A week before making his Major League debut, Travis Bazzana was a guest on the MLB Pipeline Podcast. The Guardians' top prospect had actually come on the show previously, months before Cleveland drafted him first overall in 2024, and he was such a good interview that we had to bring

We just finished our expanded and updated Draft Top 150 Prospects list, so the Draft is very much on my mind, as you'll see from the questions below. Our first in-season mock draft will come out at the end of next week, so be on the lookout for that.

The first month of the Minor League season is in the books, and looking at each system's hottest hitter can be instructive. A year ago at this time, Konnor Griffin (Pirates) was showing why he had the highest ceiling in the 2024 Draft. Roman Anthony (Red Sox) and Moisés Ballesteros

Once upon a time in baseball, picking which pitchers had the best fastball was done solely based on how hard they threw. When the radar gun started being used in the 1970s, it was a quick and easy way to measure who had the best heater. But as the game

To answer a question getting asked a lot, our expanded and updated Draft Top 150 Prospects list will come out on April 30. We'll continue refreshing the rankings with a Top 200 in late May and a Top 250 in late June, leading up to the Draft on July 11-12.

Sometimes, the easiest way a rookie position player can impact the Major League club upon his first callup is by playing high-quality defense, and there’s evidence that prospects are more defensively ready in the bigs than they’ve ever been before. To wit, there have been 19 total rookies who have

There are officially less than three months until the MLB Draft, which is set to take place on July 11-12 in Philadelphia, and while there appears to be a clear-cut favorite to be the No. 1 overall pick in MLB's top Draft prospect Roch Cholowsky, the rest of the board

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Noah Schultz comes with one of the highest ceilings among baseball's pitching prospects, no surprise for someone constantly compared to Randy Johnson. The White Sox are calling him up to make his first big league start today against the Rays, hoping he'll continue one tradition and buck another. In recent

Can you feel it? We've hit that sweet-spot time of year. Spring has officially greeted us with those 'leave the jacket in the closet' temps, the Majors and the full-season Minor League levels are in full swing, and college baseball teams are gearing up for that final sprint to Omaha.

Not every star rookie makes an Opening Day roster. Take last year, for example. The most devastating rookie in baseball, Nick Kurtz, didn't join the Athletics until April 23 and slashed .290/.383/.619 with 36 homers in 117 games. Cade Horton arrived in May for the Cubs and posted a 2.67

The baseball season is back and 2026's Opening Weekend was certainly one for the books. There was no shortage of action, drama, and the introduction of the ABS challenge system still has the league buzzing. But, it was the rookies that stole the show. Chase DeLauter (CLE No. 2 prospect)

With the Minor League season opening this week, here's where the Giants' Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:

With games kicking off on Thursday at both levels of A ball as well as Double-A, and Triple-A entering its second week of play, the 2026 Minor League season is now fully underway. That means we can finally see all of our favorite prospects performing on the field. We know

With the Minor League season opening this week, here's where the Rangers' Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:

1. Sebastian Walcott (MLB No. 6), SS -- Frisco (Double-A) -- IL (internal brace surgery)
2. Caden Scarborough (MLB No. 99), RHP -- Extended spring training
3. AJ Russell, RHP --

With the Minor League season opening this week, here's where the White Sox Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:

1. Braden Montgomery (MLB No. 34), OF -- Birmingham (Double-A)
2. Noah Schultz (MLB No. 47), LHP -- Charlotte (Triple-A)
3. Caleb Bonemer (MLB No. 59), SS/3B -- Winston-Salem (High-A)

With the Minor League season opening this week, here's where the Astros' Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:

1. Kevin Alvarez, OF -- Fayetteville (Single-A)
2. Xavier Neyens, SS -- Fayetteville (Single-A)
3. Ethan Frey, OF -- Asheville (High-A)
4. Brice Matthews, 2B -- Houston (MLB)
5. Walker Janek,

With the Minor League season opening this week, here's where the Yankees' Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:

1. George Lombard Jr. (MLB No. 30), INF -- Somerset (Double-A)
2. Carlos Lagrange (MLB No. 76), RHP -- Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Triple-A)
3. Elmer Rodríguez (MLB No. 79), RHP -- Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Triple-A)

With the Minor League season opening this week, here's where the Marlins' Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:

With the Minor League season opening this week, here's where the Dodgers' Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:

With the Minor League season opening this week, here's where the Cubs' Top 30 Prospects are projected to start: 1. Moisés Ballesteros (MLB No. 53), C -- Chicago (MLB) 2. Jaxon Wiggins (MLB No. 56), RHP -- Iowa (Triple-A) 3. Ethan Conrad, OF -- Extended spring training (lower back) 4.

With the Minor League season opening this week, here's where the Guardians' Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:

1. Travis Bazzana (MLB Pipeline No. 18), 2B -- Columbus (Triple-A)
2. Chase DeLauter (No. 44), OF -- Cleveland (MLB)
3. Angel Genao (No. 64), SS -- Akron (Double-A)
4. Ralphy

The White Sox have the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 Draft, which comes with an assigned value of $11,350,600, the largest since the bonus-pool era began in 2012. Yet it's the Pirates who possess the largest overall pool at $19,130,700, another record. MLB informed the teams of the

With the Minor League season opening this week, here's where the Red Sox's Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:

1. Payton Tolle (MLB Pipeline No. 17), LHP -- Worcester (Triple-A)
2. Franklin Arias (No. 29), SS -- Portland (Double-A)
3. Connelly Early (No. 54), LHP -- Boston (MLB) 4.

Happy Opening Day! Triple-A Opening Day, that is. And I hope you have enjoyed the first two days of the big league season. Not sure if I'm more excited about Chase DeLauter's debut or Kevin McGonigle's.