The Call Up | An MLB Prospect Podcast

Aram and Jack talk about Konnor Griffin's call up to the big leagues before highlighting Aram's breakout prospect picks for each American League team.

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Aram and Elijah break down the surprising pre-debut extensions of both Colt Emerson and Cooper Pratt before highlighting the rookie performers at the big league level out of the gate.

Intro: 0:00

Chase DeLauter: 0:30

Sal Stewart: 4:15

Kevin McGonigle: 7:40

Owen Caissie: 10:30

Munetaka Murakami: 12:45

Kazuma Okamoto: 15:15

JJ Wetherholt: 17:25

Carson Benge: 19:30

TJ Rumfield: 22:29

Tatsuya Imai Debut: 23:15

Parker Messick: 26:55

Didier Fuentes: 28:55

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Aram and Jack break down the top 15 prospects in baseball!

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Aram recaps the five Spring Breakout games he attended in three days, discussing the prospects who stood out the most before getting into some of the standouts in the Arizona games.

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Aram and Jack break down prospects No. 30-16 on Just Baseball's Top 100 prospect list.

Intro: 0:00

Jonah Tong: 4:55

Ryan Sloan: 11:27

Payton Tolle: 14:33

Zyhir Hope: 17:34

Kade Anderson: 20:17

Robby Snelling: 22:55

Rainiel Rodriguez: 25:34

Connelly Early: 28:32

Eli Willits: 34:29

Andrew Painter: 38:25

Chase DeLauter: 42:40

Thomas White: 45:38

Luis Pena: 49:01

Bryce Eldridge: 53:00

Walker Jenkins: 56:16

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Aram and Jack break down prospects No. 40-31 in Just Baseball's Top 100!

Intro: 0:00

Eduardo Quintero: 4:09

Franklin Arias: 7:51

Brody Hopkins: 13:20

Joe Mack: 18:20

Josue Briceno: 24:53

Vizual Edge: 29:33

Bryce Rainer: 33:42

Mike Sirota: 38:20

Dylan Beavers: 42:35

Sebastian Walcott: 48:11

Edward Florentino: 52:54

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Aram and Jack highlight the prospects who are showing out on the big stage of the World Baseball Classic or in Spring Training thus far.

Intro: 0:00

Dante Nori: 5:27

Andrew Fischer: 7:20

Owen Caissie: 11:03

Enrique Bradfield: 13:23

Travis Bazzana: 16:08

Gary Gill Hill: 19:08

Lucas Ramirez: 20:33

Najer Victor: 22:55

Sam Aldegheri: 25:03

Brennen Davis: 30:24

Vance Honeycutt: 34:07

Konnor Griffin: 37:19

Kevin McGonigle: 41:32

Jordan Lawlar: 44:51

Spencer Jones: 47:58

Cameron Cauley: 53:26

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Aram and Jack break down prospects 55-41 in Just Baseball's Top 100

Moises Ballesteros: 6:10

Jarlin Susana: 9:36

George Lombard Jr.: 12:58

Gage Jump: 16:07

Aiva Arquette: 20:30

Emmanuel Rodriguez: 23:28

Seth Hernandez: 26:24

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Owen Caissie: 31:58

Caleb Bonemer: 34:33

Travis Bazzana: 40:27

Jett Williams: 43:44

Ryan Waldschmidt: 46:35

AJ Ewing: 52:13

Alfredo Duno: 58:18

Josue De Paula: 1:04:20

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Aram and Jack break down prospects 70-56 on Just Baseball's Top 100 prospect list.

Intro: 0:00

Liam Doyle: 4:25

Luis Perales: 8:42

Carson Williams: 12:16

Travis Sykora: 18:00

George Klassen: 20:57

Noah Schultz: 23:41

Carlos Lagrange: 27:20

River Ryan: 29:55

Braden Montgomery: 34:12

Jojo Parker: 38:12

Ethan Holliday: 40:47

Jaxon Wiggins: 44:33

Josuar De Jesus: 48:13

Ralphy Velazquez: 51:28

Eduardo Tait: 55:31

Aram and Elijah walk through prospects 85 to 71 on Just Baseball's Top 100 list for 2026.

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Aram and Elijah break down Just Baseball's top 100 prospects, starting with players ranked 100 to 86.

