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

Don’t put away the bunting just yet. As of last Friday, all four full-season levels of the Minor Leagues -- Triple-A, Double-A, High-A and Single-A -- have officially begun their 2026 regular seasons. But while many low-level clubs have held their home openers, many others -- quite literally half of

With the Minor League season kicking off, here's where the D-backs’ Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:

1. Ryan Waldschmidt (MLB No. 57), OF -- Reno (Triple-A)
2. Kayson Cunningham, SS -- Visalia (Single-A)
3. Slade Caldwell, OF -- Hillsboro (High-A)
4. Tommy Troy, 2B/OF -- Reno (Triple-A) 5.

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 kicking off, here's where the Rays’ Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:

1. Theo Gillen (MLB No. 72), OF -- Bowling Green (High-A)
2. Brody Hopkins (MLB No. 81), RHP -- Durham (Triple-A)
3. Jacob Melton, OF -- Durham (Triple-A)
4. Daniel Pierce, SS

With the Minor League season kicking off, here's where the Tigers’ Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:

1. Kevin McGonigle (MLB No. 2), SS -- Detroit (MLB)
2. Max Clark (MLB No. 8), OF -- Toledo (Triple-A)
3. Bryce Rainer (MLB No. 33), SS -- Lakeland (Single-A)
4. Josue

With the Minor League season kicking off, here's where the Nationals’ Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:

1. Eli Willits (MLB No. 11), SS -- Fredericksburg (Single-A)
2. Travis Sykora (MLB No. 52), RHP -- Injured (Tommy John rehab)
3. Harry Ford (MLB No. 68), C -- Rochester (Triple-A)

With the Minor League season kicking off, here's where the Padres’ Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:

Kevin McGonigle (MLB No. 2), JJ Wetherholt (MLB No. 5) and Carson Benge (MLB No. 16) opened the 2026 season as Major Leaguers, along with 17 other members of MLB Pipeline's Top 100 Prospects list. Baseball's No. 1 prospect Konnor Griffin lasted just five games at Triple-A before he got

Major League fans, get ready to meet the next five-tool monster. No. 1 overall prospect Konnor Griffin is expected to be called up by the Pirates for his MLB debut in their home opener Friday, as Jason Mackey noted Thursday. Taken ninth overall in the 2024 Draft, Griffin shot up

With the Minor League season kicking off, here's where the Brewers’ Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:

1. Jesús Made (MLB No. 3), SS/2B -- Biloxi (Double-A)
2. Luis Peña (MLB No. 24), INF -- Wisconsin (High-A)
3. Jett Williams (MLB No. 49), SS/2B/OF -- Nashville (Triple-A)
4. Cooper

With the Minor League season kicking off, here's where the Cardinals’ Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:

1. JJ Wetherholt (MLB Pipeline No. 5), INF -- St. Louis (MLB)
2. Liam Doyle (MLB No. 32), LHP -- Springfield (Double-A)
3. Rainiel Rodriguez (MLB No. 35), C -- Peoria (High-A)

With the Minor League season kicking off, here's where the Mets’ Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:

1. Carson Benge (MLB No. 14), OF -- New York (MLB)
2. Jonah Tong (MLB No. 46), RHP -- Syracuse (Triple-A)
3. A.J. Ewing (MLB No. 94), OF -- Binghamton (Double-A) 4.

With the Minor League season kicking off, here's where the Blue Jays’ Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:

With the Minor League season kicking off, here's where the Royals’ Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:

1. Carter Jensen (MLB No. 16), C -- Kansas City (MLB)
2. Blake Mitchell (MLB No. 72), C -- Quad Cities (High-A)
3. Kendry Chourio, RHP -- Columbia (Single-A)
4. David Shields,

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The Major Leaguers get to have their Opening Day fun on Wednesday and Thursday. Come Friday, it’ll be Triple-A ballplayers’ turn. The International and Pacific Coast League regular seasons both begin on March 27 this year, meaning MLB hopefuls from coast to coast will take their first throws and hacks

The Mets traded Brandon Nimmo to the Rangers back in November and announced Juan Soto would be moving to left field at the start of Spring Training – two moves that created an opening in the other outfield corner. Speaking in February, Soto offered a preview of who could be

JJ Wetherholt has been taking Major League-quality at-bats for some time. He might as well be taking them at the game’s actual top level. On Monday, the Cardinals announced that MLB Pipeline’s No. 5 overall prospect will open the 2026 season in the Major Leagues. His expected debut will come

The best Minor League hitting prospect of the 2020s is headed to The Show. The Tigers are placing No. 2 overall prospect Kevin McGonigle on their Major League Opening Day roster, the club confirmed Tuesday. McGonigle’s expected appearance in Thursday’s season opener on the road against the Padres will mark

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Under a new front office led by president of baseball operations Paul Toboni, the Nationals have worked to build up the depth of their farm system this offseason. In doing so, they’ve built up a logjam of infield prospects at the lowest levels of the

JUPITER, Fla. – Kevin Defrank isn’t just the next big thing in Marlins camp. He might be the next big thing in the wide landscape of Minor League pitching prospects. Standing 6-foot-5 already at only 17 years old, the right-hander has headed stateside for his first Spring Training at the

JUPITER, Fla. -- Joshua Báez’s 2025 breakout season can be sliced and diced any number of ways, but here are the two big ones. With his 20 homers and 54 steals between High-A and Double-A last year, he was one of only two 20-50 players in the Minors. No. 1

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- The last time the Royals had a pitcher atop their MLB Pipeline preseason prospect rankings was 2019 in Brady Singer. Catcher Carter Jensen’s Major League ascent and success kept the armless streak alive for 2026, but teenage hurlers Kendry Chourio (No. 3 on their current Top 30

Fifty-four members from MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 are scheduled to play in the third edition of Spring Breakout, including shortstops Konnor Griffin (Pirates, No. 1), Jesús Made (Brewers, No. 3), Leo De Vries (Athletics, No. 4), JJ Wetherholt (Cardinals, No. 5), Colt Emerson (Mariners, No. 9) and outfielder Max Clark