International Intrigue

01/18/22 • 51 min

In the wake of the international signing period opening on Saturday, Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff welcome Jesse Sanchez to the podcast. MLB.com's international prospects guru, Sanchez discusses the top players in this year's crop and the challenges of scouting them during the pandemic. Phillies international scouting director Sal Agostinelli joins the gang to discuss the story behind signing All-Star catcher Carlos Ruiz, and then Jesse answers listener questions in an extended mailbag segment

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International Edition With Guest Louie Eljaua

With the opening of the 2021-22 international signing period on the horizon, Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff discuss some of the top prospects available in this year's class and talk to Cubs vice president of international scouting Louis Eljaua. They also take a look at several teams' top international prospects, including the Yankees' Jasson Dominguez, Miami's Eury Perez, Philadelphia's Johan Rojas and Cincinnati's Elly De La Cruz. Even this week's Mailbag question has an international flavor, as a listener wants to know about Oscar Colas, owner of the nickname "the Cuban Ohtani."

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Back to the Future

With Tuesday's announcement of David Ortiz being voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, Jim Callis, Jason Ratliff and Jonathan Mayo look back at what Ortiz was like as a prospect and young player. That effort was aided by talking to Nationals senior advisor Dave Jauss, who was a Red Sox advance scout and advocated for Boston to sign Ortiz after the Twins released him. Then the trio went back to looking at the future, looking at prospects we'll be talking about in 2024 as well as the top hitter and pitcher for the 2023 Draft class who will be playing in the PDP League this summer before finishing with your questions in the Mailbag.

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