Intro: 0:00

Ethan Salas (SDP): 6:32

Jimmy Crooks (STL): 10:04

Cam Caminiti (ATL): 13:22

Jurrangelo Cijntje (STL): 16:47

Kendry Chourio (KCR): 20:30

Arjun Nimmala (TOR): 22:46

Charlie Condon (COL): 25:22

Jacob Reimer (NYM): 29:46

Logan Henderson (MIL): 33:30

Bo Davison (SFG): 36:16

Alex Freeland (LAD): 39:01

Rhett Lowder (CIN): 41:48

Charlee Soto (MIN): 45:32

Jack Wenninger (NYM): 48:12

Juneiker Caceres (CLE): 52:00

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Just Baseball's Top 100 Prospects for 2026 is LIVE! Aram Leighton breaks down all of the biggest names in Minor League Baseball as we count it down from 100-1.

Intro: 0:00

100-91: 5:47

90-81: 8:56

80-71: 13:00

70-61: 16:51

60-51: 21:12

50-41: 28:22

40-31: 50:11

30-21: 1:09:57

20-11: 1:29:12

10-1: 1:48:10

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Aram and Jack break down the prospects lining the rosters of the countries participating in the World Baseball Classic next month!

Intro: 0:00

USA: 3:29

Australia: 6:51

Puerto Rico: 9:23

Canada: 12:47

Colombia: 19:46

Panama: 24:01

Netherlands: 26:55

Great Britain: 28:37

Italy: 32:35

Mexico: 38:42

Chinese Taipei: 44:55

Israel: 47:18

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Aram and Jack break down the Brendan Donovan trade return for the Cardinals and discuss how Ben Williamson fits in with the Rays before getting into the very unique Jordan Hicks trade to the White Sox that featured prospects going both ways.

Intro: 0:00

Sweeping Trade Thoughts: 5:10

Comp. B Picks: 11:51

Jurrangelo Cjintje: 14:12

Tai Peete: 19:19

Colton Ledbetter: 22:25

Ben Williamson: 25:08

David Sandlin: 30:36

Gage Ziehl: 35:15

Drew Romo/Bryan Ramos: 37:50

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Aram and Jack break down Just Baseball's Phillies top prospects for 2026.

Names to Watch: 5:53

Cody Bowker: 12:59

Sean Youngerman: 15:22

Cade Obermuller: 17:57

Griffin Burkholder: 20:38

Jean Cabrera: 24:14

Matthew Fisher: 27:18

Moises Chace: 30:41

Dante Nori: 35:54

Gabriel Rincones Jr.: 40:20

Francisco Renteria: 44:29

Gage Wood: 47:10

Aroon Escobar: 53:16

Justin Crawford: 56:40

Andrew Painter: 1:01:10

Aidan Miller: 1:05:55

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Aram and Elijah break down Just Baseball's FYPD Rankings. From Tatsuya Imai and Munetaka Murakami to Eli Willits and Ethan Holliday, check out how they stack up!

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Aram and Elijah break down the trade returns for the Brewers with Freddy Peralta and the Nationals with MacKenzie Gore. How did both teams fair and who stands out in both packages?

Freddy Peralta to Mets: 2:00

MacKenzie Gore to Rangers: 18:30

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Aram and Jack walk through Part Two of their intriguing seasons, this time breaking down the pitchers!

Intro: 0:00

Quinn Mathews: 5:06

Andrew Painter: 8:04

Hagen Smith/Noah Schultz: 10:53

Jake Bennett/Luis Perales: 17:00

Rhett Lowder: 21:18

Jamie Arnold: 24:50

Tyler Bremner: 27:22

Brody Brecht: 29:25

Alex Clemmey: 32:51

Ricky Tiedemann: 35:45

Charlee Soto: 39:42

Owen Murphy: 41:44

George Klassen: 44:04

Matt Wilkinson: 47:12

Caden Scarborough: 49:02

Cooper Hjerpe: 51:05

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Aram and Jack share the prospects whose upcoming seasons they are most intrigued by whether that is if they can bounce back, break out, or just provide more answers to the questions around them.

2:00 Intro

5:04 Quinn Mathews

7:53 Andrew Painter

10:54 Hagen Smith/Noah Schultz

16:58 Jake Bennett/Luis Perales

21:13 Rhett Lowder

24:52 Jamie Arnold

27:17 Tyler Bremner

29:28 Brody Brecht

32:52 Alex Clemmey

35:43 Ricky Tiedemann

39:32 Charlee Soto

41:36 Owen Murphy

43:57 George Klassen

47:05 Matt Wilkinson

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Aram and Elijah break down the Ryan Weathers trade to the Yankees from the perspective of both teams before breaking down each of the four prospects moved in the deal. In the second half of the episode, they highlight some top 100 prospects who could reasonably be trade candidates and what kind of deals would make sense for them to be included in.

