The State Of The 2024 First Round + Cape Cod League Standouts

Baseball America

Carlos and Peter hop on the show to talk through some of the early Cape Cod League standouts that Peter has seen so far this summer and break down the state of the 2024 draft class now that we’re less than two weeks from draft day. The two also talk about the chaotic nature of college baseball in the middle of transfer portal season, talk about NIL implications on the sport, talk through draft strategy ideas and then finish the show with some talk about college catching and shortstop profiles in the class.

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Time Stamps

• (2:00) shifting focus to the Cape and transfer portal
• (4:00) transfer portal chaos
• (10:00) NIL costs and comparing to slots
• (14:00) Austin Overn
• (17:00) Donovan Zsak
• (19:00) Connor Wietgrefe
• (20:00) Merritt Beeker
• (22:00) Jon Jon Gazdar
• (24:30) Cody Bowker
• (26:00) Nick Dumesnil
• (28:00) Quality of the 2025 college class
• (31:00) state of the top of the class
• (33:00) Cleveland’s favorite up top
• (36:00) pivot points of the draft
• (40:00) where the catchers are going
• (45:00) dicey SS profiles in the college class

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