Episode 49: Game On Nate and The Rook discuss some takeaways from the early baseball season, both MLB and MiLB. Nate discusses some full-season debuts from young arms Bryan Balzer, Aiden Foeller, Wei-En Lin, Chase Burns, and Dylan Questad. The two also discuss the state of the future ace and some very early-season successes.
Nate and The Rook return to discuss likelihoods...how likely your FYPD is a scam and if the End Times are upon us. The duo also drafts out their 2025 B-Side selections and talk about some FYP targets.
Nate and The Rook resume their offseason series taking stabs at hardly rostered prospects they feel have a chance to gain popularity and dynasty utility in 2025. They share thoughts on 19 prospects (plus) from the AL Central. 2:30 Riley Gowens 7:55 Rikuu Nishida 13:20 Tim Elko 17:10 Jake Miller 21:07 Gabriel Reyes 26:54 John Peck 28:54 Carlos Mendoza 30:34 Guy Lipscomb 35:16 Ryan Cesarini 37:17 Aaron Davenport 40:58 Rafe Schlesinger 45:35 Ricardo Olivar 48:57 Carson McCusker 56:56 Ty Langenberg ...
Nate and The Rook resume their offseason series taking stabs at hardly rostered prospects they feel have a chance to gain popularity and dynasty utility in 2025. They share thoughts on 20 prospects (plus) from the AL East. 11:20 Angel Mateo 12:54 Connor Hujsak 16:26 Jose Urbina 20:17 Logan Workman 26:32 Connelly Early 31:56 Juan Valera 35:27 Nelly Taylor 36:50 Andy Lugo 39:50 Nestor German 48:44 Cameron Weston 55:08 Austin Overn 57:27 Aron Estrada 1:05:20 Colby Holcombe 1:08:23 Trenton Wallace 1...
Nate and The Rook resume their offseason series taking stabs at hardly rostered prospects they feel have a chance to gain popularity and dynasty utility in 2025. They share thoughts on 22 prospects (plus) from the NL Central. The two also throw on a different hat, discussing an out of this world news story. 11:00 Jose Escobar 16:20 Jonathon Long 22:36 Nico Zeglin 26: 44 Kenten Egbert and Juan Bello 32:12 Ian Petrutz 35:56 Matt Koperniak 41:05 Juan Salas 43:38 Darlin Saladin 46:03 Nelfy Ynfante 4...
Nate and The Rook continue their offseason series taking stabs at hardly rostered prospects they feel have a chance to gain popularity and dynasty utility in 2025. They share thoughts on 17 prospects (plus) from the NL West. 6:02 Tim Tawa 16:00 Jose Cabrera 22:54 Roman Angelo 27:44 Yujanyer Herrera 32:33 Blake Adams 36:34 GJ Hill 44:36 Lisbel Diaz 49:56 Sabin Ceballos 53:29 Jack Choate 57:04 Dylan Carmouche 1:00:23 Logan Wagner 1:07:35 Christian Zazueta 1:09:55 Chris Campos 1:17:54 Henry Baez 1:...
Nate and The Rook continue their offseason series taking stabs at hardly rostered prospects they feel have a chance to gain popularity and dynasty utility. They share thoughts on 19 prospects from the AL West. 2:39 Ryan Gusto 7:56 Ethan Pecko 14:45 Jeron Williams 19:15 Austin Deming 23:47 Samy Natera Jr. 28:32 Keythel Key 30:45 Tucker Flint 34:10 Eric Wagaman 37:50 Arturo "The Diesel" Disla 44:05 Cody Freeman 50:10 Jose Gonzalez 55:41 David Davalillo 101:15 Will Simpson 105:10 Nate Nankil 107: 5...
Nate and The Rook kickoff their second season together getting into their offseason series taking stabs at hardly rostered prospects they feel have a chance to gain popularity and dynasty utility. They share thoughts on 18 prospects from the NL East. 6:45 Lucas Braun 9:55 Davis Polo 14:48 Keyner Benitez 18:35 Jake Brooks 20:22 Wellington Aracena 22:58 Jack Wenninger 29:09 Luke Russo 32:51 Eiberson Castellano 36:07 Liam Sullivan 43:01 John Gil 47:30 Ethan Workinger 51:55 Ryan Ignaffo 55:27 Johnny...
Nate and The Rook cap off the 2024 Mudding season, tallying up the total and crowning this year's mudding champ. After selecting some B-Sides of the Year, the two get into a discussion on Brant Hurter and his unique MLB performance.
