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Justin Lada (Founder, prospect writer, lead podcaster, etc.)

Justin Lada is a University of Akron alum, and proud former member of WZIP. He has been covering the Cleveland baseball team’s farm system since 2007 for various outlets along the way - (The Lake County Sentinel, Burning River Baseball, Guardians Baseball Insider, The News-Herald/Morning Journal, Prospects Live). Born just in time to see Cleveland’s baseball rebirth in the 90s, Justin has been an avid baseball addict ever since and went to college with the dream of covering baseball full-time as a career. With the changes to the industry, he now covers the Guardians farm system in a freelance role and a labor of love, managing Next Year in Cleveland, providing prospect evaluations at Prospects Live, writing columns at the News-Herald and the Morning Journal, as well as hosting the Guardians of the Future podcast, and co-hosting Locked On Guardians. Though he is an Akron alumnus, Justin is also a life long Ohio State Buckeyes football fan and will emotionally post on social media about Buckeyes football in between posts about Guardians prospects and baseball.

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People

Founder - Next Year in Cleveland, freelancer on the Cleveland Guardians farm system at the News-Herald/ Morning Journal, prospect evaluator at Prospects Live, co-host Locked On Guardians podcast. Former managing editor Guardians Baseball insider.
Trine University Assistant SID Malone University Graduate Contributor to Next Year in Cleveland
Director of Athletic Communications at Ohio Dominican University, former Lake County Captains beat writer and contributor for Indians/Guardians Baseball Insider. Cleveland born and raised
Arthur has been writing about the Cleveland farm system for over a decade, going back to the Indians Prospect Insider days, and is most notably an expert on roster rules and baseball cards.
Faith & family. Cleveland Guardians, Cavaliers, Browns, and Ohio State Buckeyes fan. Former prospect and MLB Draft writer at Indians Baseball Insider/ Guardians Baseball Insider.
I live in Columbus, by way of Cleveland, OH. Im a lifelong fan of major and minor league baseball, and all things Cleveland sports.