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The Show Before the Show: Episode 400 

Celebrating 400, making Minors predictions ahead of '23 season
March 30, 2023

Check out the latest episodes of The Show Before the Show, MiLB.com's official podcast. A segment rundown is listed below, in case you want to skip to a particular section. Like the podcast? Subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts. The podcast is also available via Spotify, Stitcher and other

Check out the latest episodes of The Show Before the Show, MiLB.com's official podcast. A segment rundown is listed below, in case you want to skip to a particular section. Like the podcast? Subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts. The podcast is also available via Spotify, Stitcher and other podcast-listening apps. Send questions or feedback to [email protected], and follow hosts Tyler Maun (@TylerMaun), Sam Dykstra (@SamDykstraMiLB) and Benjamin Hill (@bensbiz) on Twitter.

Intro/Ben's Biz Banter (0:00)

To start this week's episode, Ben, Sam and Tyler reminisce about the road to 400 episodes of The Show Before the Show. Ben also brings details on the Eugene Exploding Whales and makes some Minor League predictions of his own for the 2023 season.

Prospect predictions (24:38)

With the Major League and Triple-A seasons beginning this week, Tyler and Sam are joined by Kelsie Heneghan and Josh Jackson to make their prospect-related predictions in the following categories:

  • Which system will we be talking about most?

  • Which prospect will enter the upper stratosphere of prospectdom this year?

  • Who will be No. 1 prospect by the end of the season?

  • Surprise Top 100 MLB debut

  • AL Rookie of the Year/NL Rookie of the Year

  • World Series winner

Ghosts of the Minors/Wrapping up (1:32:50)

Before the 400th episode concludes, Josh mows down the latest edition of Ghosts of the Minors.