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Baseball America · July 14 · 52 min

College Podcast: Post-Draft Recruiting Class Breakdowns

Baseball America national college reporter Jacob Rudner is joined by BA prospect writer and high school baseball expert Ben Badler to assess some of the nation's top recruiting classes in the aftermath of the 2026 MLB Draft. (1:33) Explaining BA’s new star-system (6:04) How high schoolers fared in the draft (7:55) The influence of NIL (12:35) Vanderbilt’s class looks excellent despite losses (18:50) Tennessee’s elite transfer class (25:06) LSU reloads with elite high schoolers (28:28) Texas loses four five-star prospects (39:03) Oklahoma’s high school class takes a hit (43:03) Florida State likely to lose top recruits (45:48) Assessing Mississippi State’s class (50:21) Final thoughts Use our code for 10% off your next order of MLB tickets on SeatGeek*: seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/TERRITORY10 Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Baseball America national college reporter Jacob Rudner is joined by BA prospect writer and high school baseball expert Ben Badler to assess some of the nation's top recruiting classes in the aftermath of the 2026 MLB Draft.

(1:33) Explaining BA’s new star-system

(6:04) How high schoolers fared in the draft

(7:55) The influence of NIL

(12:35) Vanderbilt’s class looks excellent despite losses

(18:50) Tennessee’s elite transfer class

(25:06) LSU reloads with elite high schoolers

(28:28) Texas loses four five-star prospects

(39:03) Oklahoma’s high school class takes a hit

(43:03) Florida State likely to lose top recruits

(45:48) Assessing Mississippi State’s class

(50:21) Final thoughts

Use our code for 10% off your next order of MLB tickets on SeatGeek*: seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/TERRITORY10 Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount



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