The Rook's good friend, and new Washington Huskies Pitching Coach, Connor Lambert comes on to talk ball. Connor joined the Washington program after an extremely successful run at the University of Portland which culminated in three Pilot pitchers being selected in the 2024 MLB draft; Sam Stuhr, Nick Brink, and Joey Gartrell. Connor shares some great insight into the arms he's worked with, his process, the new college recruiting landscape and other fun stuff. This is a good one!
Nate and The Rook talk some recent B-Sides called to the bigs before getting into just how good is Bo Davidson? Then the two embark on a thorough dive into all the prospects who've jumped two or more levels this season. Some of the players discussed are: Brant Hurter, Bo Davidson, Yamal Encarnacion, Otto Kemp, Phillip Glasser, Payton Eeles, Romeo Sanabria, Luis Merejo, K.C. Hunt, Kohl Drake, Anderson Brito, James White, Ethan Pecko, Wyatt Crowell, and Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang.
The Rook and Nate discuss some current consensus values, some players getting their attention of late, and revisit a preseason exercise, wondering how they may be feeling today about not buying into a few preseason Top 100 prospects. (There's also a tease for a big upcoming episode.)
Nate and The Rook are off their hiatus and back mudding around the minor leagues. Some players discussed: Demetrio Crisantes, Allan Castro, Devin Saltiban, Otto Kemp, Jared Dickey, Axel Plaz, Tirso Ornelas, Rosman Verdugo, Jadher Areinamo, Jairo Pomares, Victor Bericoto, Nick, Cimillo, Jack Brannigan, Peyton Williams, Ricardo Olivar, Brewer Hicklan, Nehomar Ochoa, Aron Estrada, Gustavo Campero, Franklin Arias, Engelth Urena, Kyle Karros, James Gonzalez, Kade Morris, Tyler Schweitzer, D.J. McCart...
Nate and The Rook embark on a system by system look at their offseason B-Side hitter selections and where they went right or wrong, which leads to a bigger conversation over where all the ascending bats have gone.
While The Rook is off frolicking on tennis courts, Nate helps listeners define "pretty boys" vs "b-sides" before sharing his findings while on a dig for the most improved lightly rostered pitching prospects. The customary run through of the past week's most picked up prospects and look ahead to this week's MiLB action follows. Javier Sanoja 5:35 Ryan Lobus 8:51 Spencer Giesting 12:30 Yujanyer Herrera 15:01 Dylan Cumming 16:30 Trevor Martin 19:55 Austin Peterson 22:10 Joseph Montalvo 24:58 Eibers...
Nate and The Rook do a mudding faux pas and talk their top 25 hitting and top 20 pitching prospects in the land. They barely survived the disgusting task. The Players discussed most extensively include: Adael Amador, Sean Sullivan, Harry Ford, Dylan Beavers, Caden Dana, Matt Shaw, Ricky Tiedemann, Noelvi Marte, Shane Baz, and Jasson Dominguez. Check out Nates write up on the top 20 pitching prospects at the Dynasty Dugout here: https://www.thedynastydugout.com/p/top-20-pitching-prospects-for-dyn...
Nate capitalizes on what may be his only chance to talk about the Rockies, aka the hottest team in baseball, which turns into a conversation on player development. The duo then discuss prospects they may be rekindling some interest in before covering prospects whose roster% is trending up and the usual look ahead to this week's MiLB action. Some players discussed include: Yohendrick Pinango, George Valera, Leandro Pineda, Drew Romo, Andres Chaparro, Andre Lipcius, Jeremy Rivas, Noah Miller, Aaro...
The duo peruse minor league leaderboards discussing players sticking out there and in their video reviews, good or bad. The Rook wonders if there's a surprising organization next in line as one of the games legit arm producers. Nate wonders if there's a top shelf defensive shortstop coming into his offense, and much more mud explored. Some players discussed include: Travis Bazzana, Logan Evans, Will Dion, Brett Harris, Anthony Maldonado, Chayce McDermott, Lyon Richardson, Carlos F. Rodriguez, Se...
Nate dives into a slew of Cardinal pitching prospects, The Rook gets temporarily booted off the show, they both share hitters getting up arrows in their books, observations from the MiLB week, rundown some trending dynasty adds, and take a look at the week ahead. Some of the players discussed include; Quinn Mathews, Juan Salas, Ixan Henderson, Chen-Wei Lin, Sem Robberse, Jordan Beck, Orelvis Martinez, Addison Barger, Carson Williams, Cole Fontenelle, Agustin Ramirez, Zac Veen, Jacob Wilson, Nath...
