{"id":24083,"date":"2020-05-31T13:12:01","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T18:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prospects1500.com\/?p=24083"},"modified":"2020-05-31T13:13:43","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T18:13:43","slug":"futures-focus-episode-15-2020-mlb-draft-talk-with-james-weisser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prospects1500.com\/podcasts\/futures-focus-episode-15-2020-mlb-draft-talk-with-james-weisser\/","title":{"rendered":"Futures Focus &#8211; Episode 15, 2020 MLB Draft Talk with James Weisser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jake Berry (@berrys_baseball) is joined by MLB Draft expert and @Prospects1500 Draft Contributor James Weisser (@jweisser88). As we continue to fight our way through the pandemic, Jake and James focus on the future, after all this is Futures Focus, and discuss some of the promising young stars of tomorrow that will hear their name called on draft night. James highlights everything from the top names to some promising sleepers, who has the loudest tools, and what challenges will the unique nature of this year&#8217;s Draft present? 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