Things are about to heat up in the desert. At 8 p.m. ET/6 MT, the Arizona Fall League's 19th annual Fall Stars Game gets underway at Sloan Park in Mesa. You can watch the game on MLB Network, in the MLB app or right here. And we have scouting reports

MESA, Ariz. -- All that anyone could talk about during batting practice for the 2025 Arizona Fall League Home Run Derby was Tony Blanco Jr. From “that’s the biggest guy I’ve ever seen” to “he’s a beast,” the 6-foot-7, 243-pound Pirates prospect drew a fawning crowd of his peers. Once

The All-Star festivities at baseball’s most elite prospect circuit are always an unforgettable event. The 19th annual Fall Stars Game will be no different. This year’s iteration, which will be broadcast live on MLB Network and MLB.com at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday from Sloan Park in Mesa, Arizona, will

Picture, if you will, a domesticated bovine species native to the Himalayas that has discovered the game of baseball, developed the ability to travel via paddle-powered watercraft and can now be found in and around the mountains of Virginia. You have pictured the newest team identity on the Minor League

Since the Arizona Fall League started the Fall Stars Game in 2010 to shine a spotlight on its top talents, the event has featured a number of future big league luminaries. Ronald Acuña Jr., Mookie Betts, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bryce Harper, Aaron Judge, Francisco Lindor, Julio Rodríguez, Corey Seager and

Minor League designs can get pretty grandiose. But they also can bring people closer together. From out-of-the-world identities to classic home looks, teams celebrate their local culture one kit at a time.

• Shop the MiLB Store's National Jersey Day sale For the third straight year, MLB.com celebrates National Jersey

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The 2023 Draft has already been a productive one for the Red Sox, in a variety of ways. Two picks have already hit Boston and even though fourth-round pick Kristian Campbell’s first go-round didn’t go as planned, the fact that he and fifth-rounder Connelly Early have already

PEORIA, Ariz. – When Tyler Cleveland started his college career at Central Arkansas in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, he was very much a generic right-handed reliever, coming at hitters with a standard delivery and a fastball that sat around 85-86 mph to go along with a pedestrian breaking ball. The

The World's Most Autographed Baseball attracted a lot of attention this summer. This fall, it's attracted a little bit more -- and some hardware to go with it. The annual advertising awards known as The Clios have recognized Minor League Baseball's head-turning promotion with a 2025 Bronze Award in the

The first two years of Spring Breakout play produced several memorable moments. Paul Skenes throwing a 102-mph fastball to Jackson Holliday and striking him out on a 92-mph slider, and Spencer Jones walloping 826 feet worth of home runs in 2024. Four of the game's top dozen prospects homering in

Benjamin Hill travels the nation collecting stories about what makes Minor League Baseball unique. This excerpt from the Baseball Traveler newsletter, presented by Circle K, is a mere taste of the smorgasbord of delights he offers every week. Read the full newsletter here, and subscribe to his newsletter here. If

Benjamin Hill travels the nation collecting stories about what makes Minor League Baseball unique. This excerpt from the Baseball Traveler newsletter, presented by Circle K, is a mere taste of the smorgasbord of delights he offers every week. Read the full newsletter here, and subscribe to his newsletter here.

Tune into the Arizona Fall League and the Dominican Winter League (LIDOM) to watch some of baseball's brightest young stars. You can see MLB's top prospects in action, with AFL matchups streaming for free on both MLB.com (here and on the AFL site) and MLB.TV. LIDOM games are included as

GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Tony Blanco Jr. certainly looks the part. As the 6-foot-7, 243-pounder strides into the box, wearing the same No. 99 made famous by this generation’s preeminent slugger, it seems he’s capable of the old axiom of “hitting the cover off the ball” every time he coils up

MESA, Ariz. -- Shortly after the Glendale Desert Dogs finished their high-five line following Tuesday's Arizona Fall League victory, Logan Wagner did a handstand and walked forward on his palms behind home plate. If that was just a brief glimpse into the strength the Dodgers' No. 30 prospect possesses, his

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Logan Wagner tapped out early. It was nearly midnight, and the Glendale Desert Dogs had a day game the next day. As much as he wanted to watch the end of Game 3 of the World Series, his eyelids got heavy after the 17th inning, more than

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Adam Stone stood on the mound on Oct. 9 for the Mesa Solar Sox and noticed he was shaking. After years of rehab and throwing live batting practice sessions on back fields with no one around, the right-handed Yankees prospect was on an Arizona Fall League mound

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The ball flies in Arizona. Prospects love hitting in the thin air, as they're perpetually rewarded for tapping into loft and crushing pitches a long ways. But sometimes, you have to get creative. Dante Nori's first Fall League home run during Surprise's 8-0 win over Salt River

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – For just about any given baseball moment, there’s a “Bull Durham” quote that’s relevant. After Carlson Reed tossed four shutout innings on Wednesday in the Arizona Fall League, it clearly was the gem delivered by Crash Davis to Nuke LaLoosh during a mound visit: “Hey. Relax. Don’t

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – In mid-July, John Bay was working out, done with school and undrafted, pondering what might be his next step in the baseball world. Just over three months later, he was playing in the Arizona Fall League.

Five runs scored on zero hits -- it just looks like a misprint in the box score. Rays prospect Aidan Smith saw his Arizona Fall League average drop after an 0-for-2 day during Mesa’s 21-14 victory over Scottdale at Sloan Park on Tuesday afternoon yet still managed to deliver a

Any time you look at the linescore and see a “21” underneath the runs column at the end of the game, you’re liable to think that someone among the starting nine delivered a career performance. That someone Tuesday was Yankees infield prospect Enmanuel Tejeda. The 20-year-old racked up an eye-popping

MESA, Ariz. -- It might be hard to stand out offensively in a game with a combined 35 runs scored -- just the second time since 2005 that more than 33 runs were scored in one Arizona Fall League contest -- and 39 hits banged out, but Kevin McGonigle found

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