The Show Before the Show celebrates Triple-A Opening Day

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

With the Triple-A regular season beginning Friday, Ben, Sam and Tyler look over the schedule and highlight games to watch, prospects to know and storylines to follow ahead of the 2026 campaign.

On-field chatter (21:32)

Sam and Tyler discuss Konnor Griffin's move to Triple-A and the Major League arrivals of Kevin McGonigle, JJ Wetherholt and Carson Benge. (This was recorded before all three performed well in their MLB debuts on Thursday.) They also make predictions for the season ahead.

Prospect interviews (52:53)

Sam caught up with a pair of catchers in Royals No. 2 prospect Blake Mitchell and Nationals No. 27 prospect Caleb Lomavita during his Spring Training travels. Mitchell talks about his return from last year's broken hamate bone, and Lomavita breaks down what life is like under the new Washington front office.

Wrapping up (1:07:38)