The Rook comes off the developmental list to get back to some mud as he and Nate talk about more observations from their B-Side looks, check in on some prospects trending in dynasty leagues, and take a look forward at this week's interesting minor league watches. Some players discussed include: Jackson Holliday, Gavin Conticello, Will Simpson, Henry Bolte, Brooks Baldwin, Edgar Quero, Luke Gold, Trevor Werner, Yoyner Fajardo, Mark Coley, Brant Hurter, Reid VanScoter, Carson Palmquist, Trystan Vr...
With The Rook out, Nate takes a stab at covering the first full week of MiLB action, sharing thoughts and observations of what he was taking in, including a twist in the Gavin Conticello appeal, some impressive season debuts by some B-Side arms, and much more, including a look at the week ahead and some trending prospects. Players talked about inculde: Gavin Conticello, Felix Arronde, Carlos Jimenez, Juan Flores, Allessandro Ercolani, Caden Dana, Mason Adams, Dayan Frias, Jackson Humphries, Kade...
Nate and Matt get into the season's first looks at all four full season levels of the minor leagues, sharing observations and thoughts on George Klassen, Jonah Tong, Yoander Suarez, Reid VanScoter, Owen Murphy, Jhonathan Diaz, Yariel Rodriguez, Joe Rock, Christian Scott, Jack Leiter, Logan Evans, Adam Maier, Rhett Lowder, James Gonzalez, Caleb Durbin, Brett Wisely, Jimmy Herron, Matt Kroon, AJ Vukovich, TJayy Walton, Agustin Ramirez, Alex Ramirez, Roderick Arias and plenty others. The two also t...
Nate and the Rook share some observations from the first weekend's MLB and Triple-A action and then preview the rest of the minor leagues, including the best broadcasts to watch and which rosters are shaping up to be the most interesting looks.
The Rookie and Nate compare notes on their looks at MLB's first try at 13 Spring Breakout games showcasing top prospects from their respective organizations.
Nate and The Rookie are joined by a guest long time listeners will appreciate. The crew takes some excellent questions from the Handy Dandies, getting into whether we should be excited about Ryan Weathers, as well as a several other topics. The Rookie shares some thoughts on pitch command inspired by Alex Chamberlain's recent dig on the subject. Thank you listeners!
Nate and The Rookie cover all things fringy this early MLB spring training; from their B-Side selections' early performances, to position battles, to rotation battles, and much more in a thorough meandering through the early spring mud.
Points league guru Beck joins the pair to talk about all things points leagues, discussing players category leagues just don't understand, on both the MLB and MiLB side of dynasty. Bonus: The Rook gets an education on Supper Clubs. (Format details promised during the show:) Beck Points league: SB = 3, rbi = .5, r/bb/hbp =1, TB = 1.25, SO = -.5, CS = -1.5 Power heavy SB = 6, H, R, RBI, HBP, 2B = 4, 3B =8, HR = 12, SO = -1, CS = -2 K-penalty heavy SB = 2, H= .1, 2B = 2, R/RBI/BB/1B = 1, 3B =3, HR ...
Nate and Da Rook share 10 unpopular MLB arms they're interested in moving forward, in a myraid of fantasy formats. They also share some findings looking at some starting pitching prospects' 2023 performance later in starts. 9:30 Steven Matz 17:10 Zack Thompson 24:33 J.T. Brubaker 28:32 Ryan Feltner 35:08 Wade Miley 40:16 Jhony Brito 45:49 Kutter Crawford 52:44 Cody Bradford 1:05:35 J.P. France 1:09:32 Ben Lively 1:14:00 Reid VanScoter and some other juicy prospect SP tidbits....
The two put on their big boy mudders and talk through twenty-some lightly drafted, lightly rostered in dynasty MLBers who juuust might have some nice fantasy return of investment and/or signs of more to come from them: 4:34 Jose Miranda 20:55 Joey Gallo 27:35 Enmanuel Valdez 36:11 Akil Baddoo 41:54 Casey Schmitt 50:23 Jack Suwinski 54:31 Jordan Diaz 1:01:08 Dominic Calzone 1:08:43 Alec Burleson 1:15:49 Kyle Lewis 1:18:46 Keston Hiura 1:24:42 Jake Meyers 1:28:52 Kyle Isbel 1:20:51 Tyler Gentry 1:...
Matias Von Rooker, Chris "Chaos" Clegg and Nate chat B-Side prospects and other things prospecting. Chaos adds some juicy insight on some of the duos' 2024 selections and tosses out a few of his own B-Sides while showing off his top-1000-dynasty-prospect-list mudders.
