Carlos and Peter are joined by Geoff Pontes to discuss Baseball America’s second staff draft of the 2024 season. The trio talk through each of their picks and give their thoughts on how the draft is shaping up as we near the end of the college baseball season.
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Time Stamps
(4:00) Top of the board
(6:00) Hagen Smith vs. Chase Burns
(13:00) How Trey Yesavage stacks up with the top arms
(15:00) A wide-open draft board after pick 11
(19:00) James Tibbs III trending up
(25:00) Slade Caldwell’s well-rounded profile
(28:00) Power bats with hit tool questions in the 20s
(33:00) A mini run of high school righthanders
(37:00) Ryan Waldschmidt a sleeper stud to know
(43:00) Tommy White not in the first?
(50:00) Closing thoughts on the draft, picks we liked, players we are surprised weren’t taken
