A splash of J15 signings talk. How one can come to different conclusions, and a bevy of hypothetical trades bucking the consensus. The two are at it again ruminating on how to get an advantage on your dynasty opponents. 31:25 - Walker Jenkins for Max Clark or Emmanuel Rodriguez even better 43:30 - Druw Jones for Victor Berricoto+ 52:30 - Carson Williams for Jett Williams 1:02:23 - Luisangel Acuna for Darell Hernaiz 1:10:11 - Kyle Teel for Dalton Rushing?? 1:13:45 - Harry Ford for Ivan Herrera &a...
Jan 17, 2024•1 hr 36 min
The Four-Eyed Rook and Nate talk some first-year-player-draft-arm philosophies before dipping their toes into the murky waters of draft arms, talking over 20 prospect pitchers. The duo also takes some listener questions. 29:18 "Top 10" 31:05 Logan Evans 32:23 Kade Morris 35:57 Jaden Hamm 37:20 Chen-Wei Lin 39:48 "Top 10" 41:09 Alonzo Tredwell 42:29 Hurston Waldrep 48:28 Thomas White and Noble Meyer 51:35 Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Shota Imanaga 1:02:05 Blake Wolters 1:03:25 Jace Stoffel 104:56 Quinn...
Jan 10, 2024•1 hr 28 min
Rook VonRookster and Nate talk some draft philosophies before diving into 35 prospects available in First Year Player Drafts. Good, bad, ugly, unpopular, they don't care, they're talking their guys and throwing some shade on others....perhaps even each other's. 11:12 Jacob Gonzalez 12:38 Chase Davis 12:38 Jace Bohrofen 17:19 Wyatt Langford 20:18 Matthew Etzel 25:20 Joe Redfield 28:26 C.J. Kayfus 31:13 Yohandy Morales 35:00 Trevor Werner 40:49 Ethan O'Donnell 42:22 Charles McAdoo 42:41 Gino Groov...
Jan 05, 2024•1 hr 50 min
The Rookster and Nate finish off their division by division series with a bang (not), but kinda. The last mudfest of the year expounds on some of over 55 mentioned, lightly to completely not rostered prospects from the NL East 's farm systems. 7:49 Drake Baldwin 21:00 Luis De Avila 25:00 Jorge Bautista 36:04 Wen-Hui Pan 40:06 Samuel Aldegheri 44:23 Bryan Rincon 56:35 Anthony Maldonado 58:35 Ike Buxton 1:05:25 Pablo Aldonis 1:09:33 Andrew Alvarez 1:14:47 Maxwell Romero Jr. 1:33:10 Joander Suarez...
Dec 16, 2023•1 hr 44 min
The Rookie shocks the world, getting into another hitter who can't ride the rides. Nate surprises no one getting into small sample-size pitchers. They continue to sludge through the divisions, expounding on some of over 70 mentioned lightly to completely not rostered prospects from the AL East's farm systems. 7:48 Jose Colmenares 16:12 Tyrone Yulie 21:42 Jack Neely 25:45 Hayden Mullins 29:50 Isaac Coffey 34:24 Allan Castro 47:42 Rafael Lantigua 51:07 Ryan Jennings 53:06 Lazaro Estrada 1:02:07 Ca...
Dec 08, 2023•1 hr 41 min
Nate and Ru flip some scripts while continuing to make their way through the division by division grind, mentioning and expounding on some of over 60 lightly to completely not rostered prospects from the NL Central farm systems. Warning: Episode contains some smatterings of pretty boy arms bashing. 11:21 Grant Kipp 15:04 Brody McCullough 22:53 Pedro Ramirez 26:03 Luis Vazquez 30:18 Jacob Hurtubise 36:28 Hunter Parks 42:39 Ryan Cardona 48:12 Juan Baez 51:55 Isaac Collins 57:51 Quinton Low 1:00:18...
Dec 01, 2023•1 hr 50 min
Nate and The Rookie continue to sludge through their division by division mudfest, mentioning and expounding on some of over 65 lightly to completely not rostered prospects from the pleasantly surprising AL Central farm systems. 17:11 Mason Adams 19:51 Jacob Burke 20:59 Wilfred Veras 24:25 Brooks Baldwin 32:25 Jackson Humphries 38:14 Will Dion 45:20 Dayan Frias 48:32 C.J. Kayfus 52:24 Tyler Mattison 53:45 Brant Hurter 57:29 Josue Briceno 1:00:57 Luke Gold 1:14:35 DaShawn Keirsey 1:20:26 Felix Ar...
Nov 17, 2023•1 hr 43 min
Nate and The Rookie Matt mention or expound upon over 55 lightly to completely not rostered prospects from the NL West. 8:16 Braydon Fisher 10:46 Austin Gauthier 13:11 Yunior Garcia 17:01 Josue De Paula 24:04 Yilber Diaz 31:27 Christian Cerda 35:58 Caleb Roberts 38:55 Gavin Conticello 55:32 Victor Juarez 101:15 Ryan Ritter 107:19 Jimmy Herron 110:54 Marcos Castanon 114:37 Isaiah Lowe 118:23 Austin Krob 122:36 Victor Bericoto 124:46 Trenton Brooks 128:57 Nick Zwack 132:22 Trevor McDonald 135:58 K...
