Future Projection: Scouting & Player Development Lessons To Learn From LCS Teams
Image credit: Cleveland Guardians (Photo by Lauren Leigh Bacho/Getty Images)
This week on Future Projection, Ben Badler and Carlos Collazo discuss the four teams left standing this postseason and think through the scouting and player development lessons that can be learned from them.
The two talk about Cleveland’s ability to identify and develop domestic pitchers to build one of the best bullpens in the game, how the Dodgers’ investments on and off the field have led to sustained success and the strong up-the-middle position player core that the Yankees have developed before using the Mets as an example of why you need to be patient with international prospects.
Other topics include postseason pitching strategy, Austin Wells going from catching question mark to defensive standout, the tremendous offense from Mark Vientos and a listener question about international prospects from whom Ben expects big things in 2025.
Time Stamps
- (2:30) Where are the starters?
- (6:00) Financials of the final four teams
- (10:30) The Guardians
- (25:10) Cleveland’s still-strong farm
- (27:00) The Dodgers
- (33:00) LA’s reputation for player development
- (39:00) The Yankees
- (42:00) Austin Wells’ defensive transformation—or misevaluation?
- (53:00) The Mets
- (54:00) Being patient with international prospects
- (1:02:20) David Stearns’ impact
- (1:07:30) An international listener question
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