For six weeks, some of the best prospects in baseball shined in the Arizona Fall League, the game’s most elite prospect circuit. At season's end, the best of the best earned well-deserved hardware. The Fall League annually awards the Joe Black MVP Award to its top performer, and since 2021

The Yankees' outfield could have a seriously new look in 2026, with Cody Bellinger and Trent Grisham free agents and Jasson Dominguez’s role less certain than it appeared to be this time a year ago. Another question mark: Where might Spencer Jones fit in? Yankees general manager Brian Cashman told

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,

A little over a year after the 2024 Draft, the Red Sox have to be pleased with their early returns. First-rounder Braden Montgomery became a key trade piece in the deal that landed ace Garrett Crochet, and second-rounder Payton Tolle has already made his big league debut and ranks as

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- It might seem like a misprint, but it’s true: Dating back to 2009, either the Peoria Javelinas or Surprise Saguaros have played in the Arizona Fall League Championship Game. The two west side of the Valley powerhouses met Friday afternoon at Salt River Fields in the latest

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. Akron,

Check out the latest episodes of The Show Before the Show, MiLB.com's official podcast. A segment rundown is listed below, in case you want to skip to a particular section. Like the podcast? Subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts. The podcast is also available via Spotify, Megaphone and other

Every year at around this time at MLB Pipeline, we try to look into our crystal ball and find a Rookie of the Year candidate for each team. In 2025, we picked two of the three American League finalists in the A’s Jacob Wilson and Roman Anthony of the Red

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Kevin McGonigle ranks as the No. 2 prospect on MLB Pipeline's Top 100 list and many scouts consider him the best pure hitter in the Minors. The Tigers infielder only enhanced his reputation in the Arizona Fall League. McGonigle slashed .362/.500/.710 in 19 games, leading the developmental

Astros right-hander James Hicks brought the kitchen sink with him to throw at Arizona Fall League hitters, and, boy, did it work. The organization’s No. 26 prospect may not have any plus pitches, but he used all of them to earn Arizona Fall League Pitcher of the Year honors after

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- During the regular season, a Pirates prospect's meteoric rise earned Konnor Griffin – now MLB’s No. 1 overall -- Hitting Prospect of the Year honors. During the fall, fellow 2025 National League All-Star Futures Game representative Esmerlyn Valdez enjoyed his own offensive flurry in the desert en

The clock is ticking. All 30 Major League teams have decisions to make ahead of Tuesday's 6 p.m. ET deadline to set 40-man rosters. Eligible players who are not added to their respective organization's roster by then can be selected by another organization in the Rule 5 Draft, which is

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- In a late July at-bat for Single-A Myrtle Beach, Owen Ayers couldn’t shake the feeling something was wrong. He pushed through the plate appearance, but didn’t put his catcher’s gear back on the next inning. It turned out his right hand was broken. And amid the club’s

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

Happy Arizona Fall League Championship Day to all who celebrate. While I'm still excited about Reds catcher Alfredo Duno’s three-homer night to get his Peoria Javelinas to the title game, this time of year is always bittersweet. It also marks the end of prospects playing baseball in the United States

For the Pirates to be successful, they’re always going to need a steady supply of talent from their farm system. Some top prospects were already added to the roster this past year, like Bubba Chandler, Hunter Barco, Rafael Flores and Thomas Harrington, but the Pirates still have a few more

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Phillies center fielder Dante Nori was in the starting lineup for the Surprise Saguaros in their Arizona Fall League opener on Oct. 7. He picked up his first hit in his second at-bat and, when he was thrown out trying to steal, felt a little tweak. In

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Three homers. 1,290 feet. It might have taken longer than expected, but the Alfredo Duno Show arrived in the Arizona Fall League just in time. The Reds' No. 2 prospect crushed three roundtrippers during Peoria's 9-4 win over Scottsdale in the AFL Semifinal Game at Salt River

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Nick Lovullo had stood in the box countless times and watched his dad, Torey, wind up to throw a pitch as part of their batting practice sessions. But during Sunday’s Arizona Fall League Fall Stars Game, Nick found himself with a new angle: catching a ball from

PHOENIX- Due to impending weather, the Arizona Fall League has announced that the Arizona Fall League Championship Game at Salt River Fields will be moved up to Friday, Nov. 14, at 1:30 p.m. MST/3:30 p.m. ET. Tickets are available now at brushfire.com/arizonafallleague. Fans who had previously purchased tickets for Friday’s

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PHOENIX- Due to impending weather, the Arizona Fall League has announced a set of scheduling changes for the 2025 Arizona Fall League playoffs.

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

Unsurprisingly, it didn't take long for Tigers prospect Kevin McGonigle, the highest-ranking prospect to play in the Arizona Fall League in recent years, to make his mark on the elite prospect circuit. So it wasn't surprising when he kept on raking as his time in Arizona built up. Now it's