JUPITER, Fla. -- It took four games for JJ Wetherholt to get his first hit of the spring, but when it finally came, it went a long, long way. Wetherholt launched a home run against Mets closer Devin Williams to lead off the fourth inning of Friday afternoon's Grapefruit League

FORT MYERS, Fla. – There’s no denying Spencer Jones’ pure power, and he showed it again on Friday. Facing Twins right-hander Raul Brito in the fifth inning of the Yankees’ 17-5 win at Hammond Stadium, Jones obliterated a decent curveball on a 2-2 count, drilling it a Statcast-projected 427 feet

Spring Training is in full swing and the college baseball season is well underway. It’s a good time to be a prospect fan, no? I got quite a few Draft-related questions this week, including one about comparing Roch Cholowsky to other past college shortstops who’ve gone at the top of

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Friday’s Cactus League matchup against the Royals carried a bit more weight than the average Spring Training game for the Athletics. Making the road trip to Surprise Stadium was Jamie Arnold, the A’s top pitching prospect and MLB’s No. 41 overall prospect per MLB Pipeline, who was

Who will be the next great superstar? Which diamond in the rough could be an everyday player? Is the industry too high on a recent high Draft pick? These are questions we ask during the Herculean task of building a Top 100 Prospects list. In combing through in-person looks, video

SARASOTA, Fla. -- After an injury-plagued 2025 season, the Orioles were hoping for improved health and better fortune in ‘26, when they reported for Spring Training a little more than two weeks ago. To this point, that hasn’t been the case -- although they appear to have survived a scare

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Jim Thome has viewed the MLB Draft from several different angles. In 1989, Thome was selected by Cleveland in the 13th round out of Illinois Central College in East Peoria, Ill. He went on to hit 612 home runs with 1,699 RBIs and a career .956 OPS

GOODYEAR, Ariz. – During Rhett Lowder's second appearance -- and first start -- of the spring, the Reds' fifth-starter candidate largely breezed through the Angels lineup for three hitless and scoreless innings on Friday. Lowder demonstrated pitch efficiency that could serve him well in the competition. While allowing one walk

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Power wins games. As MLB Network insider Tom Verducci has noted, the last six World Series champions have ranked first, third, fourth, third, third and second in regular-season home runs.

Konnor Griffin is only 19 years old and already turning heads as MLB's top prospect, flexing his muscle by launching spring dingers out of stadiums. But the Pirates phenom is no stranger to jaw-dropping feats of athleticism. In fact, he's been doing so since the ninth grade (that's only something

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Nolan McLean's sendoff to the World Baseball Classic required just one Grapefruit League appearance. He made it a good one. Facing the Astros in West Palm Beach, Fla., On Thursday, the Mets rookie right-hander struck out six batters over four shutout innings, hitting 98 mph

PEORIA, Ariz. -- It wasn’t long ago that Julio Rodríguez was in Colt Emerson’s shoes. And the Mariners’ front office hasn’t ruled out a similar Spring Training outcome for their No. 1 prospect by MLB Pipeline (No. 9 overall) to the player who held that distinction four years ago --

TAMPA, Fla. -- Commuting on Florida’s highways is no vacation. On any given day, Sunshine State motorists deal with traffic-snarling construction, tropical downpours or Disney World-bound tourists who have no idea which exit to take. Now drivers must contend with Spencer Jones’ power, too.

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Scottsdale Stadium has been good to MLB Pipeline No. 70 prospect Charlie Condon, who homered the opposite way to right field in the Rockies’ 11-3 victory over the Giants on Thursday afternoon. Given the ball flight of the shot off Reiver Sanmartin, who will represent Colombia in

MESA, Ariz. -- As soon as Nick Kurtz stepped onto the practice field with the Athletics last year for his first big league Spring Training, he was so advanced as a hitter that the sense around camp was that it would not be long until he debuted in the Majors.

Here is the latest on injuries and roster moves involving MLB Pipeline's Top 100 prospects:

GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- If we were at a different point on the calendar, perhaps Chase DeLauter would have remained in the Guardians’ lineup in recent days. But it’s not even March, so he and the team took the most sensible approach after he experienced a bit of lower body soreness

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- As a freshman starter at the University of Tennessee, Blade Tidwell didn’t enjoy the smoothest of introductions to the Southeastern Conference.

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Every now and then, you need to lighten things up to break up the monotony of Spring Training. In lefty Payton Tolle, who is probably the most fun-loving person on the Red Sox’s Spring Training roster, manager Alex Cora found the perfect person to do so.

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- In the 2020s, approximately 50 percent of all Rule 5 Draft picks have stuck with their new club. The last Rangers Rule 5 pick to make the Opening Day roster was Dodgers right-handed pitcher Brett de Geus in 2021. He was the No. 2 overall pick in

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Rangers pitching prospect Caden Scarborough was diagnosed with a malignant melanoma after going in for a routine scan this offseason. He had surgery on Feb. 2 to have it removed and has just arrived in Surprise. “It's been … not easy, I'll be honest,” Scarborough said. “I’ve

GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- As the sun rises over the fleet of retired passenger jets adjacent to the Reds Spring Training complex each morning, it's not uncommon to see Sal Stewart on a practice field with assistant bench coach Mike Napoli.

SARASOTA, Fla. -- The starting pitchers at the Orioles’ big league camp this Spring Training can be easily divided into three tiers: The locks to make the roster (if healthy): RHP Kyle Bradish, LHP Trevor Rogers, RHP Shane Baz, RHP Chris Bassitt, RHP Dean Kremer, RHP Zach Eflin