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How the Rule 5 Draft impacted 12 teams' Top 30 Prospects lists

@SamDykstraMiLB
December 11, 2024

MLB Pipeline gives our organizational Top 30 prospect rankings complete refreshes twice per calendar year (once in spring, once in-season) and provides other live updates as graduations and other transactions necessitate them. In the latter category, two dates in particular are our busiest for Top 30 updates: the Trade Deadline

Top 100 prospect Montgomery dishes on trade to White Sox

December 12, 2024

Braden Montgomery, MLB Pipeline's No. 54 overall prospect, joined MLB Network's "Hot Stove" on Thursday to talk about being traded to the White Sox in the Garrett Crochet blockbuster. The 21-year-old outfielder, who was the Red Sox's first-round Draft pick last July, was sent to Chicago on Wednesday as part

Top 100 prospects Teel, Montgomery headline return haul in Crochet deal

December 11, 2024

DALLAS -- Chris Getz hit only three home runs over the course of his seven-year career, with two of them coming while playing for the White Sox. So comparing the excitement of clearing the fences to the excitement of finishing off a five-player deal sending Garrett Crochet to Boston hours

Every pick of this year's Rule 5 Draft, plus 1st-round analysis

December 11, 2024

DALLAS – Arms were on the menu during Wednesday afternoon’s Rule 5 Draft at the Winter Meetings. A total of 15 players were taken in the Major League phase of this year’s Rule 5 and 11 of them were pitchers. It started when the White Sox took right-hander Shane Smith

Scout of the Year program celebrates 40th anniversary, honors 6

December 12, 2024

The Scout of the Year program celebrated its 40th anniversary Wednesday evening at the Winter Meetings in Dallas, honoring evaluators and administrators for their contributions to the game. This year's domestic winners were Chris Buckley (Reds, East Coast), Tim Kelly (Yankees, Midwest) and R.J. Harrison (Rays, West Coast). Eddy Toledo

Road to The Show™: Padres’ Salas

MLB.com's No. 19 overall prospect flashes cornerstone potential
@Gerard_Gilberto
December 10, 2024

Each week, MiLB.com profiles an elite prospect by chronicling the steps he's taken toward achieving his Major League dream. Here's a look at top Padres prospect Ethan Salas. For more stories about players on The Road to The Show, click here. Ethan Salas has been among the most important players

Red Sox Ferreira, Royals Cadahia win Bender, Coolbaugh Awards

Red Sox, Royals execs honored for player development service
December 10, 2024

Minor League Baseball announced the selection of Boston Red Sox Executive Vice President and Assistant General Manager Raquel Ferreira as the 16th winner of the Sheldon “Chief” Bender Award and Kansas City Royals Special Assistant to the General Manager/Player Development Chino Cadahia as the recipient of the 16th annual Mike

What was Juan Soto like as a prospect?

December 10, 2024

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Orioles claim inaugural MiLB Sportsmanship Award

December 9, 2024

Minor League Baseball is pleased to announce that the Baltimore Orioles organization has been named the recipient of the inaugural MiLB Sportsmanship Award. This award is presented to the Major League Baseball organization whose Minor League personnel best exemplify MiLB’s commitment to fostering a culture of sportsmanship and professionalism on

This pitcher gave so many haircuts his team added a barber chair to the clubhouse

@BensBiz
December 6, 2024

Benjamin Hill travels the nation collecting stories about what makes Minor League Baseball unique. This excerpt from his newsletter -- which he reported on from Madison, Ala., on June 19 -- is one of those stories. Read the full newsletter here, and subscribe to his newsletter here. Victor Mederos, a