Future Projection: Jac Caglianone’s Return To The Mound & NL West Organization Overviews
Image credit: Jac Caglianone (Photo by Bill Mitchell)
On this week’s Future Projection, Ben Badler and Carlos Collazo talk about Jac Caglianone’s return to the mound in the 2025 season. They discuss how they view him as a two-way player moving forward, as well as why people should stop referencing Shohei Ohtani as a comp for him—or any other player.
After that, Ben and Carlos continue their organizational overview series with the National League West, starting with a pair of strong farm systems with the Dodgers and Rockies, followed by a trio of more questionable groups with the Padres, Diamondbacks and Giants.
Later, they open up the listener mailbag at the end of the show with questions that include: sleeper bats in the 2025 draft class, international signing tax implications, potential issues with international players coming to the states and how the nitty gritty of international signings happens.
Time Stamps
- (0:01) Opening Banter
- (5:00) Jac Caglianone
- (14:00) NL West Overviews
- (14:30) Dodgers
- (17:30) Dalton Rushing
- (22:00) Zyhir Hope
- (28:00) Eduardo Quintero
- (30:00) Kellon Lindsey
- (32:00) Rockies
- (34:00) Chase Dollander
- (36:00) Charlie Condon
- (41:20) Adael Amador
- (43:00) Zac Veen & Robert Calaz
- (47:30) Padres
- (49:00) Don’t jump ship on Ethan Salas
- (52:00) Ethan Salas vs. Leo De Vries
- (55:00) Deeper Padres names
- (1:02:00) D-backs
- (1:05:30) Slade Caldwell
- (1:08:00) Adrian Del Castillo
- (1:12:00) Druw Jones
- (1:15:15) Giants
- (1:18:00) Dakota Jordan
- (1:21:00) Solid international moves for San Francisco
- (1:23:00) Carson Whisenhunt
- (1:25:00) Listener Mailbag
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