Episode 147: Biggest Draft Busts, Thanksgiving Food Grades & More Mailbag Questions

Ben and Carlos throw the mailbag wide open and take a variety of listener questions ahead of Thanksgiving. The two put grades on Thanksgiving dishes and also spend plenty of time talking about prospects, scouting, baseball jargon, sleepers, potential position switches, draft busts, personal cheeseballs and more.

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Time Stamps:

• (0:00) Intro
• (3:00) Thanksgiving food grades
• (14:00) What do we mean by hitterish?
• (28:30) Biggest personal cheeseball hits?
• (35:00) Pitchers beyond the first round who could pop
• (43:00) Who has the best command in the 2026 class?
• (50:00) Is travel ball a scam? Has it been good or harmful?
• (1:00:00) Biggest draft busts?
• (1:12:50) Should Rainiel Rodriguez move off catcher?
• (1:14:30) Who are the top 2027 northeast arms to know?

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