Prospects Live was founded at the end of the 2018 Minor League season by five individuals looking to make a new mark in the prospects world. They included Matt Thompson (current partner), Geoff Pontes (now with Baseball America), Jason Pennini (now with the Twins), Lance Brozdowski (now with Marquee Sports) and Jason Woodell.

Mat Adams (Smada) - PResident

Mat, better known as Smada in the fantasy community, has been playing fantasy since trading Andruw Jones for Juan Pierre trying to lock up steals in a roto league. His fantasy analysis has come with a dynasty slant, but dabbles in all formats, including best ball and NFBC. Mat also created our dynasty best ball competition: The Dynasty Baseball Championship (TDBC). When Mat’s not playing fantasy, he’s working on a technical project.

Twitter @Smada_PLive

Eddy Almaguer - Fantasy Lead & Operations

Eddy has been knee deep in the fantasy world for over a decade and has been writing about dynasty leagues and prospects for the last five years across several pages on the Internet. He heads up the Patreon for the site. He’s a sucker for a high OBP, correct pronunciations and hates wins as a fantasy category. He lives in Tampa, FL with his wife and toddler daughter where he’s a video producer for a cybersecurity company and wedding photographer on the side.

Twitter @EddyAlmaguer

Matt Thompson - Daily Sheet, SCOuting & Fantasy

Matt got his start covering prospects with Friends With Fantasy Benefits and is one of the original co-founders of Prospects Live. He knows the intricacies of minor league rules, is a jack of all trades when it comes to balancing fantasy and scouting and is a big fan of the St. Louis Cardinals. He and his wife live in the Chicagoland area with their toddler son and daughter.

Twitter @mdthompFWFB

Jake Kerns - Pro Scouting Director

Jake’s been an evaluator with Prospects Live since 2020, and he stepped into the Daily Sheet team for Triple-A coverage at the beginning of the 2022 season. Jake’s a dedicated dynasty league player who has a passion for talent development and writing, and it’s that trio of interests that brought him into the minor league baseball world. Jake’s a Kansas City native that now lives in Des Moines, where he's an attorney by day and a prospect hound by night.

Twitter @jakerns21

Tyler Jennings - MLB Draft Director

Tyler is a our MLB Draft Director specializing on the amateur side of our site. Living in the Raleigh, NC metro area, Tyler gets plenty of looks throughout the ACC, as well as prominent prep players and dabbles in minor league evaluations, as well. When he's not at the field, he works as a customer service lead at a local grocery chain, as well as working with the National Stuttering Association and FRIENDS when he's able. Currently enrolled at Wake Tech Community College for an Associates in Science degree and is an avid runner and golfer.

Twitter @TylerJennings24

Joe Lowry - Baseball Card Hobby Lead

Joe started collecting cards as kid during the mid to late 80’s. He stopped collecting towards the end of the Junk Wax Era as school, sports, and girls took all of his focus in his teenage years. He has been back to collecting cards for over 5 years now and has been writing baseball card content and hosting the Local Card Pod for Prospects Live since 2020. He lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife and daughter where he works in IT.

Twitter @jh00k

Jared Perkins

Jared started covering prospects over a year ago and realized something was missing in his evaluations, the human element. His work highlights stories that dive into the human beings behind the numbers, like living conditions, mental health and mental performance. He hosts the Beyond Baseball podcast with Caleb Mezzy. He also covers the amateur game, attending college games on the weekends in the DC, Maryland, Virginia (DMV) area. He lives in DC with his fiancee and dog Bader where he works in health care policy.

Twitter @JaredCP1

Rhys White

Will Hoefer

Will Hoefer is an Atlanta-based amateur scouting writer for Prospects Live--covering games, tournaments and showcases in Georgia and some surrounding areas. In addition to his primary contributions as a part of the MLB Draft Team, Will also develops analytical tools to aid minor league coverage for Prospects Live.

Twitter @whoeferbaseball

Drew Wheeler

Drew is many things, the most pertinent of which is ‘okay.’ He serves on the Fantasy Team and hosts the Dynasty and Mailbag Podcasts for subscribers on Patreon, in addition to contributing carefully crafted opinions in the written word. Beyond Prospects Live, Drew is a husband, friend, dachshund-dad, milk-drinker, Creed-listener, and league winner who lives in West Tennessee and works as the Creative Design Director of a mid-range clothing company.

Twitter @drewisokay