A Texas Leaguer isn’t just a bloop hit. There are bona fide prospects on the southwestern Double-A circuit, and several of them will get a national spotlight this evening. The MLB Pipeline Prospect Showcase series heads to Double-A Springfield for the Cardinals’ matchup against D-backs affiliate Amarillo. The game is

Teams made 613 Draft picks on Saturday and Sunday, beginning with the White Sox taking UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky at No. 1 and finishing with the Dodgers popping Illinois left-hander Zach Bates. We've already provided instant analysis of the first 40 selections and predicted which teams grabbed the most talent.

This story originally ran before Vahn Lackey was drafted with the No. 3 pick by the Twins.

Ever wanted to look into baseball’s version of a crystal ball? Today, you’ll get your chance. The 27th All-Star Futures Game comes to Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank at noon ET today. As it stands, 38 of MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 prospects will take the same field in Philly after spending much

PHILADELPHIA – Three days before Kyle Schwarber, Bryce Harper, Junior Caminero and a host of Major League Baseball’s best sluggers take their Home Run Derby hacks, Brady Cunningham and Sullivan Reed got Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park plenty warm for them with a slugfest of their own, one that put the

On any given summer night in Philadelphia, Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper can be found sending balls screaming into the seats of Citizens Bank Park as the present faces of the Phillies. For one afternoon this week, the next generation will give the baseball world a glimpse of the Major

It’s always good to have a little perspective. The 2026 Draft -- set to begin Saturday in Philadelphia -- has fans and clubs alike dreaming of the future. But sometimes in order to understand the future best, we still must turn to the past. Within the last 10 years, clubs

Everybody is from somewhere. The annual First-Year Player Draft helps share the tapestry of baseball’s North American geography with players from all corners of the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico expected to hear their names called when Day 1 of the process begins this Saturday in Philadelphia. Just think

It’s always good to have a little perspective. The 2026 Draft -- set to begin Saturday in Philadelphia -- has fans and clubs alike dreaming of the future. But sometimes in order to understand the future best, we still must turn to the past. Within the last 10 years, clubs

The best prospect showcase of the year is just 11 days away. Fifty of the most talented players in the Minor Leagues will square off in the 27th annual Futures Game presented by Nike, scheduled for noon ET at Philadelphia's Citizens Bank Park on July 12, part of All-Star Week.

Playing in a city so defined by its history, the next generation of baseball's stars will put the sport's future on full display. The 2026 All-Star Futures Game rosters were announced Wednesday morning with 38 of the 50 selected players on the American and National League teams coming from MLB

It’s next man up for the Milwaukee Brewers, and has so often been the case for the NL Central leaders of late, that next man is yet another Top 100 prospect. The Brewers called up No. 67 overall prospect Luis Lara to the Majors on Tuesday, the club announced. Fellow

It’s about to be a big month in this neck of the woods. The 2026 Draft begins Saturday, July 11 as part of All-Star Weekend in Philadelphia, the All-Star Futures Game will be held one day later as part of the same festivities and all the way through the rest

We last took a look at standout pitching prospects who were performing well about a month ago, so we figured it was time to check in on the Minor League’s hottest hurlers again. There are actually only two repeats from last go-round, with a pair of lefties – Kade Anderson

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On May 31, Cooper Ingle got his first look at left field this season as the Guardians wanted to expand his defensive versatility ahead of a possible MLB callup. Nineteen days later -- and with a move back to catcher -- he showed why it’s still his bat that is

It’s moving season in the Minor Leagues. It’s around this time of the season that sample sizes are big enough and organizations can recognize without much doubt which of their prospects deserve new challenges at higher levels, like the Nationals did last week with Eli Willits’ move to High-A at

When the Brewers signed Cooper Pratt to an eight-year, $50.75 million contract back in April, the organization said it wouldn’t accelerate the timeline for the 21-year-old shortstop’s arrival in the Major Leagues. But it did make clear that it saw him as a long-term piece of its future. This week,

READING, Pa. – One year ago, Anthony Eyanson was coming up on the game of his life, and he wanted to take the day easy. He kept his phone time limited, except to scroll through his camera roll some to look at pictures of Regionals, Super Regionals and other highlights

Several members of the 2025 Draft class are wasting no time tearing up pro ball. No. 1 overall pick Eli Willits (Nationals) already has hit his way to High-A at age 18. No. 3 selection Kade Anderson (Mariners) leads the Minor Leagues with a 43 percent strikeout rate and a

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Carson Benge and A.J. Ewing are the princes of Queens these days, and if they keep up their current levels of play, they could be upgraded to kings by the end of their rookie seasons. Before they debuted in the Majors, we at MLB Pipeline dove into their Minor League

Another month of the 2026 season is in the books, and as the weather has warmed up, so have the bats in the Minor Leagues. The 30 hitters below, our selection for hottest hitter in May for each organization, have been swinging the bat better than most. There are a

Listed at 6-foot-5, 235 pounds as a freshman at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Alex McCoy certainly arrived on campus with the frame of a slugger. But after his first season in 2021 was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he hit only one homer in 27 games for