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Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang highlights

February 11, 2025

Shotaro Morii highlights

February 11, 2025

Ayden Johnson highlights

February 11, 2025

Carlos Pacheco highlights

February 11, 2025

These 5 clubs have the best '25 int'l signing classes so far

@JesseABorek
January 30, 2025

We’re just a few weeks into the 2025 international signing period and there have already been lots of pens put to paper. Yes, a vast majority of these players are several years away from the big leagues if all goes according to plan, but it’s Step 1 on the journey

A's amped for Morii's undeniable two-way potential

@JesseABorek
January 25, 2025

This story was excerpted from Martín Gallegos’ A’s Beat newsletter, with this edition handled by MLB Pipeline's Jesse Borek. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

A's round out '25 international class with top emerging talent

@JesseABorek
January 20, 2025

The Athletics made waves to kick off the 2025 international signing period, adding to their burgeoning farm system by agreeing to deals with shortstop Ayden Johnson (MLB.com’s No. 12 international prospect) and outfielder Darwing Ozuna (No. 16) to headline their international class. The club also landed two-way Japanese star Shotaro

18-year-old two-way Japanese slugger signs record-setting deal with A's

@JesseABorek and @MartinJGallegos
January 15, 2025

The Athletics made waves to kick off the 2025 international signing period, inking 18-year-old two-way player Shotaro Morii to a $1,510,500 million deal, the largest bonus ever for a Japanese amateur outside of Nippon Professional Baseball, according to Yakyu Cosmopolitan. A left-handed hitter with 45 high school home runs to

Which A's will make an impact in 2025?

@MartinJGallegos
December 14, 2024

This story was excerpted from Martín Gallegos’ A’s Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

How the Rule 5 Draft impacted 12 teams' Top 30 Prospects lists

@SamDykstraMiLB
December 11, 2024

MLB Pipeline gives our organizational Top 30 prospect rankings complete refreshes twice per calendar year (once in spring, once in-season) and provides other live updates as graduations and other transactions necessitate them. In the latter category, two dates in particular are our busiest for Top 30 updates: the Trade Deadline

Here's an early look at the top 2025 Rookie of the Year candidates

November 24, 2024

With Paul Skenes and Luis Gil taking home their leagues' respective 2024 Rookie of the Year Awards, it's time to turn our attention to 2025.

No. 7 prospect Thomas making an impact for Team USA

@MartinJGallegos
November 23, 2024

This story was excerpted from Martín Gallegos’ A’s Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

After breakout '24 season, Hoglund rewarded by A's

@MartinJGallegos
November 20, 2024

This story was excerpted from Martín Gallegos’ A’s Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

Here's the 2024 All-Arizona Fall League Team

November 19, 2024

Season No. 32 of the Arizona Fall League is in the books, with the Salt River Rafters beating the Surprise Saguaros, 3-2, in the Championship Game on Saturday. It was another fall full of top prospects and top performances. Below is the 2024 MLB Pipeline All-AFL Team. This is based

Best of both worlds: Kurtz shows off power, gives outfield a go in Fall League

@mreynoldsMLB
November 12, 2024

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. --Nick Kurtz's bat got him selected by the A’s fourth overall this year, and his bat has the first baseman ranked No. 45 overall by MLB Pipeline. Where will he land on the other side of the ball? Well, at the very least, he's broadened his horizons in

A's Clarke showing out on both sides of the ball in the Fall League

@mreynoldsMLB
November 11, 2024

MESA, Ariz. -- The Denzel Clarke Arizona Fall League showcase continues. With three more hits for Mesa in the Solar Sox’s 7-3 loss to the Desert Dogs on Monday, the A’s No. 10 prospect ranks second on the circuit with a .506 on-base percentage -- and he added to his

These Fall League prospects are vying for 40-man spots

@SamDykstraMiLB
November 11, 2024

Call it a last-chance saloon in the middle of the desert. The Arizona Fall League provides more than just an opportunity to see some of the game’s top prospects in one spot. It’s also the final place certain Minor Leaguers can prove they are deserving of a 40-man roster spot

Kurtz, Lopez, Stephan earn AFL Week 4 honors

November 5, 2024

Week 4 in the Arizona Fall League was all about big flies and flirting with history. These players separated themselves during what was another excellent week of AFL action. Mesa first baseman Nick Kurtz (ATH No. 2/MLB No. 45) slugged his way to AFL Hitter of the Week honors and

Road to The Show™: A’s Morales

Cuban right-hander has tools to break out with electric fastball
@Gerard_Gilberto
November 5, 2024

Each week, MiLB.com profiles an elite prospect by chronicling the steps he's taken toward achieving his Major League dream. Here's a look at third-ranked A’s prospect Luis Morales. For more stories about players on The Road to The Show, click here. After an aggressive debut last year, Luis Morales moved

Arizona Fall League Week 4 top performers

November 3, 2024

Here are the top performers from the fourth week of AFL action:

Trekking parallel paths, Caglianone & Kurtz heating up in desert

@mreynoldsMLB
October 31, 2024

PEORIA, Ariz. -- The similarities between Nick Kurtz and Jac Caglianone are almost too numerous to recount. Both are left-handed-hitting first basemen with a ton of power. Both played for a big-time Division I program: Kurtz at Wake Forest, Caglianone at Florida. Both made it to the 2023 College World

Kurtz ending long and eventful year on a high note in the desert

@JesseABorek
October 31, 2024

MESA, Ariz. – Nick Kurtz's first official home run of the 2024 season came on Feb. 17. More than eight months later, much has changed, but one thing has remained consistent: the 21-year-old can still hammer the baseball. Kurtz teed off on Arizona Fall League homer No. 1 on Wednesday

Assessing A's prospects two weeks into Arizona Fall League

@MartinJGallegos
October 21, 2024

This story was excerpted from Martín Gallegos’ A’s Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

These 3 prospects could make big-league impact for A's in '25

@MartinJGallegos
October 21, 2024

Things are looking up for an A’s team that appears to have identified a core that could help them return to playoff contention in 2025. The A’s finished this season with a 69-93 record -- a 19-win improvement from 2023 -- on the strengths of breakout seasons by young players

Bolte among three of A's top 11 prospects headlining the team's Fall League contingent

October 16, 2024

Henry Bolte starred at Palo Alto High School, just across the bay from Oakland, before the team he grew up idolizing took him in the second round of the 2022 Draft. “It was kind of a surreal moment at the Draft," said the A's No. 5 prospect, who is currently