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Five years later, looking at each team's best 2021 Draft pick

May 27, 2026

We say it every year, and it bears repeating again: the Draft is hard. Front offices spend years scouting and analyzing a particular Draft class, but even the best baseball minds can’t predict what will happen with absolute certainty in the years after. Take the 2021 class ahead of its

Red Sox top prospect Arias continues torrid run at Double-A

May 27, 2026

Franklin Arias is in the midst of a six-game road trip with the Portland Sea Dogs and he may want to consider leaving his bags packed because it doesn't appear that there is too much left for the 20-year-old to do at the Double-A level.

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Yankees' top prospect Lombard Jr. tees off for the first time at Triple-A

May 27, 2026

It took almost a month, but George Lombard Jr. has teed off at the Minors’ highest level. MLB.com's No. 21 prospect certainly didn't waste any time doing it Wednesday afternoon, though, as he homered on the first pitch he saw in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre's 8-1 loss to Worcester at PNC Field.

How to follow a 2-HR game? Cards No. 3 prospect goes deep twice AGAIN

@JesseABorek
1:34 AM EDT

Just over 24 hours ago, Joshua Báez had been enjoying a season of ebbs and flows at the dish. Then he walked into Werner Park in Omaha on Tuesday and hasn’t stopped mashing since. MLB.com's No. 68 prospect delivered his second consecutive multihomer performance for Triple-A Memphis en route to

Watch A's 3-way player Morii take mound against Angels prospects for FREE tonight

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14 minutes ago

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Beat goes on for 2025 draftee Hartshorn at High-A, homers off former big leaguer

@JesseABorek
May 27, 2026

When the Cubs selected Josiah Hartshorn in the sixth round of the 2025 Draft, they were banking on the fact that they could use savings from earlier picks to bring the switch-hitter -- a highly regarded prospect out of the California high school ranks -- into the organization. After paying

Reds No. 5 prospect hits three totally different homers in Triple-A game

May 27, 2026

Héctor Rodríguez may have a power grade of 45, but he also possesses elite hand-eye coordination and bat-to-ball skills. That paid off three times over and in three different ways on Wednesday. The Reds' No. 5 prospect flexed three times on a four-hit day in Triple-A Louisville’s 10-5 win over

For O's No. 4 prospect Gibson, 1st MLB win 'a pretty cool moment'

May 27, 2026

BALTIMORE -- The assignments haven't been easy ones for Trey Gibson in his first taste of the big leagues. But the 24-year-old right-hander has handled each one well, showing exactly why he's been viewed among the top pitching prospects in the Orioles' system in recent years. On May 3, Gibson

Sandlin shakes off 1st AB jitters to retire 18 straight in dazzling debut

May 27, 2026

CHICAGO -- The first pitch of White Sox right-hander David Sandlin's Major League Baseball career was a called strike that was challenged and overturned by the ABS system Wednesday night against the Twins at Rate Field. Sandlin’s second pitch, a 97.2 mph four-seamer according to Statcast, was launched by Byron

NEW! Top 150 Draft prospects: Cholowsky still No. 1, but plenty of movement behind him

April 30, 2026

As the calendar gets ready to turn to May, the Draft buzz is starting to grow louder. And we’re leaning into it with an updated and expanded Draft Top 150. With two-plus months left before the 2026 Draft gets underway in Philadelphia, there’s a ton of movement on every team’s

NCAA Regionals feature 65 of Top 150 Draft prospects -- here's a complete rundown

May 25, 2026

The 64-team field for the 2026 NCAA Division 1 baseball championship is set and, as usual, it is packed with top Draft prospects, giving fans an opportunity to see players who are likely to hear their names called early in this year’s Draft, which will be held on July 11-12

White Sox SS Carlson out with fractured thumb

May 27, 2026

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

Forming an All-Star team of Draft prospects at NCAA Regionals

May 26, 2026

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Rockies sticking with long-term plan for prospect Sullivan

1:01 PM EDT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Triple-A Albuquerque left-hander Sean Sullivan (Rockies' No. 11 prospect) found the appropriate reaction to a negative result, and excelled.

This Nats prospect is on a serious homer binge at Triple-A

@Spokes_Murphy
11:58 AM EDT

First baseman Abimelec Ortiz was one of the five prospects the Nationals received in the MacKenzie Gore trade and is the closest to the Majors of that quintet given that he is the only one at Triple-A Rochester. Right now, the Nats' No. 25 prospect is riding one heck of

5 Reds prospects off to hot starts in the Arizona Complex League

@JesseABorek
11:00 AM EDT

Far away from the glitz and glamour of the big leagues, a new generation of Reds is just getting their season underway in sun-splashed Arizona. The Rookie-level Arizona Complex League club opened its campaign this month and is off to a fast start, posting the best run differential on the

The pitching prospect the Giants acquired for Patrick Bailey is turning heads at Double-A

'Tugboat' Wilkinson allows 1 hit over 7 scoreless innings on Wednesday
9:36 AM EDT

Matt Wilkinson continues to show that he’s more than just a great nickname.

  • Get tickets to a Minor League game The man known as “Tugboat” turned in the best outing of his Minor League career on Wednesday for Double-A Richmond, allowing only one hit over seven scoreless innings with

These guys are rookies? Bazzana, DeLauter 'know they belong in the big leagues'

@tim_stebbins
May 27, 2026

CLEVELAND -- Travis Bazzana and Chase DeLauter entered 2026 with zero combined games of regular-season big league experience. Granted, DeLauter got a taste when he made his MLB debut during the ‘25 postseason, but his two-game stint was far from a long runway. And yet, if you didn’t know any

Danny Thompson Jr. highlights

May 27, 2026

Rikuu Nishida highlights

May 27, 2026

Reds prospect Balcazar showcases power in 2-HR, 5-RBI game in Double-A

@NoahYingling
May 27, 2026

Reds No. 15 prospect Leo Balcazar has, arguably, had the best season of his career in 2026. On Tuesday, though, he arguably had the best game of his career. Balcazar swatted two homers and plated a career-high five runs for Double-A Chattanooga in the Lookouts' 12-3 rout of the Tennessee

These Giants prospects have stood out to start the season

May 27, 2026

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No. 6 prospect Fischer continues to show homer power with High-A Wisconsin

@NoahYingling
May 27, 2026

Andrew Fischer has been ranked as one of the top third base prospects in the Minor Leagues and he continues to show with his bat that he has earned that ranking.

Jump shows flashes of his true potential in Major League debut

May 27, 2026

WEST SACRAMENTO – Before the Athletics broke camp in Spring Training, manager Mark Kotsay expressed excitement over the younger players left off the Opening Day roster who could make an impact later in the season. Gage Jump was among that group of youngsters Kotsay was discussing. The A’s saw enough

Looking for OF power? Báez shows he has it to burn in two-homer game at Triple-A

@benweinrib
May 27, 2026

St. Louis' offense is taking flight this year with an uptick in scoring a key to the team's hot start. But the Cardinals certainly could use more offensive production from the outfield, where outside of Jordan Walker, they have hit just .220/.265/.331. But down at Triple-A, one of their top