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New tournament-style format coming to Spring Breakout in '27

March 2, 2026

Major League Baseball introduced Spring Breakout in 2024 and the prospect showcase games in Florida and Arizona were an immediate hit. Fans and front offices alike loved seeing all those future MLB stars on the field at one time. Now the concept is getting even better. Starting in 2027, the

Here are the new 2026 team Top 30 Prospects lists

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Prospect ranking season never ends around these parts. MLB Pipeline released its Top 100 Prospects list and positional Top 10 lists in January, and now it's time for our team Top 30 Prospects lists. The release kicked off with the American League and National League East teams on Monday, followed

McLean on the mend after arrival at Team USA camp delayed by vertigo symptoms

March 3, 2026

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Nolan McLean’s World Baseball Classic experience was delayed by a few days after the Mets pitcher experienced what his manager called “some vertigo-like symptoms” last week. McLean was dealing with dizziness and a loss of appetite early last week, though the pitcher said he began

Marlins reassign top prospect White to Minor League camp

March 3, 2026

JUPITER, Fla. – Thomas White, the Marlins' top prospect per MLB Pipeline, was among the seven players reassigned to Minor League camp on Tuesday morning as part of the first round of camp cuts. The 21-year-old White, who ranks as MLB Pipeline’s No. 17 overall prospect, was recently diagnosed with

Here are the best potential prospect matchups at 2026 Spring Breakout

March 2, 2026

The first two years of Spring Breakout have provided several memorable matchups. Baseball's best hitting prospect (Jackson Holliday) faced baseball's best pitching prospect (Paul Skenes) in 2024, resulting in a 102-mph fastball and a strikeout on a 92-mph slider. Four of the game's dozen top-rated prospects faced off in a

This Minor League MVP ... at Single-A ... looks like fast-rising star at SS 

March 3, 2026

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Griffin just keeps 'hammering' -- Will it lead to an Opening Day roster spot?

March 3, 2026

Konnor Griffin is focusing on “hammering down” this spring. And it shows. Griffin, the No. 1 prospect in baseball per MLB Pipeline, is only 19 years old, and yet he’s making a strong early case to head north with the Pirates as a member of their Opening Day roster when

A's matchup with Padres a homecoming for No. 1 prospect De Vries 

March 2, 2026

PEORIA, Ariz. -- During his daily pregame chat with media on Monday morning, Athletics manager Mark Kotsay paused mid-session when he spotted Leo De Vries as he was walking out to the field at Hohokam Stadium to warm up and yelled out to the 19-year-old shortstop in Spanish. “Leo! Listo

These 7 teams could be front-runners in '27 Spring Breakout tournament

March 2, 2026

By now, you’ve heard the news. The Spring Breakout series is headed to a tournament format in 2027 and 2028. In its first two years, Spring Breakout has brought us memorable moments featuring baseball’s top prospects, like Paul Skenes’ strikeout of Jackson Holliday in 2024 or Roman Anthony’s long homer

This prospect could be 'playing tight end for somebody.' Instead he's ripping line drives

March 2, 2026

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- A couple of hours before Monday’s Grapefruit League game against the Blue Jays, the man rated No. 6 for the Red Sox in the freshly updated MLB Pipeline prospect rankings was easy to spot. As the team stood in the outfield prior to the pregame stretch, Justin

Brito named Rockies' Minor League Player of the Year

March 2, 2026

SCOTTSDALE - The Colorado Rockies announced on Monday that infielder/outfielder Roldy Brito has been named the 2025 Doug Million Minor League Player of the Year. Additionally, left-handed pitcher Konner Eaton has been named the Rockies’ Rick Matthews Minor League Pitcher of the Year, while Physical Performance Manager Trevor Swartz has

1 prospect making some noise in each spring camp

March 1, 2026

Spring Training is the perfect time for prospects to show what they can do, and a number of players have taken that opportunity and run with it so far in 2026. From elite prospects to unheralded young players, there's always someone putting on a show with the bat or the

McGonigle's defense earns high praise from Skubal (and high five from coach)

March 1, 2026

LAKELAND, Fla. -- A.J. Hinch didn’t want a discussion on defensive metrics for Kevin McGonigle on a Sunday morning. He wanted to see plays. “Watch him play,” the Tigers manager said. “And then watch him grow.”

Marlins' White (oblique), Twins' Jenkins (hamstring) suffer Grade 1 strains

March 3, 2026

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

Giants prospect Eldridge soaks in brush with Team USA stars

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Here are the Mariners' 2026 Top 30 prospects

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PEORIA, Ariz. -- The Mariners have made quite a few subtractions in volume to their prospect pool over the past 12 months, notably as chips for their bolder trades to bolster the Major League roster.

Here are the Astros' 2026 Top 30 prospects

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The Astros made the playoffs for eight straight seasons from 2017-24 before that streak ended on a tiebreaker last year. Yet since MLB Pipeline began evaluating farm systems biannually in 2020, Houston never has rated higher than 27th. Obviously, the Astros keep producing enough talent to keep winning. Jeremy Peña

Here are the Angels' 2026 Top 30 prospects

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If you like high-ceiling pitching prospects, you've come to the right place. A total of 19 of the Angels' new Top 30 list are pitchers, and they come with a ton of arm strength and the usual risk associated with those kinds of arms. Over the past few years, the

Here are the A's 2026 Top 30 prospects

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It’s rare that a young player who projects as a potential superstar becomes available to acquire, but that’s exactly what happened when the Athletics landed one of baseball’s elite prospects in Leo De Vries as part of the haul from the Padres at the 2025 Trade Deadline in exchange for

Here are the Rangers' 2026 Top 30 prospects

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The Rangers are going through a transitional period in the Minors. They graduated top-10 overall Draft picks Josh Jung, Jack Leiter, Kumar Rocker and Wyatt Langford to Arlington in the past three years. Several of their best pitching prospects were waylaid by injuries in 2025, and they've also aggressively moved

Here are the Dodgers' 2026 Top 30 prospects

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The Dodgers have captured 12 of the last 13 National League West titles -- settling for 106 victories and just a Wild Card berth in 2021 -- and three of the last six World Series. They're prohibitive favorites to earn a third consecutive World Series title in 2026, which would

Here are the Padres' 2026 Top 30 prospects

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Many fans might think more about who's not in the Padres farm system anymore than who still is. After all, last year's aggressive moves at the Trade Deadline, which notably included moving No. 4 overall prospect Leo De Vries to the A's in a deal for all-world reliever Mason Miller,

Here are the Giants' 2026 Top 30 prospects

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The Giants were the most improved farm system in MLB Pipeline's rankings from preseason to midseason 2025, climbing from No. 28 to No. 18, and their arrow continues to point up in 2026. They have two Top 100 Prospects and several more on the cusp, and their overall depth of

Here are the D-backs' 2026 Top 30 prospects

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Ryan Waldschmidt may be the D-backs’ only Top 100 prospect at present, but don’t think that it's a dry time in the desert. Arizona’s Top 30 Prospects list -- as released by MLB Pipeline on Wednesday -- is deeper than that and particularly loaded on the infield.

Here are the Rockies' 2026 Top 30 prospects

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There's a lot of variance in outcomes when it comes to the top of the new Rockies Top 30 Prospects list. If everything clicks, there could be a whole lot of offensive firepower coming to Coors Field in the coming years. But there are some question marks with everyone in