The Show Before the Show

Sam calls in from Indianapolis to chat with Ben and Tyler about his visit to see top pitching prospect Paul Skenes. Also, Ben talks with Wichita general manager Matt Hamilton about the club’s new Chili Buns alternate identity, and Josh plays another round of Ghosts of the Minors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erie president Greg Coleman details the team ring after last year's title, Ben previews road trips and Sam and Tyler talk Jackson Holliday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy second Opening Day! Ben, Sam and Tyler are joined by Kelsie Heneghan and Josh Jackson for a second draft around Double-A, High-A and Single-A teams. Also, Ben looks ahead to next week’s eclipse, Sam details early prospect assignments and members of the MLB Pipeline and MiLB.com crew explain why they’re excited for the 2024 season ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To celebrate the start of the Minor League season, Ben, Sam and Tyler build their own Triple-A franchises using categories like main identities, ballparks and mascots. Also, Sam and Tyler discuss notable prospects opening the season at the Minors’ top level, and Josh puts in the work in Ghosts of the Minors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emma Tiedemann, Jesse Scaglion and their baby daughter Lucy join the podcast to share stories of working as a growing Portland Sea Dogs family. Also, the group looks at coming Double-A promotions for 2024 and recaps the best Spring Breakout performances. Josh fortifies the episode with the latest edition of Ghosts of the Minors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nationals No. 3 prospect Brady House checks in from Spring Training. Also, Sam previews this week’s Spring Breakout series, Ben looks at Triple-A promotions and Josh takes a swing at the latest edition of Ghosts of the Minors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rays No. 4 prospect Xavier Isaac chats with Sam about his first full season, second Spring Training and sleeper status in the 2022 Draft. Also, Ben and Tyler discuss Spokane’s King Carl campaign, Sam has the details on the Spring Breakout roster reveal and Josh glues together the latest edition of Ghosts of the Minor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben, Sam and Tyler look at alternate identities for Winston-Salem and Great Lakes and take a certain left bovine turn into summer collegiate ball too. Also, Winston-Salem GM Brian DeAngelis gives more details on his club’s Tobacco Beetles look, and Sam and Tyler chat about early prospect performance in Spring Training. Finally, Josh revisits Babylon in Ghosts of the Minors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp promo director David Ratz discusses his club’s upcoming jersey featuring famous characters and images in the public domain. Also, Ben, Sam and Tyler talk about the role of speed in today’s game, and Josh brings the fire in Ghosts of the Minors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bowling Green general manager Kyle Wolz chats with Ben about his club’s new Cavemen alternate identity. Also, Sam and Tyler look at Spring Training prospects to watch, and Josh goes bust in Ghosts of the Minors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MLB.com's Michael Clair shares the story of Hudson Valley's connection with Bhutan baseball, and Reading's Jake Starr talks ballpark updates with Ben, Sam and Tyler. Also, Josh opens a box o’ joe in the latest edition of Ghosts of the Minors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sam and Tyler discuss MLB Pipeline’s updated Top 100 prospect ranking, Ben looks at the King Cakes identity coming to Biloxi in 2024 and the gang interviews MiLB logo designer Ryan Foose of Fooser Studios, who was involved in the Jersey Diners branding. Also, Josh brings a spark to Ghosts of the Minors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben, Sam and Tyler chat about Somerset’s new Jersey Diners identity and look back at the Minor League careers of the 2024 Hall of Fame Class. Also, Sam breaks down MLB Pipeline’s Top 10 shortstop and outfielder rankings, former Princeton GM Jim Holland discusses his book “My Fortunate Detour” and Josh yammers on in Ghosts of the Minors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nationals prospect DJ Herz talks about his trade from the Cubs, 40-man roster spot and Vulcan changeup. Also, Ben, Sam and Tyler look at new food identities and Top 10 prospect lists, and Josh glows in the latest edition of Ghosts of the Minors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cardinals prospect Masyn Winn talks about making The Show, and Ben, Sam and Tyler look at Double-A Mississippi’s move to Columbus, Georgia. The gang also discusses National Bobblehead Day, and Josh wiggles his way through the latest edition of Ghosts of the Minors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben, Sam and Tyler provide their New Year’s resolutions and goals for the 2024 season ahead in Minor League Baseball and get some help from MLB Pipeline/MiLB.com colleagues and podcast listeners alike. Also, Josh wipes the slate clean in Ghosts of the Minors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben, Sam and Tyler each present their five favorite Minor League or baseball-related things from the 2023 season and dive into the pop-culture world in this year-end podcast. Also, Josh hollers about the latest Ghosts of the Minors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben, Sam and Tyler talk about the new Spring Breakout series coming in 2024 and the Oklahoma City Baseball Club identity revealed this week. Also, Akron merchandise manager Luke Trese discusses the anniversary of the flooding of the RubberDucks team store and the club’s apparel comeback. