Topics discussed:
Favorite Third Basemen
MLB/MiLB news
What’s going on at PLive?
Third Base overview
Top 10 3B
Underrated 3B
Overrated 3B
Sleeper 3B
Top 10 3B Prospects
Overrated 3B prospects
Underrated 3B prospects
Sleeper Prospect
Overall thoughts/Closing -
Dynasty team lead Greg is joined by Ryan as they take a peek into the second base rankings and discuss some risers, fallers and some sleepers throughout the major leagues and minors.
They of course had to hit on some of the recent news around the world in major league baseball including Paul Skenes Debut Patch being pulled and Junior Caminero's monstrous homerun to bring home the winter league title. Also discussed some recent transactions and a brief chat about the recent non-roster invitees to Spring Training.
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In the second episode of Prospects Live positional series breakdowns, Tom (@tagates99) and Greg (@greghoogkamp) discuss the First Base position, it's depth, overrated and underrated players, sleepers and prospects. It's an important position to get production from and the top players can carry you when they are going good. There are some prospects that also demand your attention as well. Listen in for some good dynasty discussion.
Favorite First Basemen discussion
HOF inductions, Roki, Dodgers bullpen signings, Santander to Blue Jays
PLive updates (Top 1000, Trade Analyzer, Trade Match Tool, Dynasty Pickups Pod (J15 draft), FYPD ADP article, Organizational Top 20's (Guardians), Stadium Network shows (Cubs/White Sox)
First Base assessment, Top 10 Dynasty
Overrated, Underrated, Sleepers
Top 10 Prospects, Overrated, Underrated, Sleepers
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The minor leagues have had a lot of change take place in recent years and it has had an effect on the game both positively and negatively. Shrinking the number of teams and levels, rule changes and experiments and team development philosophies have all had a huge impact on the product at the major league level.
Greg (@greghoogkamp) talks with Matt (mdthomp_plive) and Geoff Pontes (@geoffpontesba) of Baseball America (and former PLive founder) talk about what has taken place and the implications for the game and for dynasty.
How Prospects Live came to be 6 years ago
Bob Ueker memories and Roki Sasaki update
News at PLive
State of the Minor Leagues
Outlining the changes (league structure, player pay, union, housing etc)Rule changes (pitch clock, shifting, bigger bases, pickoffs/stepoffs), three batter minimum, automatic runner, different baseballs, ABS Challenge system etcHow teams use their affiliates for developmentPitching developmentWhat does the future hold for the Minor Leagues (Diamond Baseball Holdings, MiLB CBA, MiLB Professional Development License)How should dynasty mangers use their minor league systems based on this discussion? -
Tom Gates (@tgates99) and Greg Hoogkamp (@greghoogkamp) discuss the catching position and how to maximize value. It's a risky position, but one that has improved immensely over the last few seasons. Listen here for our top 10 dynasty catchers and top ten catching prospects along with overrated, underrated and sleeper options.
Our favorite catchers of all time
Roki, Jeff Hoffman and other signings
PLive News
Catching position strategy/positional depth
Top 10 discussion
The next wave - young catchers on the cusp
Underrated catchers
Sleeper catcher
Top 10 catching prospects
Underrated catching prospect
Overrated catching prospects
Sleeper catching prospect
Final thoughts
First Base Preview next week! -
Greg (@greghoogkamp) is joined by special guest (and fellow Canadian) Thomas Nestico (@tjstats) to discuss advanced statistics and his assortment of analytical tools. Thomas gives you his background in baseball, why he started TJStats and his goals for the future. Make sure you subscribe to his work!
Origin of TJ Stats
Offseason moves/Blue Jays discussion
Prospects Live news and notes
Analytics Preamble
TJStats Tools
Most important data points for hitters and pitchers
MLB/MiLB trends
Bold pitcher predictions
TJStuff+
Players we changed our minds on
Deeper pitching prospects to watch/Roki
Goals for Thomas moving forward/Closing -
Tom Gates and Greg Hoogkamp talk about the recently completed major league portion of the Prospects Live Dynasty startup. In this episode they go over their strategy and how well they executed it, how they feel about their teams, trends in the draft and how they reacted to them and their feedback on picks they think could provide good value and picks they probably could have waited on.
Opening: Remembering Rickey Henderson
MLB/MiLB news (Tucker trade, Bellinger trade, Devin Williams trade and more)
PLive news
PLive Dynasty startup general conversation
First five rounds, strategy and execution discussion
Rounds 6-10, team balance and construction43:41...Draft trends and adjustments
How to value injured players/players coming off surgery
Picks we think can provide good value/picks we think we could have waited on
Favorite picks after Round 25
Final thoughts -
On this week’s episode, host Greg Hoogkamp (X/BS:@greghoogkamp) is joined by Rhys White (X:@rhysbwhite, BS:@rhyswhite) and Matt Thompson (X:@mdthomp_PLive, BS:@mdthomp24) to break down the winter meetings, including the rule 5 draft, draft lottery, as well as signings and trades.
Topics Discussed:
Draft Lottery - 8:55Rule 5 Draft - 13:55Prospects Live Updates - 16:18Free Agent Signings - 19:44Trades - 51:47
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Gather ‘round the Thanksgiving table with some of your favorite friends at Prospects Live to discuss two of the most important things going on – our new PLive Dynasty League with our patrons and our Thanksgiving Food Draft! Join host Drew Wheeler (@drewisokay), Dynasty Lead Greg Hoogkamp (@greghoogkamp), Tom Gates (@tagates99), Taylor Corso (@dynastypickups), and Pro Scouting Director Rhys White (@rhysbwhite) for a super-sized Thanksgiving special. Tuck in!
- Catching up with the crew
- Which non-tenders can be fantasy relevant?
- Breaking down the India/Singer trade
- PLive updates
- AD BREAK: 25:10
- Explaining the NEW Prospects Live Dynasty League construct
- Talking Top 10
- Our philosophies going in and breaking down our teams
- Praising other managers’ picks
- Praising other managers’ teams
- At (roughly) 50 minutes in, we kick off our Thanksgiving Food Draft – (this is an enormous, sprawling conversation which really is more like letting you, the listener, into our hangout sessions as a dynasty team) – we draft one main course, three sides, and a dessert.
Who’s Thanksgiving plate was best?! Let us know below!
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Greg is joined by Chris Knock, co-host of the Join the Ranks pod and senior writer for The Dynasty Guru. They discuss some recent news topics in this episode and how they relate to fantasy.
Topics discussed in this episode:
MLB Award SeasonJose Siri tradeRoki Sasaki sweepstakesJuan SotoAFL40-man decisionsOrioles and Rays stadium updatesPosition changesPlayers that may miss Opening DayIf you enjoyed the podcast, please if you're able, leave a 5-star review and spread the word. -
On this episode of the Prospects Live Dynasty podcast, host Greg Hoogkamp (@greghoogkamp) is joined by Yahoo Sports' senior MLB analyst and co-host of Cespedes Family BBQ (@CespedesBBQ) Jordan Shusterman (@j_shusterman_).
Jordan recounts the origin of Cespedes Family BBQ, and he and Greg go division by division to discuss which prospects will make an impact in 2025.
The Origin of Cespedes Family BBQ 1:15 Prospect Highlights and AFL Performances 7:56Prospects Live Updates 19:43Prospects to Watch in 2025 20:54 Challenges for Top Prospects Transitioning to MLB 22:19 AL East 28:44 AL Central 41:32 AL West 48:01NL East 54:42NL Central 1:02:45 NL West 1:07:08 - Mostrar mais
