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Episode 15, guest Jim Callis For those of you who regularly view The Baseball Show, you know how important Ralph Lifshitz is to us. Well, without our guest this week Jim Callis (@jimcallisMLB) of MLB Pipeline on MLB.com, there may not be a Prospect Jesus.Show Rundown Jim tells us all about his background, and how he got started (3:18); then discusses his thoughts on the new two-way player phenom (6:20); and how Francisco Mejia's bat will eventually find him a position (8:38); also what he would do if Shohei Ohtani were…

As the calendar has turned to March, we are suddenly seeing some trends in drafts this year. ADPs are starting to course-correct, and there is sufficient enough data to pick out a few players to target and a few players to avoid. Of course, these do change at the whims of the MLB faithful, as a few bad at-bats in spring or finally signing with a team can either increase or decrease a player’s value somewhat drastically. But as it stands right now, there are a handful of players that are draft targets for me in most of the…

We are pleased to welcome back to The Baseball Show Tim McLeod (@TimothyLMC) of Prospect361.com. His vast Fantasy Baseball experience is legendary, and we went over a bunch of topics sure to help your decision making. Tim explains why he thinks OF is thin and Pitching goes in bursts (7:05), his thoughts on Shohei Ohtani thus far (8:17), Spring Training stars Jason Kipnis, Scott Kingery, Steven Duggar, Matt Kemp, and Willy Adames (10:32), Positional camp battles like the White Sox bullpen, Anaheim’s 6 man rotation, Victor…

Last week I wrote about a handful of top prospects and where they were going in various drafts per their Fantrax ADP. I mostly limited that to the bigger names that are almost universally believed to see some Major League action at some point this season. Today, I’m going to continue that venture, but I’ll also try to look a little deeper to find some names that aren’t a lock to make an impact. If these names get called up and receive a decent amount of playing time, they could give you a huge boost at the end of your draft…

Only a few people in this world know the feeling of taking down the entire field in a Fantasy Baseball contest. Our guest this week, Rob Silver (@RobSilver) was the 2016 NFBC Main Champion (7:45). That achievement comes with a great deal of respect, and commands your attention in his thoughts on the upcoming #TGFBI (10:20), as well as Draft Strategy thoughts in general (11:50); the How and Why of having a Plan (17:25), does he label anyone as Must Have Pitchers for 2018 (19:20), does Logan Morrison move the needle (22:31),…