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Aram and Jack break down Just Baseball's Top Prospect list for the Detroit Tigers in 2026. Headlined by the best 1-2 punch in the Minor Leagues, there's no shortage of bats in the Tigers farm system.

Intro: 0:00

Names to Watch: 2:34

Eduardo Valencia: 16:14

John Peck: 20:27

Andrew Sears: 22:40

Malachi Witherspoon: 25:11

Kelvis Salcedo: 28:08

Jake Miller: 31:50

Cris Rodriguez: 35:42

Max Anderson: 41:43

Hao-Yu Lee: 47:31

Thayron Liranzo: 53:22

Michael Oliveto: 58:04

Jordan Yost: 1:02:02

Josue Briceno: 1:04:56

Bryce Rainer: 1:09:17

Aram and Elijah break down the Edward Cabrera trade and what it means for the Cubs as well as the prospect return for the Marlins before revisiting Aram's 2025 breakout prospect picks and diving into why each may have been right or wrong.

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Aram and Jack break down the Tatsuya Imai signing before catching up on all of the prospects traded so far this season.

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Intro: 0:00

Tatsuya Imai: 2:06

Perales/Bennett Rehash: 15:59

Jacob Melton: 19:19

Anderson Brito: 25:15

Slater de Brun: 29:08

Caden Bodine: 31:27

Michael Forret: 37:21

Austin Overn: 41:03

Yhoiker Fajardo: 44:09

Blake Aita: 47:17

Yordan Rodriguez: 48:10

Ethan O'Donnell: 50:16

Adriano Marrero: 53:35

Yoniel Curet: 55:04

Tommy McCollum: 56:51<...

Aram and Elijah dive into the top 10 prospects on Just Baseball's 2021 Top 100 list.

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Aram and Jack work through picks 16-30 of the 2022 MLB Redraft that they started last week!

Intro: 0:00

Perales/Bennett: 1:41

CGC: 9:24

No. 16: 11:21

No. 17: 16:49

No. 18: 21:05

No. 19: 29:03

No. 20: 31:56

No. 21: 38:12

Vizual Edge: 39:44

No. 22: 42:17

No. 23: 46:06

No. 24: 48:24

No. 25: 51:02

No. 26: 53:00

No. 27: 54:48

No. 28: 57:15

No. 29: 59:52

No. 30: 1:02:38

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Aram and Jack try to reorder the wonky 2022 MLB Draft, which saw Jackson Holliday go No. 1 overall to the Baltimore Orioles.

Intro: 0:00

No. 1-5: 2:40

No. 6-10: 25:10

Vizual Edge: 44:05

No. 11-15: 46:20 

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Aram and Elijah dissect Aram's first ever top 100 prospect list from 2021 highlighting the good and the bad.

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Aram and Elijah recap the Rule 5 Draft, breaking down the 13 players selected.

RJ Petit (Rockies): 3:20

Jedixson Paez (White Sox): 8:39

Griff McGarry (Nationals): 14:02

Daniel Susac (Giants): 19:12

Carter Baumler (Rangers): 23:36

Ryan Watson (Red Sox): 27:30

Matt Pushard (Cardinals): 31:42

Roddery Munoz (Astros): 36:12

Peyton Pallette (Guardians): 41:51

Spencer Miles (Blue Jays): 50:18

Cade Winquest (Yankees): 57:50

Zach McCambley (Phillies): 1:02:40

Alexander Alberto (White Sox): 1:07:38

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Aram and Jack catch up on the prospects dealt over the last few weeks, including new Nationals catcher Harry Ford, Pirates outfielder Jhostynxon Garcia and Cardinals farmhand Brandon Clarke.

Intro: 0:00

Harry Ford: 7:30

Isaac Lyon: 16:50

Brandon Clarke: 17:41

Vizual Edge: 23:30

Jhostynxon Garcia: 26:33

Jesus Travieso: 31:30

Tyler Samaniego/Adonys Guzman: 34:46

Isaiah Jackson: 36:45

Payton Eeles: 39:25

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Aram and Jack walk through Just Baseball's updated Marlins top prospect list.

