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Carlos Collazo @carlosacollazo.com · 1d

Future Projection Episode 143: How Did Teams Miss On Trey Yesavage?

w/ @benbadler.bsky.social

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Carlos Collazo @carlosacollazo.com · 3d

It's Draft Report Card Season.

Superlatives & Standouts from each club's 2025 draft class.

A longstanding BA tradition:

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2025 MLB Draft Report Cards For All 30 Teams

Baseball America's complete collection of 2025 MLB Draft report cards featuring rundowns of 11 key superlatives for all 30 teams.

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Carlos Collazo @carlosacollazo.com · 6d

I blame Canada.

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Carlos Collazo @carlosacollazo.com · 6d

I am now a believer in momentum. And y'all ruined it lol

Carlos Collazo @carlosacollazo.com · 6d

When did baseball get halftime shows?

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Carlos Collazo @carlosacollazo.com · 7d

My latest newsletter is out.

On Trey Yesavage going from first round steal to game one starter in the World Series, less than two years after being drafted. That, plus links to everything I've been working on.

You can follow along for free:

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Trey Yesavage Goes From First Round Steal To World Series Game 1 Starter

“He could have easily fit in the top 10 overall picks.”

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Carlos Collazo @carlosacollazo.com · 7d

We broke down our latest draft rankings update on the most recent BA draft pod:

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Breaking Down Our Updated 2026 MLB Draft Rankings

Podcast Episode · Baseball America · 10/24/2025 · 43m

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Carlos Collazo @carlosacollazo.com · 8d

Scouting Liam Peterson: Can Florida's Ace Cement His SP1 Draft Status?

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Scouting Liam Peterson: Can Florida's Ace Cement His SP1 Draft Status?

Liam Peterson enters the winter as the top arm in the 2026 MLB Draft class, but the gap between him and the field isn't large.

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Carlos Collazo @carlosacollazo.com · 8d

Episode 142 of Future Projection is out:

"Question Marks & Sleepers In The 2026 Draft Class."

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Episode 142: Question Marks & Sleepers In The 2026 Draft Class

Podcast Episode · Future Projection · 10/24/2025 · 1h 11m

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Carlos Collazo @carlosacollazo.com · 10d

As always, thanks to all of our BA insiders for allowing us to cover the draft year round. Couldn't do it without the support.

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Carlos Collazo @carlosacollazo.com · 10d

BA subscribers and see the details of this update's up/down movement here:

www.baseballamerica.com/stories/rise...

Risers, Fallers & New Additions To The October MLB Draft 2026 Rankings Update

Presenting a rundown key movers up, down, on and off the latest BA Top 100 draft rankings for 2026.

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Carlos Collazo @carlosacollazo.com · 10d

We've got a big update to the 2026 draft board today.

Folding in summer/fall performances and feedback from the industry after a ton of important events over the last few months.

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2026 Top MLB Draft Prospects

Baseball America presents an updated ranking of the top 100 prospects for the 2026 MLB Draft, led by UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky.

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Carlos Collazo @carlosacollazo.com · 14d

Yes, the Brewers got beat handily in that series but man they had an incredible season. The best team in baseball this year. And they've been one of the most well-run organizations in the game for a number of years now.

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Carlos Collazo @carlosacollazo.com · 15d

Episode 141 of Future Projection is out. @benbadler.bsky.social and I talked about Gold Glove finalists and the prospects who could become future gold glove winners... and plenty more!

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Episode 141: Gold Glove Finalists & Prospects With Gold Glove Potential

Podcast Episode · Future Projection · 10/17/2025 · 1h 50m

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Baseball America @baseballamerica.com · 17d

More details + scouting report on Brick: buff.ly/fk0niqJ

Top 2027 Catcher Will Brick Reclassifying For 2026 MLB Draft

A strong defender who had some of the best raw power in the 2027 class, Will Brick becomes another big name for the 2026 MLB Draft class.

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Baseball America @baseballamerica.com · 17d

The 2026 high school class just got stronger 👀

Will Brick, Baseball America’s No. 1 catcher for 2027, is reclassifying and will be eligible the 2026 MLB Draft.

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Carlos Collazo @carlosacollazo.com · 18d

Today at BA we have leaderboards for every org's Hit+ & Stuff+ metrics in the minors.

The Dodgers lead all teams in both. The D-backs rank 30th in Stuff+. The Braves rank 30th in Hit+.

Hitting ranks: www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2025...

Pitching: www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2025...

2025 MLB Farm System Statcast Hitting Rankings

Ranking how every MLB farm system performed across a variety of Statcast metrics throughout the 2025 season.

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Carlos Collazo @carlosacollazo.com · 21d

My latest newsletter came out today.

Just a quick one to catch you up with everything I've been working on since my last in August. You can read and follow for free to keep up with what I'm doing:

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A Mid October Roundup

A brief link-filled newsletter

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Carlos Collazo @carlosacollazo.com · 23d

Atlanta's farm is still heavy on pitching, and the system was among the minor league leaders in a number of categories in 2025.

@jjcoop36.bsky.social's article today shows how the org ranks quite well in young pitching production:

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Which MLB Farm Systems Got The Most Production From Young Prospects In 2025?

J.J. Cooper digs into an array of 2025 hitting and pitching data to see which orgs got the most out of young-for-level prospects this season.

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Carlos Collazo @carlosacollazo.com · 23d

The Braves have parted ways with director of pitching development Paul Davis. Davis has been with the Braves since 2020.

He led one of the most consistent pitching pipelines in the game, with names like Spencer Strider, Spencer Schwellenbach and AJ Smith-Shawver, among others.

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Carlos Collazo @carlosacollazo.com · 25d

If you only read one thing today, make it this piece:

JJ Cooper @jjcoop36.bsky.social · 25d

Among MLB SPs from 2008-2015 who threw 2 mph or more harder than league average when they debuted, 50% have thrown 1,000 or more MLB career innings.

Among those who who threw 1 mph or more softer than league average, that number was 15%.

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To Have A Lengthy MLB Career, Pitchers Need To Throw Hard

J.J. Cooper digs into years' worth of MLB pitching data to investigate the connection between throwing harder and career length.

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Carlos Collazo @carlosacollazo.com · 25d

Chatting 2026 draft, draft lottery and AFL kicking off on today's Hot Sheet show.

Come hang out at 3:30 p.m. ET:

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Roch Cholowsky & Grady Emerson headine loaded '26 draft; MLB draft odds as AFL begins | Hot Sheet

JJ Cooper, Carlos Collazo and Scott Braun unpack the “generational talent” atop the 2026 MLB Draft class. The class is more than just UCLA superstar Roch Cho...

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Carlos Collazo @carlosacollazo.com · 26d

@matteddyba.bsky.social also details Cal Raleigh's compelling case for Player of the Year in a historic season for a catcher:

www.baseballamerica.com/stories/cal-...

Cal Raleigh's Case For 2025 Player Of The Year

Matt Eddy digs into the MLB Player of the Year case for Cal Raleigh after an outstanding 2025 season.

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Carlos Collazo @carlosacollazo.com · 26d

Aaron Judge is showing offensive performance that we've rarely seen in baseball history. For continuing that in 2025, he's Baseball America's Major League Player of the Year. [

@matteddyba.bsky.social details his historic season:

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Aaron Judge: 2025 Major League Player Of The Year

Aaron Judge is BA's 2025 pick for Player of the Year after leading MLB in average, on-baseball percentage and slugging.

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Carlos Collazo @carlosacollazo.com · 28d

Thanks for the question. We tackled it in today’s episode!

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