Top 10 Mets Prospects, BA's New Grading System & Max Anderson joins

On this week’s Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Geoff Pontes and Scott Braun dive into Baseball America’s new prospect grading system and the start of our rollout of Top 10 Prospect lists for 2026 beginning with the Mets.

We also welcome Tigers prospect Max Anderson to the show.

We stream the Hot Sheet Show every Monday at 3:30 p.m. ET on YouTube.

(0:00) Introduction
(0:30) Top 10 Prospect rollouts begin with the Mets
(1:25) Explaining a tweak to BA’s prospect grading system
(10:00) Max Anderson joins
(17:35) J.J.’s big picture World Series thought
(19:45) WS effect for the Blue Jays
(22:10) The value of defense
(24:00) An even matchup
(27:30) Vlad Guerrero Jr.’s rise this postseason
(29:30) MLB season is over, but baseball is year-round

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