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On Sunday night, an impressive group of amateur players will make the leap from talented prospects to actual MLB Draft picks. So start getting to know them now ... before they become a key part of your favorite team's future. The MLB.com research team dug into MLB Pipeline's top 10

Just like every year, the 2025 MLB Draft will feature some very recognizable last names. That was the case again in 2024, with the sons of such MLB stars as Kevin Brown and Manny Ramirez hearing their names called. Who could be the next draftee to cause a little nostalgia?

This story originally ran previously, before Slater de Brun was drafted with the No. 37 pick by the Orioles.

This story originally ran previously, before Alex Lodise was drafted with the No. 60 pick by the Braves and Kyle Lodise was drafted with the No. 76 pick by the White Sox.

This story originally ran previously, before Talon Haley was drafted with the No. 349 pick by the Angels. It’s the spirit of competition that has kept Talon Haley going. That’s how it is for this 6-foot-2 left-hander when a batter steps in the box and he goes into his delivery.

This story originally ran previously, before Liam Doyle was drafted with the No. 5 pick by the Cardinals.

The Draft signing deadline came and went at 5 p.m. ET on Thursday with very little drama. The final two unsigned first-rounders came to terms in the morning. East Carolina right-hander Trey Yesavage (No. 20 overall) agreed to a $4,177,500 deal with the Blue Jays and North Carolina outfielder Vance

Below is a list of every player drafted in the first round of the 2024 MLB Draft. Each club had until 5 p.m. ET on Thursday, Aug. 1, to come to terms with its Draft selections. If a player has exhausted his collegiate eligibility, he can sign at any time

After 315 players were selected over the first two days of the 2024 MLB Draft, 300 more players heard their names on Tuesday as the Draft concluded with Rounds 11-20. As a reminder, the late rounds can be more than just opportunities to fill out a farm system. This year’s

The 2023 Draft class wasted no time getting players to the Majors. Nolan Schanuel joined the Angels last August, just 37 days after turning pro. Wyatt Langford became the third-fastest drafted position player to make an Opening Day roster, claiming a starting role with the defending World Series champion Rangers.

BOSTON -- Could you imagine? It’s the question Baseball Hall of Famer and Boston legend David Ortiz asked three years ago when presented with the idea that one day his son D’Angelo might also end up wearing a Red Sox uniform. That once seemingly far-fetched dream took a big step

BURKE, Va. -- When Stephanie Miller saw the baby boy, her heart melted. In an instant, all the pain and frustration Stephanie and her husband, Richard Green, had endured in their inability to conceive a child went away. Because there, on a VHS cassette sent along by an adoption agency,

FORT WORTH, Texas -- At the Stockyards historic district, where the 2024 MLB Draft took place Sunday night, you could test your rodeo skills and ride a mechanical bull. And odds are, you would have had much better luck staying on that bucking, spinning, twisting steer for a full minute

SEATTLE -- The Mariners went bold with the first-round selection in the 2024 MLB Draft on Sunday, taking switch-pitcher Jurrangelo Cijntje out of Mississippi State University with their top pick at No. 15 overall. Yes, you read that right. And with their second-round pick, they selected high-school right-hander Ryan Sloan,

Right-hander Genei Sato, days short of his 21st birthday, is progressing toward a potential first-round selection in the 2026 Nippon Professional Baseball Draft. He has something else in mind. According to several reports, Sato, a third-year student at Sendai University in Shibata, Japan, plans to transfer to a school in

The Dodgers usually have to wait a while to make their first Draft selection, not that anyone is feeling sorry for them. Draft position is determined by reverse order of success the previous season, and Los Angeles often moves down 10 spots for exceeding the second competitive balance tax threshold.

While the Yankees are synonymous with big spending, their ability to find talent via the Draft also has played a large role in them making the postseason in eight of the last nine years. Three-time MVP Aaron Judge, one of the most devastating right-handed hitters in the history of the

I still have Draft Fever following the Draft Lottery and publishing my first (way too early) first-round projection for 2026! So let's keep the focus on the Draft in the latest Pipeline Inbox ...

The scouts who had run Red Sox Drafts since 2015 all left the club this year. Mike Rikard (2015-19) took a job with the Diamondbacks as a senior advisor in January. The Nationals hired Paul Toboni (2020-22) as president of baseball operations in October, and he brought Devin Pearson (2023-25)

The Mets had a chance. It was 0.67 percent of a chance, but it was a chance. New York went into the Winter Meetings as one of 15 teams with an opportunity to win the 2026 No. 1 overall pick in the Draft Lottery. Instead, the organization moved to what

When the Cubs ended a four-season playoff drought in 2025 and went on to win their first postseason series in eight years, the Draft played a significant role. First-round picks Ian Happ (2015), Nico Hoerner (2018), Cade Horton (2022) and Matt Shaw (2023) were mainstays in the lineup and rotation.

With the Draft Lottery in the books, the 2026 MLB Draft order is now in place, with some changes possible based on free-agent signings. The lottery didn’t impact the Phillies’ placement in the Draft order, since they were a playoff team, but between the top of the Draft being set

ORLANDO, Fla. – A year prior to taking over as the Cardinals' president of baseball operations, Chaim Bloom – then as advisor awaiting his ascension – got a flurry of text messages from various MLB execs alerting him to St. Louis being “lucky” during the MLB Draft Lottery proceedings.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Draft Lottery has once again produced what has become an unfortunate common theme for the Athletics. Despite entering Tuesday’s MLB Draft Lottery carrying the fifth-highest odds (6.55%) for the No. 1 selection, the A’s will be picking eighth overall in next July’s Draft. Among the teams