Nov 11, 2023•1 hr 41 min
Nate and Matt dive into their B-Side picks from the AL West. 5:54 Tyler Guilfoil 13:37 Jose Fleury 19:27 Carlos Espinosa 26:46 Jackson Loftin 29:17 Miguel Palma 36:20 Gustavo Campero 40:49 Jadiel Sanchez 45:22 Michael Darrell-Hicks 52:22 Brett Harris 55:45 Brennan Milone 58:01 Cooper Bowman 102:36 Joey Estes 107:32 James Gonzalez 112:55 Eduardo Rivera 122:23 Josh Hood 125:54 Leo Rivas 142:06 Chase Lee 145:05 Sandro Fabian 147:45 Marcos Torres...
Nov 01, 2023•1 hr 53 min
Nate and The Rookie get into another marathon of mud, this time partaking in their 2024 B-Side Pitcher draft. 13:45 Kai-Wei Teng 23:30 D.J. McCarty 31:05 Reid VanScoter 40:31 Tyler Schweitzer 47:33 Tyler Guilfoil 54:28 Jerming Rosario 101:54 Trey Dombroski 108:37 C.J. Culpepper 113:19 Pierson Ohl 122:00 Jarrod Cande 129:07 Mike Prosecky 135:33 Haminton Mendez
Oct 27, 2023•1 hr 41 min
After an unforeseen hiatus, the band’s bigger, better, and muddier than ever. Nate and The Rookie jump into some competitive 2024 B-Side’ing, comparing notes on hitters showing up during their 2023 video reviews. 15:33 Ryan Cermak 18:54 Austin Gauthier 22:43 Trevor Werner 27:40 Troy Johnston 32:36 Ethan O’Donnell 35:07 Drake Baldwin 39:12 Wilfredo Lara 41:51 Yoyner Fajardo 45:54 Alex Iadisernia 50:27 Matt Kroon 55:18 Diego Velasquez 1:00:56 Caleb Durbin 1:06:01 Ben Ross 1:09:29 Tirso Ornelas 1:1...
Oct 27, 2023•1 hr 44 min
Geoff joins Nate discussing some general baseball topics, like The Hall of Fame, quality of pitching in AA, dynasty speculation philosophies, identifying differences and similarities in the style of prospect they seek, 2023 B-Side selections Jaylen Nowlin, Miguel Ugueto, Edinson Batista, Brett Harris, Nick Zwack n others.
Mar 20, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Nate converts to mysticism prior to discussing the AL East's juicy B-Side history and 2023 selections. Players discussed include; Ceddanne Rafaela, Enmanual Valdez, Miguel Ugueto, Juan Daniel Encarnacion, Elio Prado, Creed Willems, Juan de los Santos, Leo Jimenez, Sebastian Espino, Robert Robertis, Michael Dominguez, Andres Chaparro, Tayler Aguilar, Josue Panacual, Osleivis Basabe, Brett Wisely, Edwin Barragan, Ben Peoples, Andre Lipcius n others.
Mar 13, 2023•49 min
Nate notices an odd coincidence amongst his most avid listeners prior to discussing the NL East's very up and mostly down B-Side history and 2023 selections. Players discussed include Diowill Burgos, Bennett Hostetler, Javier Sanoja, Luis Palacios, Vaughn Grissom, Ignacio Alvarez, Adam Maier, Marcus Lee Sang, Leandro Pineda, Noah Skirrow, Kevin Kendall, Junior Tilien, Jeffrey Colon, Israel Pineda, Pablo Aldonis n others.
Mar 06, 2023•50 min
Nate explains "backdoor savant" before going over the AL Central B-side history and 2023 choices. Players discussed include Luis Mieses, Jacob Burke, Kohl Simas, Jeferson Morales, Dalton Shuffield, Jaylen Nowlin, Adinso Reyes, Andre Lipcius, Justin-Henry Malloy, Manuel Sequera, Keider Montero, Jhonkensy Noel, Jose Tena, Christian Cairo, Aaron Davenport, Darryl Collins, Maikel Garcia, Diego Hernandez, n others.
Feb 28, 2023•57 min
Nate shares some personal run-ins with annoying folks and how it's like pitching speculation. Players discussed include Ivan Johnson, Alex McGarry, Julien Aguiar, Ernesto Martinez, Tayden Hall, Justin Jarvis, Patrick Romeri, Jeremy Rivas, Austin Love, Yohendrick Pinango, BJ Murray, Tyler Schlaffer, Dariel Lopez, Jase Bowen, Carlos Jimenez, n others.
Feb 21, 2023•59 min
Nate reluctantly shares some draft table thoughts before discussing his past and present B-Side selections from the AL West's organizations. Players discussed include Adam Mazur, Edgar Quero, Jadiel Sanchez, Ryan Costeiu, Jordan Diaz, Brett Harris, Euribiel Angeles, Darell Hernaiz, Jorge Juan, Milkar Perez, Robert Perez Jr., Spencer Packard, Juan Mercedes, Migual Aparicio, Ian Moller, Ryan Garcia, Kenedy Corona, Quincy Hamilton, Edinson Batista n others.
Feb 13, 2023•55 min
Nate discusses his past and present B-Side selections from the NL West's organizations. Players discussed include Jorge Barrosa, Roby Enriquez, Yilber Diaz, Ezequiel Tovar, Bladimir Restituyo, Case Williams, Yunior Garcia, Luis Valdez, Nerwilian Cedeno, Garrett Hawkins, Casey Schmitt, Nick Zwack, Ismael Munguia, Victor Bericoto, Brett Wisely, and more.
Feb 06, 2023•54 min
Nate introduces himself with the help of followers' questions, explains the origins of the show and shares some basic B-Side guidelines.
Jan 31, 2023•37 min
