Futures Focus

Future Focus is back for 2023 with Alex Sanchez (@Alex_W_Sanchez) to discuss the NL West Top 50 prospects by organization. This episode features special guests, Dodgers correspondent Nate Eckert (@GQ__82) and Rockies correspondent Brian Fonseca (@100percent3G). The group discusses the prospect risers and fallers in the division and who you should target in your dynasty leagues. Bring on the new season! Spring Training is right around the corner! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/prospects1500/support

Alex Sanchez (@Alex_W_Sanchez) and David Gasper (@dgasper24) get together one last time for the 2022 season to recap the entire year. They look back at their predictions to begin the year and go over the best rookies for the 2022 season. Thank you for the great 2022 season. Futures Focus will be back soon, and in the meantime, look for a new Prospects1500 podcast (or two) to get us through the fall and winter. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/prospects1500/support

Winding down the summer of 2022, Alex Sanchez (@Alex_W_Sanchez) and David Gasper (@dgasper24) are joined by special guest, Lindsay Crosby (@CrosbyBaseball, from @LockedOnFarm) to compare MLB Pipeline's preseason Top 100 Prospects list to its current iteration. The three analyze patterns to predict who is ready to become the next Jackson Chourio or Elly De La Cruz. Enjoy!  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/prospects1500/support

It was a wild trade deadline, with top prospects being moved all over the place. Alex Sanchez (@Alex_W_Sanchez) and David Gasper (@dgasper24) are joined by Nate Eckert (@GQ__82) to break it all down and hand out their official grades. Plus, Nate discusses his experience at the recent 2022 MLB Draft in Los Angeles, which he was able to attend in person. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/prospects1500/support

In Part 2 of our special All-Star Weekend experience episode, Alex Sanchez (@Alex_W_Sanchez) and David Gasper (@dgasper24) welcome back our Draft guru Shaun Kernahan (@ShaunKernahan) to discuss the recent amateur draft and what it means for dynasty leagues. The three talk about the big names, the fallers, and the hidden gems that you need to know about now! Enjoy this one and thanks for listening. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/prospects1500/support

Futures Focus is back with a huge two part episode! First, Alex Sanchez (@Alex_W_Sanchez) and David Gasper (@dgasper24) are joined by special guest Gail Verderico (@1baseball_gail) to discuss the game as well as the experiences of Alex and Gail who held media passes for the event. They share the inside scoop of all the big names and give you information that you won't find anywhere else. Enjoy!  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/prospects1500/support

Alex Sanchez (@Alex_W_Sanchez) and David Gasper (@dgasper24) are joined by Pat Doherty Jr. (@TheRealNaClown) to discuss his fascinating Production Score metric for ranking prospects. The trio discusses what the metric measures, how to use it, and what we can learn from using it. This episode is definitely one for all of you deep dynasty league players! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/prospects1500/support

Alex Sanchez (@Alex_W_Sanchez) and David Gasper (@dgasper24) reveal their awards for the quarter mark of the season. The duo discusses best power performance, best strikeout artist, and much more. Join Futures Focus on the prospects red carpet!  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/prospects1500/support

Alex Sanchez (@Alex_W_Sanchez) welcomes back David Gasper (@dgasper24) to discuss and share their thoughts on the next wave of top prospects. The two compile their top 10 players in Double-A or lower minor league levels. They also discuss some of the recent MLB call-ups and demotions over the last week. Enjoy the show and thanks for supporting Prospects1500. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/prospects1500/support

May 4 is not only Star Wars Day, it's Bowman release day! On this week's podcast, Max Arterburn (@MaxArterburn) joins Alex Sanchez (@Alex_W_Sanchez) to discuss the release of the highly anticipated baseball card release, 2022 Bowman Baseball. Max gives his thoughts on players in the product to chase, #thehobby in general, and what we can expect moving forward. Max dropped his 3-part Bowman checklist preview series on Prospects1500. Each part looks at a number of players included in this new 2022 top-prospect-heavy product. Part 1 - AL prospects with 1st Bowman cards Part 2 - NL prospects with 1st Bowman cards Part 3 - Prospects with 1st Bowman autograph only cards Hit Max up on Twitter if you have any questions regarding Bowman or #thehobby. Enjoy the show. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/prospects1500/support

Alex Sanchez (@Alex_W_Sanchez) is joined by Andrew Rhodes (@A_Rhodes77) to discuss the hot and cold starts from some of the biggest prospects as well as some lesser-known players that have exploded for the start of 2022. Alex also gives his account of his "At The Ballpark" experience at a recent minor league game between the Lake Elsinore Storm (Padres) and the Visalia Rawhide (D-Backs). Thanks to our friends at Fantrax for sponsoring Futures Focus. Don't forget to enter the Fantrax Gameday Experience. You can join a league for FREE at fantrax.com/prospects1500. Enjoy the show!  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/prospects1500/support

