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The Compound - MLB Player Podcast

Jomboy Media

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Visit our YouTube page at: https://www.youtube.com/@the-compound-pod, video episodes are posted at 9 AM CT on Wednesdays. Visit ParceRum.com and use code COMPOUND for $10 dollars off your next order of a bottle of Rum! BRUCE BOLT - Texas-based designer of premium batting gloves: Look good. Hit dingers. ⁠⁠⁠https://brucebolt.us/?afmc=HAPP⁠⁠ On this Week's episode of the Compound Podcast with Ian Happ, the guys discuss the developmental pipeline to the major leagues, starting at the college level with the NCAA tournament, taking place this weekend, to the lowest levels of the minors at the Complex League level, and the issues facing players there, to how the new CBA conversations can potentially affect minor league baseball going forward.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the compound podcast. This is episode 312.
0:18.2	312 of the compound podcast presented by Parse rum.
0:22.7	Parse rum.
0:25.1	When I say Parse, you say rum, parsec.
0:25.7	Rum.
0:26.1	Rum.
0:26.8	Nice job.
0:28.2	Parse rum.
0:29.5	Go to Parsearum.com.
0:34.1	Code compound gets you $10 off, 8 year, 12 year.
0:36.0	Get two bottles, get free shipping.
0:37.0	Yes, Tom?
1:28.0	I have a question for you. We just sat here, we hit a little peek behind the scenes for about 20 minutes talking before the show. At any point, you could have asked me, hey, what episode is this? What's up with you wanting to fly completely blind into every episode? The first, when you start that sentence, you have no idea what episode number it is every single time. I do. I do think there's times. It's on the email. You can ask me? I think there's times where he plays into it and he knows what it is and he likes to just kind of like make it the thing, though. True or false, Ian. There's times. Today was one of those times where I genuinely had no idea if it was three. It could have been 309. It could have been 313. But you were right. But I was right. I just want the audience to know we're taking this podcast seriously, even if it doesn't seem like Ian knows what episode number it is. That's all I'm trying to communicate to the audience. You care about the show. I don't usually know either. I'm, I mean, I'm, stop saying that.
1:30.0	That's not good.
1:42.0	I'm a day to day guy. You know, I'm in it for whatever episode we're doing today and the number's relevant. You know what I mean? You're just being where your feet are. You're the most forward thinking person I know on the planet. So that's just a lie. That's just a total lie. That's good point.
1:43.0	He's got you.
1:45.0	Parse.
1:45.5	Parseh rum.com.
1:46.6	Code compound, $10 off, eight year, 12 year. Go get your parsay, send us a photo. Guys, you came prepared with topics today. You're both like, I got this. I got this. Bang, bang, bang, bang. So I'm going to turn it over, okay? I'm going to turn it over.
2:01.5	What did you want to talk about?
2:02.9	Can I start with one, Tom?
2:05.0	Yeah.
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