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, Megaphone and other podcast-listening apps. This episode can also be found on Minor League Baseball's official YouTube page. Send questions or feedback to podcast@milb.com, and follow hosts Sam Dykstra (@samdykstramilb.bsky.social) and Tyler Maun (@tylermaun.com) on Bluesky and Benjamin Hill (@bensbiz) on X and Bluesky (@bensbiz.bsky.social).
Intro/On-field chatter (0:00)
Sam and Tyler open this week's show by looking at MLB Pipeline's Top 100 and Top 30 team prospect reranks that dropped Thursday night. They also recap Tuesday's MiLB at Field of Dreams game between Iowa and St. Paul and discuss Scranton/Wilkes-Barre's name change announcement for 2027.
I Think You Should Stay Night with the Worcester Red Sox (23:33)
Worcester director of ballpark entertainment Brendan Black talks about the club's Aug. 27 promo around the hilarious Netflix show I Think You Should Leave. Warning: Brendan and Tyler make many references to the Tim Robinson program in this segment.
Wrapping up (49:46)
Sam and Tyler close out the podcast by looking back and discussing the careers of two notable players in an altered edition of Name that Dude.