After a long break, The Rook and Nate catch up talking college summer leagues, the death of quality starts, a couple All B-Side Teams, and glorious news from space.

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
58:34 Adrian Bohorquez
1:01:00 Felix Arronde
1:01:58 Evan Sisk
1:03:10 John Rave
1:05:05 Spencer Nivens

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
1:09:14 R.J. Schreck
1:16:40 Aaron Parker
1:22:25 Trent Sellers
1:26:35 Ben Shields
1:38:54 Jesus Rodriguez
1:40:41 Roc Riggio 

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
49:36 Nick Cimillo
53:59 Axiel Plaz
59:54 Carlson Reed
1:02:07 Dominic Perachi
1:07:07 Jose Montero
1:10:11 Nestor Lorant
1:14:18 Esmith Pineda
1:16:12 Ethan O'Donnell
1:18:17 Chad Patrick
1:25:40 Tate Kuehner
1:28:50 Ernesto Martinez Jr.
1:32:00 Jadher Areinamo

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
1:22:47 Omar Cruz
1:27:39 Romeo Sanabria
1:30:05 Brendan Durfee 

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: 53 Will Johnston
1:13:00 Victor Labrada
1:18:30 Austin St. Laurent
1:22:13 Brandyn Garcia
1:25:26 Juan Mercedes

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 Olmstead
57:24 Eli Serrano III
1:00:41 Christopher Suero
1:05:40 Otto Kemp
1:13:19 Rafael Ramirez Jr.
1:16:13 Phillip Glasser

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. McCarty, Michael Morales, Isaiah Lowe, Nick Sinacola, Ryan Gusto, Chris Campos, Joey Gartrell, Sam Stuhr, Nick Brink, and a little serving of pretty boy MLB draft talk.

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
Eiberson Castellano 26:50
Jacob Steinmetz 29:40
Garrett Burhann 31:06
Robinson Pina 33:05
Walter Pennington 35:47

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-dynasty-nate-handy

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, Aaron Davenport, Deyvison De Los Santos, Niko Kavadas, Juan Daniel Encarnacion, Will Johnston, and Zebby Matthews.

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, Sem Robberse, Christian Scott, Jaden Hamm, Austin Peterson, Gary Gill Hill, Sean Sullivan, Yujanyer Herrera, Jonah Tong, Matt Wilkinson, Jairo Iriarte, Wilfred Veras, Yilber Diaz, Winston Santos, Joander Suarez, Jarrod Cande, Cesar Prieto, Juan Baez, TJayy Walton, Colt Emerson, Jace Avina, Ariel Almonte, Emmanuel Rodriguez, Cole Carrigg, Ryan Ward, Charles McAdoo, Jake DeLeo, Noah Miller and others

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, Nathan Church, Jalen Vasquez, Omar Martinez, Jace Avina, Alex Mooney, Eduarqui Fernandez, Ben Williamson, Jaison Chourio, Jesus Lopez, Andy Perez, Andderson Rojas, Rayne Doncon, A.J. Blubaugh, Gary Gill Hill, Matt Wilkinson, Emmett Olson and others.