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Five Tool Baseball Senior Editor Dustin McComas and Scouting Director Drew Bishop cover the latest in amateur baseball in Texas and offer unique insight into the game they love with help from coaches, scouts and more.
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Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
Drew and Dustin continue their draftszn with another installment of their Texas High School Player Draft. Plus, the guys share thoughts on early scrimmages/games and preview the Super Bowl.
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
A week after their Texas High School Player Draft, Dustin and Drew are again drafting. This time, they created their second-annual National High School Player Draft. The teams are made up of 24 players and eight a piece from the 2024, 2025 and 2026 classes.
Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
It's draft season for Dustin and Drew and this episode features the third-annual Texas High School Baseball Player Draft. Teams were comprised of 2024 and 2025 prospects with each team also selecting two 2026 players. Who drafted the best roster? Vote on Twitter and Instagram @FiveToolPod.
Thursday Jan 18, 2024
Thursday Jan 18, 2024
Dustin and Drew survived the freeze and are back to discuss the recently published preseason Texas high school baseball team rankings. Plus, they talk about some standouts from the recent MLB Texas/Louisiana showcase at Barbers Hill and sadly discuss their NFL teams.
Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
Dustin and Drew are back to recap the ABCA convention and preview the upcoming 2024 baseball year with 24 players they're excited to follow. The guys picked a player each from the 2024, 2025 and 2026 classes from Texas, California, Arizona and a national prospect. Plus, Five Tool visited Tokyo and watched one of the country's best 2025 prospects who wants to play college baseball in America.
Wednesday Jan 03, 2024
Wednesday Jan 03, 2024
Before they head to the ABCA convention in Dallas later this week, Dustin and Drew take a look back at 2023 with five good things from last year and then look ahead to 2024 with five things they're excited about. Among the topics:
Five Tool's website
College baseball popularity and coaching staff expansion
2026 class
Five Tool's expanding coverage and new events
Recruiting calendar changes for the better
Jett Williams and Anthony Silva
Rangers winning World Series
The new Big 12
Great players they saw in 2023
and more...
Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
Dustin and Drew are joined by Five Tool SoCal Director Tim Arakawa, who previews the upcoming Hawaii Sandlot Classic. Arakawa, who is from and grew up in Hawaii, shares the continued growth of the special event, why it's so important to Hawaii players, the colleges attending, highlights some players to watch and more.
Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
Dustin and Drew are joined by HITFORTH Director of Hitting Kevin Kies. Kevin shares his unique baseball path that led him to HITFORTH, shares what it's like to work at HITFORTH and delivers outstanding insight about how HITFORTH develops complete hitters with individualized programs and a full-time staff dedicated to development.
Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
Drew and Dustin dive into the 55 players who just missed the 2025 Five Tool Texas 55. The list is loaded with uncommitted players college coaches will want on their radars during the spring. But before the two give a report on each player on the list, Drew baits Dustin into an impassioned rant about Florida State missing the College Football Playoffs.
Thursday Nov 30, 2023
Thursday Nov 30, 2023
Dustin and Drew are back with a jam-packed episode. The two go through the recently released 2025 Five Tool Texas 55 rankings with thoughts on each of the 55 players and also pull back the curtain some on the rankings process. And they end with some college football discussion... what is the committee going to do and will chaos unfold Saturday?