In this episode of OTF, Jake and Rick highlight twenty players in Low-A and High-A who have had hot starts to the season. Rick utilizes his deep knowledge of the minor league player pool to identify some legit skill sets that back up the small sample successes.

To finish off the episode, Rick gives listeners a breakdown of a couple game she recently saw in person and provides a scouting report for a handful of popular players.

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Jake and Rick discuss a few news items from the baseball week and then dive into breakdowns of noteworthy season debuts for AAA pitchers.

Jake also goes in-depth on his process for evaluating the statcast data on Baseball Savant to analyze AAA pitching performances.

Jake and Rick spend the first third of the pod discussing the prospects who broke camp on MLB rosters. They break down two rapidly rising relievers who could be in the mix for save chances by the end of the season, along with a handful of impact hitters fighting for playing time.

For the rest of the pod, they discuss the college players who have surpassed and fallen short of expectations this season. Rick's pre-season 1.1 draft pick has struggled out of the gate, and a handful of players have solidified themselves in the top half of the first round of the July Amateur Draft. But one player has risen to the top of Rick's upcoming draft prospect rankings.