Episode 137: Dead Period For Scouts, The State of the Nationals & Draft Pick Struggles
Update: 2025-09-19
Description
Ben and Carlos talk about MLB’s new mandated dead period for scouting domestic players and then talk about the Nationals GM search and the state of the organization. After that the two talk about a number of 2025 draftees who are off to slow starts in their pro debuts—plus a handful of strong debuts—then briefly talk about some of the more impressive minor league seasons.
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Time Stamps
- (0:00 ) Intro
- (5:00 ) MLB’s Dead Period For Draft-Eligible Players
- (23:00 ) The state of the Nationals
- (37:30 ) 2025 debut results
- (39:00 ) Ethan Holliday
- (43:00 ) Tate Southisene
- (45:00 ) Kayson Cunningham
- (49:30 ) Eli Willits
- (52:30 ) Ike Irish
- (55:10 ) Aiva Arquette
- (57:50 ) Dax Kilby
- (1:00:20 ) Brendan Summerhill
- (1:03:00 ) Andrew Fischer
- (1:05:30 ) Kane Kepley
- (1:08:00 ) Devin Taylor
- (1:11:08 ) Konnor Griffin, Kevin McGonigle
- (1:20:00 ) Cam Caminiti
- (1:24:00 ) David Shields
- (1:27:55 ) Kendry Chourio
- (1:31:30 ) Rainiel Rodriguez
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