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week’s episode, Ben shares the new look of the Northwest Arkansas Naturals, and Sam and Tyler chat about Winter Meetings moves, including Juan Soto’s trade to the Yankees and the Rule 5 Draft. Also, Braves No. 14 prospect David McCabe stops by to talk about his first full season and the Arizona Fall League, and Josh cleans up in Ghosts of the Minors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eastern League Home Clubhouse Attendant of the Year Jon Weinberg takes us behind the scenes of the Bowie Baysox and the successful Baltimore Orioles farm system. Also, Ben shares the story of how Italian chef Alessandro Buccino ended up working at the ballpark in Lehigh Valley, Sam and Tyler preview the Winter Meetings and Josh takes a hike through history in Ghosts of the Minors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben, Sam and Tyler interview each other about their pasts, presents and futures on a Thanksgiving episode of the Minor League podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Veteran design artist Dan Simon discusses his work on the Rome Emperors rebrand, and much more. Ben runs down other new looks and dishes on concessions from his Southern ballpark trip, and Josh looks back at a particularly slick team for Ghosts of the Minors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greensboro general manager Tim Vangel discusses the club’s updated logo set for the 2024 season. Also, the gang reairs an interview with Rangers rookie and World Series champion Evan Carter, and Josh looks back at a legend of consistency in Ghosts of the Minors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Columbia broadcaster John Kocsis Jr. discusses his book “Play-by-Play from the Minors: Profiles of Baseball Broadcasters from Scranton to Yakima,” Tyler and Ben look at the end of title droughts and Josh spreads his wings in another Ghosts of the Minors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Red Sox prospect Corey Rosier talks to Sam from the Arizona Fall League about his two trades and his progress in 2023. Also, Ben shares stories from a recent trip to Triple-A Columbus, the gang looks at the MLB postseason and Josh is in the tank for another edition of Ghosts of the Minors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No. 11 Padres prospect Graham Pauley chats with Sam about his early time in the Arizona Fall League and his breakout 2023 season in the San Diego system. Also, Ben talks about his Indianapolis visit, the group discusses the MLB postseason and Josh lays gloomy stonework in Ghosts of the Minors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sam and Tyler draft teams made of Arizona Fall League starts from the 2023 season, taking one player from each position, a right-handed pitcher, a left-handed pitcher and a DH. Also, Ben looks back at his visit to Louisville and discusses this year’s winning alternate identity from the MiLB Awards Show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben, Sam and Tyler preview the first-ever MiLB Awards Show, coming to MLB Network on Monday, Oct. 2. The guys also chat about the new Minor League Baseball logo coming for 2024 and the remaining Minor League postseason series. Later, Josh delivers another colorful edition of Ghosts of the Minors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben chats about a Mike Veeck documentary, Tyler and Sam look at new champions and Biloxi manager Mike Guerrero speaks about a loaded roster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Palm Beach GM Andrew Seymour chats about his club's intrastadium Florida State League postseason series with Jupiter. Also, Sam and Tyler look at top High-A and Single-A performers, Ben recaps visits to Bowling Green and Louisville and Josh starts a discourse in Ghosts of the Minors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben is on the road for his final road trip of 2023 with early stops in Nashvile and Bowling Green, and he interviews Hot Rods assistant general manager Ashlee Wilson on this week’s episode. Also, Tyler and Sam talk September callups, and Josh makes a household name out of a Minor Leaguer of yore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nationals top prospect Dylan Crews chats about his insane 2023 calendar year, the national title game with LSU and the start of his career in the Washington system. Also, Ben shares stories from Montgomery and Lehigh Valley, and Josh drinks in another edition of Ghosts of the Minors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brooklyn Cyclones assistant general Billy Harner shares details of the club's incredibly famous Seinfeld Night promotion, which took place last Saturday in Coney Island. Also, Tyler and Sam look at the Double-A promotions of Paul Skenes, Dylan Crews and Ethan Salas, and Josh lays the foundation of the latest edition of Ghosts of the Minors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