Intro: 0:00

Names to Watch: 4:41

Maximo Acosta: 29:58

Dillon Head: 32:11

Luis Cova: 36:24

Fenwick Trimble: 39:09

Andrew Salas: 42:17

Brandon Compton: 46:07

Cam Cannarella: 48:57

Kevin Defrank: 52:23

Karson Milbrandt: 55:18

Kemp Alderman: 1:00:39

Starlyn Caba: 1:04:57

Alva Arquette: 1:09:53

Robby Snelling: 1:14:11

Joe Mack: 1:17:11

Thomas White: 1:20:54

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Aram and Jack walk through the prospect that rose and fell the most on Just Baseball's 2025 Top 100 End of Season Update.

Players discussed (IN ORDER):

Nolan McLean/Trey Yesavage

Joe Mack/Robby Snelling

Luis Morales

Sal Stewart

Mike Sirota/Eduardo Quintero

Alfredo Duno

Ryan Waldschmidt

Dylan Beavers

Ethan Holliday

Carson Williams

Emmanuel Rodriguez

Jordan Lawlar

Jett Williams

Ethan Salas

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Aram and Elijah highlight the newcomers on Just Baseball's End of Season Top 100 Prospect update!

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Aram and Jack break down prospects 10 to 1 in Just Baseball's end of season top 100 prospect update!

Intro: 0:00

Max Clark: 5:08

JJ Wetherholt: 9:33

Samuel Basallo: 14:07

Leodalis De Vries: 21:08

Trey Yesavage: 29:29

Colt Emerson: 40:18

Jesus Made: 47:28

Nolan McLean: 53:25

Kevin McGonigle: 1:00:40

Konnor Griffin: 1:05:15

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Aram and Jack walk through Just Baseball's Top 100 Prospect End of Season Update, detailing prospects 20-11!

Intro: 0:00

Josue De Paula: 4:12

Zyhir Hope: 10:31

Thomas White: 20:59

Luis Pena: 26:40

Walker Jenkins: 31:09

Carson Benge: 40:06

Carter Jensen: 46:33

Sebastian Walcott: 50:38

Aidan Miller: 56:02

Bubba Chandler: 1:05:00

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Aram and Jack welcome in one of the best relievers in all of Minor League Baseball this past season in Orioles prospect Tyson Neighbors. The former Kansas State Wildcat details his crazy trade deadline, his back-and-forth journey with his elite slider, his football and bodybuilding background/genes, and much more!

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Aram and Elijah check in on the top hitting performers in the Arizona Fall League as we enter the home stretch!

Home Run Derby and Tony Blanco

Fall Stars Recap

Raudi Rodriguez

Esmerlyn Valdez 

Max Anderson and Kevin McGonigle

Seaver King

Sam Antonacci

Owen Ayers

Parks Harber

Luke Adams and Josh Adamczewski

Daniel Vazquez

Charlie Pagliarini 

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Aram and Jack discuss the updated Mets top prospect list which features one of the most loaded top 10s in baseball.

Intro: 0:00

Names to Watch: 3:02

Chris Suero: 15:12

Will Watson: 17:52

Mitch Voit: 21:10

Nick Morabito: 23:26

Elian Pena: 28:18

Jonathan Santucci: 32:23

Jack Wenninger: 36:35

Jacob Reimer: 39:41

Ryan Clifford: 42:08

Brandon Sproat: 46:13

Jett Williams: 49:55

AJ Ewing: 54:20

Jonah Tong: 1:00:31

Carson Benge: 1:04:20

Nolan McLean: 1:08:28

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Aram and Elijah are joined by the 10th overall pick of the White Sox in the 2025 MLB Draft, infielder Billy Carlson! Plenty on the docket for Billy, who was on one of the best high school teams in recent memory at Corona HS in Southern California.

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Aram and Jack break down the new A's Top Prospect rankings, live at justbaseball.com.

Intro: 0:00

Previous Top 15: 2:47

Names to Watch: 5:10

Gavin Turley: 9:10

Gunnar Hoglund: 10:08

Devin Taylor: 10:55

Kade Morris: 12:05

Wei-En Lin: 12:34

Joshua Kuroda-Grauer: 16:50

Henry Baez: 21:50

Ethos: 23:34

Steven Echavarria: 24:48

Mason Barnett: 28:45

Henry Bolte: 30:14

Braden Nett: 33:40

Jack Perkins: 37:21

Jamie Arnold: 40:46

Gage Jump: 41:47

Luis Morales: 43:31

Leo De Vries: 45:58