Alex Sanchez (@Alex_W_Sanchez) and David Gasper (@dgasper24) get crazy with their predictions for 2022 and tell you the future in regards to prospects, awards and World Series matchups! Happy Opening Day everyone!  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/prospects1500/support

Alex Sanchez (@Alex_W_Sanchez) and David Gasper (@dgasper24) are back discussing the prospects that are making a splash in Spring Training as well as their analysis on the Prospects1500's "Beat the Staff" Prospect Challenge 50-round draft. Lastly, the two discuss the beginnings of Alex's team in the Highlander Dynasty Invitational. Enjoy the show! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/prospects1500/support

Scott Greene (@Scotty_Ballgame) joins Alex Sanchez (@Alex_W_Sanchez) and David Gasper (@dgasper24) to discuss all the trades that recently took place, specifically the ones in which prospects were on the move. Scott also gives some insight on his recent Spring Training trip to Florida and discusses some Yankees and Orioles prospects. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/prospects1500/support

With MLB lockout officially over, Alex Sanchez (@Alex_W_Sanchez) and David Gasper (@dgasper24) celebrate by taking a look at the Prospects1500 listeners/followers "Beat the Staff" Prospects Challenge draft, currently taking place on Fantrax. The two compare the results to the Prospects1500 Top 210 Prospects aggregate list to see who has seen their value increase and who is falling. Special shout out to all of the participants in the 16-team Prospects Challenge! The 8 listeners/followers are: @Johndod63224960 @maxxprospects @robbielarew @DownontheFarm8 @kevseva @bennetrou @stevelenger @notnotcknock The 8 Prospects1500 staff participating are: @Alex_W_Sanchez @dgasper24 @gregbracken07 @ShaunKernahan @GatorSosa @GQ__82 @MKelley_ND @Scotty_Ballgame --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/prospects1500/support

Just days away from the February 28th deadline the owners & players set to reach a deal so the 2022 MLB regular season isn't delayed, Alex Sanchez (@Alex_W_Sanchez) and David Gasper (@dgasper) give their thoughts on how some of the top prospects will perform in the majors (hopefully) for 2022, including Bobby Witt, Julio Rodriguez and Reid Detmers. In the second half of the episode, the two try and predict who might enter top 100 lists for 2023. Our Prospects1500 Overall Top 210 prospects can be seen on the website. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/prospects1500/support

Prospect1500's MLB Draft guru Shaun Kernahan (@ShaunKernahan) joins Alex Sanchez (@Alex_W_Sanchez) and David Gasper (@dgasper24) to discuss everything you need know about the 2022 First Year Player Draft eligibles. The trio goes over their top choices in a mini mock draft to shed some light on who to target in your FYPD drafts this year. Thanks to Fantrax for sponsoring this episode of Futures Focus. Sign up FREE at fantrax.com/prospects1500 and be eligible to win a Wander Franco signed jersey. Also, let us know if you'd like to participate in one of our two "Beat the Staff" listener/follower leagues. We'll have one 15-team NFBC-style 50-round redraft league, and a 16-team Prospect Challenge. Email us at prospects1500@gmail.com or tweet us @Prospects1500 and let us know which league you'd like to be a part of. We'll be selecting people to play in each league against some Prospects1500 staff.. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/prospects1500/support

Alex Sanchez (@Alex_W_Sanchez) and David Gasper (@dgasper24) get back to their normal banter as they dive into the Prospects1500 aggregate organization rankings. The site recently ranked all 30 farm systems from #30 all the way down to #1. The two discuss differences, outliers and disparities throughout the list and give their reasoning behind it all. You can find the 2022 Farm System rankings on Prospects1500.com. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/prospects1500/support

It's our final installment (Part 6) of the 2022 team Top 50 prospects analysis series. Alex Sanchez (@Alex_W_Sanchez) is joined by Nate Eckert (@GQ__82) and Doug Otto (@hdouglasotto) to discuss the underrated and overrated NL West. Check out all this year's new Top 50 lists on www.prospects1500.com. Enjoy the show!  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/prospects1500/support

In this huge episode, Alex Sanchez (@Alex_W_Sanchez) is joined by nearly the entire Prospects1500 AL East team of correspondents, including Ben Wilson (@TBDubbs11), Jake Wiener (@GatorSosa), Paul Woodin (@PaulWoodin1), and Eric Garfield (@Eric_Birdland). The group discusses what easily could be the best division for prospects in all of baseball. Enjoy the show! We'll have our final look at this year's Top 50s with the NL West in the next episode of Futures Focus. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/prospects1500/support