The Winter Meetings begin Monday in Orlando, Fla., and prospects are certain to be on the shopping list for some clubs. Which team will get the best holiday-season deal? Who has the prospect capital to make that kind of deal happen?

CLEVELAND -- The Guardians added four prospects to their 40-man roster on Tuesday, ahead of the deadline for teams to protect eligible players from the Rule 5 Draft.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- All season long, Surprise manager Jesus Azuaje watched his players pick each other up. So when the Saguaros were down by four runs in the sixth inning of the Arizona Fall League Championship Game, he knew they’d just keep competing together. The team made up of Brewers,

CLEVELAND -- When baseball fans in northeast Ohio think of Tom Candiotti, they likely think of the knuckleball. Candiotti, who spent seven of his 16 big league seasons with Cleveland, is one of the most prominent pitchers to feature the offering. That’s why Candiotti’s presence in Arizona earlier this month,

For some players, the Arizona Fall League can act like a last-chance saloon. The AFL is known widely as a showcase circuit, providing opportunity for some of the game’s best prospects to get in more work before the offseason begins. It’s also a shot for Minor Leaguers with upcoming Rule

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The 33rd season of the Arizona Fall League is a week old, and already, there are top prospects standing out amid the field of, well, top prospects. Here are the top performers from the first week of AFL action:

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Daniel Espino was on the verge of reaching the big leagues with the Guardians in the spring of 2022. Just 21 years old, he had a fastball that reached 103 mph and a wipeout slider that climbed into the low 90s. He opened that season by striking

MESA, Ariz. -- The Guardians' Daniel Espino, the Yankees' Bryce Cunningham and Luis Perales of the Red Sox are three of the best arms in the Arizona Fall League and looking to get more innings after missing most of the season. They all took the mound on Tuesday for their

CLEVELAND -- Chase DeLauter took in his surroundings when he moved from center field to right in the seventh inning on Wednesday. He got a good look at the third deck of seats facing him. He was surrounded by a crowd clad in red, desperate to see its team keep

Chase DeLauter was slated to head to next week’s Opening Day in the Arizona Fall League. As it turns out, he has another destination in mind first. The Guardians added MLB Pipeline’s No. 54 overall prospect to their Wild Card Series roster Tuesday for their best-of-3 matchup with the Tigers.

The road to World Series glory can be paved in a myriad of ways. Each of the 12 teams hoping to be the last ones standing in this year’s postseason have been constructed in very different ways. There are the super-homegrown squads, like the Guardians and Tigers, leading the way

CLEVELAND -- The Guardians’ implausible, impossible, improbable roller-coaster ride of a 2025 season saved one of its greatest twists for the playoffs. Cleveland unveiled its 26-man roster for the American League Wild Card Series on Tuesday, and it includes outfielder Chase DeLauter (ranked by MLB Pipeline as the Guardians’ No.

CLEVELAND -- Chase DeLauter sat in the home dugout at Progressive Field on Monday afternoon, wearing a red T-shirt adorned with the Guardians’ script. Printed underneath were the words “BUILT FOR FALL.”

Guardians former top pitching prospect Daniel Espino returned to the mound for the first time since April 29, 2022, on Saturday. While the outing -- three runs allowed over two-thirds of an inning with one strikeout in Triple-A Columbus’ 8-7 loss to Omaha at Huntington Park -- wasn't statistically impressive,

Just over two months into their professional careers, 13 members of the Guardians’ 2025 Draft class can already call themselves champions. On Wednesday, Single-A Lynchburg claimed its first Carolina League title since 2017, and Cleveland’s most recent draftees had their fingerprints all over the triumph.

CLEVELAND -- Travis Bazzana’s 2025 season is over after he was placed on the 7-day Minor League injured list Sunday with left flank soreness. Bazzana (the Guardians’ No. 1 prospect and No. 15 overall, per MLB Pipeline) exited Triple-A Columbus’ 4-3 win over St. Paul on Thursday due to the

This story was excerpted from Tim Stebbins’ Guardians Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. CLEVELAND -- Daniel Espino’s developmental path has been sidetracked due to multiple injury setbacks. But three and a half years after his last game

TAMPA -- Given that Parker Messick had just three big league starts under his belt, there are a lot of firsts he is experiencing these days. But the lefty felt a sense of familiarity on Sunday. In October 2018, Messick took the mound at George Steinbrenner Field during his senior

Travis Bazzana is closing out his 2025 season in style. The Guardians’ top-ranked prospect delivered his first professional multihomer game as part of a three-hit, three-RBI night in Triple-A Columbus’ 12-0 rout of Indianapolis at Huntington Park, all while donning the team’s Harry Potter-themed uniforms.

CLEVELAND -- One of Stephen Vogt’s earliest observations of Parker Messick in his limited time around him is that the lefty has a demeanor that was ready for the big league stage. “He's not big-eyed with anything,” Vogt said pregame Tuesday. “He respects the Major Leagues. He knows it's going

There was no shortage of top performances during a busy night around the Minors, headlined by a memorable debut from this year's No. 1 overall Draft pick Eli Willits (Nationals). The action also featured the first multihomer games from Top 100 prospects Aidan Miller (Phillies) and Charlie Condon (Rockies), plus

PHOENIX -- The ending didn’t match the storybook script, but Parker Messick is off and running. The 24-year-old lefty, recalled from Triple-A Columbus earlier in the day, dazzled in his Major League debut Wednesday at Chase Field. Cleveland’s No. 12-ranked prospect (per MLB Pipeline) and 2022 second-round Draft pick allowed

Parker Messick put himself on the map for a big league callup this season through his strong performance with Triple-A Columbus. Now, the 24-year-old lefty will receive his first shot on the big league stage. The Guardians will promote Messick (their No. 12 prospect, according to MLB Pipeline) from Columbus