J.J. Cooper
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1 day ago |
baseballamerica.com | J.J. Cooper |Geoff Pontes |J. J. Cooper
Skip to content On this week’s Prospect Podcast, Geoff Pontes and J.J. Cooper are taking a deep dive into catching prospects. Currently, we have 13 catchers in the Baseball America Top 100. We try to figure out why we’re swimming in backstops, the challenges in evaluating catchers and who to keep an eye on. (0:00) Welcome(1:30) Why Is It Hard To Evaluate Catchers? (6:30) Are You Looking For A Hitter Or A Glove First?
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2 days ago |
baseballamerica.com | J.J. Cooper |J. J. Cooper
Three starts into his 2025 season, Davalillo has a 0.79 ERA. He’s allowed just three hits in 11.1 innings, and he’s striking out 43.2% of all batters he faces. But this isn’t a new development. Last year, Davalillo led the minors with a 1.88 ERA over 110 innings between Low-A Down East and High-A Hickory. In 37 appearances as a pro, he’s allowed four runs just once—an Aug. 4, 2023 two-inning start against the Dodgers in the Arizona Complex League. That’s the worst outing of his career.
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3 days ago |
baseballamerica.com | J.J. Cooper |J. J. Cooper
If anyone needed more evidence that Rays outfielder Chandler Simpson is the fastest baseball player in the game, he showed it again on Sunday. Two weeks after he managed to single on a ground ball hit straight to a first baseman in the minor leagues, Simpson singled on a ground ball hit to Yankees first baseman Paul Goldschmidt. This was a much more conventional play, though it was also one that required a bit of analysis by the official scorer.
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1 week ago |
baseballamerica.com | J.J. Cooper |J. J. Cooper
Diamond Baseball Holdings, the largest owner of MiLB clubs in the history of the minors, has added another team to its portfolio. DBH announced Thursday that it has reached an agreement to purchase the High-A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers from Third Base Ventures, an ownership group led by Craig Dickman, Rob Zerjav and Brad Raaths.
Breaking Down Seth Hernandez, Ethan Holliday & Other Potential Top 10 Picks | MLB Mock Draft Podcast
1 week ago |
baseballamerica.com | J.J. Cooper |Carlos Collazo |J. J. Cooper
Skip to content A month after our initial 2025 MLB mock draft, there’s been a lot to shuffle the board. BA draft expert Carlos Collazo and J.J. Cooper are back to discuss our latest 2.0 mock with looks at overall strengths and weakness, as well as in-depth breakdowns of the top 10 picks. (00:00) How the NHSI and everything else is shaping up the draft board.
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