Be yourself, unless you feel like being something else. This is now an established Minor League Baseball promotional strategy, as teams across the country regularly assume alternate identities in lieu of their day-to-day primary identities. These alternate identities often have a local connection, with teams celebrating their region's culinary specialties,

SAN JUAN -- There've been whispers and tales of Matt Wilkinson's pitch his whole life. How did it get to home plate so fast? Wasn't it just in his glove? Why is it already past me? He's heard the same questions from batters in high school, the Minor Leagues, even

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Since David Stearns took over as the Mets’ president of baseball operations, the team has endeavored to be honest with players about their chances of making the team. At the beginning of this spring, club officials told Jonah Tong that, if everyone else stayed healthy,

Spring Breakout is back for its third year, putting a preseason spotlight on baseball’s best prospect talents. The two previous iterations have already given us several memorable moments, like Paul Skenes’ strikeout of Jackson Holliday in a matchup of former No. 1 overall picks and Roman Anthony’s home run deep

CLEARWATER, Fla. – Spencer Jones acknowledged the news was something “you never want to hear,” but it hadn’t been unexpected. The Yankees’ outfield appears settled, with the big-swinging prospect set to begin another season in the Minors. More at-bats with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre are on deck. But Jones is aiming to

LAKELAND, Fla. -- The word should be out by now: Don’t start off Kevin McGonigle with a cookie. Six days after the Tigers’ top prospect – and MLB’s No. 2 prospect overall – started off the Tigers’ visit to the Dominican Republic by turning on Luis Severino’s 98 mph fastball

The World Baseball Classic has been a stage for players across the world to show off their talents, and plenty of prospects have thrived in the spotlight. Players ranked on organizational Top 30 Prospects lists have shown out, in particular.

PHOENIX -- Spring Training formally begins for Brewers Minor Leaguers on Tuesday, so it was time for the organization’s top prospect to bid farewell to big league camp and begin preparing for the regular season. The Brewers returned 18-year-old Jesús Made to Minor League camp amid a flurry of roster

For the first time in a decade, Milwaukee is the cream of the crop. The Brewers have ascended to the top spot in the MLB Pipeline farm system rankings. The last time the organization sat atop such a list was the 2016 midseason version, when it claimed eight Top 100

BRADENTON, Fla. -- Derek Berg didn’t have to think long about Konnor Griffin’s wedding gift. Months earlier, during their time as Minor League roommates, Berg had taught Griffin how to cook steaks. It was one of many life lessons he imparted on the teenager during Griffin’s first stretch away from

MESA, Ariz. – It might be the first time Leo De Vries slugged a home run rocking the kelly green and gold, but it certainly won't be the last. These are just Cactus League games after all, and De Vries throttled not one but two homers in an 11-7 win

PHOENIX -- Infielder Ethan Murray is not usually mentioned among the Brewers’ prospects with light tower power. But maybe he should be. Murray, a 25-year-old who split last season between Double-A Biloxi and Triple-A Nashville, crushed a go-ahead three-run home run in Sunday’s 6-3 Brewers win over the Mariners that

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.

There’s a tradition in Minor League Baseball that resurfaces annually during the final games of the season. It’s commonly referred to as “playing all nine.” The accomplishment consists of players bouncing around the diamond on the mission of playing all nine positions in the span of nine innings. In Georgia

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The Marlins reassigned a trio of Top 30 prospects to Minor League camp on Saturday morning. Right-hander Karson Milbrandt (Marlins No. 10 prospect) and outfielders Dillon Lewis (No. 11) and Fenwick Trimble (No. 20) as well as first baseman Nathan Martorella were part of the

BRADENTON, Fla. -- When Hunter Barco left Pittsburgh and flew south for the winter, an encouraging MLB debut and strong Minor League season in the books, the young left-hander was hardly satisfied. Wanting to take the next step in his career, the 2022 second-round pick and current MLB Pipeline Top

All of MLB Pipeline's organizational Top 30 Prospects lists are updated, and our new farm system ratings are complete as well. Now we turn our attention to Spring Training and Spring Breakout. There's plenty of baseball and plenty of questions, so let's get to them ...

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. For

The 2024 Draft class is shaping up to be one of the best in recent memory. Following a 2023 class that featured some of the best top-end prospect talent of any Draft -- with names like Paul Skenes, Dylan Crews, Wyatt Langford and Max Clark going in the top five

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- For the Red Sox, the first two Spring Breakouts created a clear demonstration of coming attractions. In the 2024 prospect showcase, played at JetBlue Park, Ceddanne Rafaela belted a three-run homer and made a great play in center field. Less than two weeks later, he broke

Want to catch some of the top Marlins prospects sharing the same field before they do so in the big leagues? Here’s what to know about the Marlins’ preliminary 40-man roster for the third annual Spring Breakout.

MESA, Ariz. -- The Cubs have balanced building a playoff-contending roster with creating developmental runway for prospects in the Major Leagues in recent seasons. Names like Pete Crow-Armstrong, Michael Busch, Cade Horton and Matt Shaw have jumped from Pipeline’s rankings to postseason races. Spring Breakout offers a chance to get

The third iteration of Spring Breakout is nearly here, and top prospects from across the baseball landscape will have their moment to shine across the diamonds of Arizona and Florida. The showcase will run from March 19-22 and will include rosters stacked with talent. All told, 91 players on MLB

The first two years of Spring Breakout have provided several memorable matchups. Baseball's best hitting prospect (Jackson Holliday) faced baseball's best pitching prospect (Paul Skenes) in 2024, resulting in a 102-mph fastball and a strikeout on a 92-mph slider. Four of the game's dozen top-rated prospects faced off in a