RailRiders voice Adam Marco talks to Ben about being a Minor League Kerouac, and Tyler reviews Home Run Derby X in Hartford. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lake County blind broadcaster Allan Wylie and Captains director of broadcasting Cole Liggett join the podcast to discuss Allan’s time in the booth. Also, Ben recaps his recent road trip through New York and Pennsylvania, and Sam breaks down the new MLB Pipeline Top 100 prospects ranking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marvel director of themed entertainment Brian Crosby talks about this year’s Defenders of the Diamond designs. Also, Tyler and Sam chat about the Trade Deadline, Ben checks in from the road in Binghamton and Josh brings the buzz in Ghosts of the Minors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sam and Kelsie bring interviews from the MLB Pipeline Game of the Month in Nashville, including one on the art of the callup with Sounds manager Rick Sweet. Also, The Other Boys of Summer director Lauren Meyer talks to the show about her Negro Leagues documentary, and Josh presents a seasoned edition of Ghosts of the Minors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Buffalo GM Anthony Sprague joins the podcast to talk about the Bisons’ upcoming bobblehead of superfan Mark Aichinger. Also, Sam and Tyler preview the Trade Deadline, Ben details the odyssey of Kaleb Bowman and Josh spins a colorful yarn in Ghosts of the Minors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rochester GM Dan Mason talks to the podcast about the Red Wings’ Intentional Walk fundraiser. Also, Ben recaps his trip to Biloxi, Tyler and Sam break down the 2023 Draft and Josh ascends to the peak of Ghosts of the Minors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben chats with Birmingham broadcasting legend Curt Bloom, and Sam and Tyler draft Futures Game rosters ahead of Saturday's showcase. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

USA Baseball 18U National Team manager Michael Cuddyer talks to Sam from PDP League play, and Ben reviews the first half of the MiLB season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Negro Southern League Museum deputy director Frank Adams Jr. talks to Ben during his trip to Birmingham, Tyler and Sam preview the updated MLB Pipeline Top 100 prospect ranking and Josh proves his mettle in Ghosts of the Minors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ten Minor League broadcasters share their favorite calls from over the years and take listeners behind the scenes. Also, Ben previews his trip to the South, and Josh is up to his usual antics in Ghosts of the Minors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s a week for explosions on the podcast. First, Ben talks about his longform piece on the Eugene Exploding Whales and presents an interview with reporter Paul Linnman who covered the 1970 event that inspired the promotion. Later, Sam and Tyler discuss Elly De La Cruz’s loud arrival in the Major Leagues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TinCaps VP of marketing Michael Limmer talks about the club's upcoming night honoring local All-American Girls Professional Baseball League club, the Fort Wayne Daisies. Also, Ben, Sam and Tyler review viral promotion Walt Whitman Night for Lake County and look at some of the big recent prospect promotions involving Marcelo Mayer, James Wood and teenager Ethan Salas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben tells the story of Tacoma journeyman Mike Ford, and Sam shares what he learned from his trip to Louisville. Also the gang revisits an interview on Cider Donuts ahead of Ben’s return to Hudson Valley, and Josh strikes out on his own in Ghosts of the Minors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Triple-A Louisville catcher Chuckie Robinson talks to Sam about his hot start, 2022 Major League debut and the effect the ABS system has on his defensive work. Also, Ben shares more tales from the northwest, and Josh blusters through another edition of Ghosts of the Minors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben brings stories from his first road trip of the season to the Pacific Northwest along with interviews with D-backs prospects Dylan Ray and Conor Grammes. Also, Sam and Tyler preview an update to MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 prospect ranking, and Josh travels to non-international waters in Ghosts of the Minors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben, Sam and Tyler talk to Minor League Baseballs fans across the country about how they fell in love with the sport and what they’re looking forward to most during the 2023 season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No. 1 Rangers prospect Evan Carter discusses his hot start with Double-A Frisco from the MLB Pipeline Game of the Month. Also, Sam details his journey to Amarillo, and Ben previews his upcoming road trip (his first of 2023!) to the northwest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices