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With Minor League Spring Training underway, Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff take a look at prospects in action at camp, and Jonathan checks in from Florida, where he talked to Detroit's dynamic prospect duo of Spencer Torkelson and Riley Greene and Toronto's 2018 first-round pick Jordan Groshans. They also discuss the details of MLB's proposed international draft and predict which players from the 2021 Draft class will reach the Majors first. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spring Training is getting going in full force and the Pipeline crew is all over it. Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff kick things off with what's happening in Florida, focusing on Jonathan's trip to Yankees camp. That includes a conversation with the Bombers' farm director, Kevin Reese. From there, the trio discussed prospects who have something to prove in 2022 before shifting gears and talking about college baseball and finishing, as always, with the Mailbag. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week’s MLB Pipeline Podcast, Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo dig into the opening weekend of college baseball action, starting with the MLB4 Tournament and extending to top performers such as Jacoby Berry of LSU and Hunter Barco of Florida. They then turn their sites to Minor League prospects and their gloves, discussing the annual All-Defense Team, before finishing up, as always, by answering your questions in the mailbag. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hall of Famer Andre Dawson joins the show, as Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff preview the college baseball season and the weekend's MLB4 and Andre Dawson Classic tournaments, which help kick off the '22 campaign, with the latter celebrating Black History Month by showcasing seven Historically Black College and Universities (HBCUs) and their baseball programs. Dawson discusses his time at Florida A&M, being drafted from an HBCU and the honor of having the tournament named after him Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time for a draft on the latest Pipeline Podcast, as Jim Callis, Sam Dykstra and Jonathan Mayo choose 10-man lineups of prospects set to arrive in the Majors in 2023 or later. There's a trade involving the No. 1 overall pick and the 2022 Draft winds up producing more selections than any individual team. Along with host Jason Ratliff, the guys also discuss what the very top of the Top 100 Prospects list might look like at the end of this season and take a listener mailbag question concerning Phillies right-hander Mick Abel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff turn the latest edition of the Pipeline Podcast over to their listeners in an all-mailbag edition. Among the questions they ponder: Who will rank as the top prospects in the game in 2023 and 2024? Who are some of the more exciting big-league debuts on tap for 2022? What's going on with the explosion of young catching talent? And much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Tuesday's announcement of David Ortiz being voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, Jim Callis, Jason Ratliff and Jonathan Mayo look back at what Ortiz was like as a prospect and young player. That effort was aided by talking to Nationals senior advisor Dave Jauss, who was a Red Sox advance scout and advocated for Boston to sign Ortiz after the Twins released him. Then the trio went back to looking at the future, looking at prospects we'll be talking about in 2024 as well as the top hitter and pitcher for the 2023 Draft class who will be playing in the PDP League this summer before finishing with your questions in the Mailbag. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the wake of the international signing period opening on Saturday, Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff welcome Jesse Sanchez to the podcast. MLB.com's international prospects guru, Sanchez discusses the top players in this year's crop and the challenges of scouting them during the pandemic. Phillies international scouting director Sal Agostinelli joins the gang to discuss the story behind signing All-Star catcher Carlos Ruiz, and then Jesse answers listener questions in an extended mailbag segment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the opening of the 2021-22 international signing period on the horizon, Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff discuss some of the top prospects available in this year's class and talk to Cubs vice president of international scouting Louis Eljaua. They also take a look at several teams' top international prospects, including the Yankees' Jasson Dominguez, Miami's Eury Perez, Philadelphia's Johan Rojas and Cincinnati's Elly De La Cruz. Even this week's Mailbag question has an international flavor, as a listener wants to know about Oscar Colas, owner of the nickname "the Cuban Ohtani." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the first Pipeline Podcast of 2022, Jim Callis, Sam Dykstra and Jason Ratliff take a look at the year ahead with a wide range of predictions, including World Series winner, Rookies of the Year, No. 1 overall Draft pick and top farm system at season's end. They also discuss some intriguing big-league debuts on the horizon, note some prospects poised for bounce back years and ponder a question from a listener who wants to know what the Brewers would have to give up to acquire Matt Olson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices