The Akron RubberDucks' newest alternate identity features an anthropomorphic dip container dipping a chip into its own brain. Call it food for thought. On June 19 and 20 the RubberDucks -- Double-A affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians -- will take the field as the Chip Dippers. It's an homage to

MLB Pipeline released its Top 100 Prospects list on Friday, putting the spotlight on many of the future stars of baseball. Of course, one of the limits of a Top 100 is having that exact number of players on the list. Many talented players nearly landed in the rankings and

When prospect rankings come out, they are based on long-range projection. The order is based on who is perceived to be the best big leaguers five, 10 years down the road. Over the years at MLB.com, there have been top-ranked prospects with eye-popping tools and scouting grades to match. Each

MILWAUKEE – Big league camp is the next stop on Brewers top prospect Jesús Made’s rapid rise in professional baseball. The Brewers announced nine additional non-roster invitees to their Major League Spring Training camp on Tuesday, all players already within the organization. They are headlined by Made, the 18-year-old shortstop

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,

Could a golden era of shortstops be dawning? Konnor Griffin (Pirates) has the best tools in the Minors and is MLB Pipeline's reigning Hitting Prospect of the Year. Kevin McGonigle (Tigers) is the best pure hitting prospect in the game, with JJ Wetherholt (Cardinals) right behind. Jesús Made (Brewers) and

ST. LOUIS, Mo., January 26, 2026 – The St. Louis Cardinals announced 27 non-roster invitees to 2026 Spring Training camp today. Highlighting the list of those set to report to Jupiter the second week of February are 2025 Texas League MVP and Cardinals Minor League Player of the Year JJ

The latest edition of MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 prospect rankings has a strong pattern of Tigers stripes. Detroit will head to Spring Training in a few weeks as baseball’s only organization with two Top 10 prospects and four prospects in the Top 40, according to the rankings revealed Friday. All

The Mets were poised to claim six Top 100 prospects ahead of our reveal last Friday until the organization traded infielder/outfielder Jett Williams (No. 51) and right-handed pitcher Brandon Sproat (No. 100) to the Brewers in the Freddy Peralta/Tobias Myers deal. That’s just part of the business when you’re trying

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

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

The Phillies have three prospects on MLB Pipeline's 2026 Top 100 Prospects list, released last week: shortstop Aidan Miller (No. 23), right-hander Andrew Painter (No. 28) and outfielder Justin Crawford (No. 53). But prospect development is all about the future, and with Painter and Crawford especially set to graduate to

The Prospect Promotion Incentive (PPI) was implemented in the 2022 Collective Bargaining Agreement as a way to encourage teams to promote their best young players to the big leagues as early as possible, and it's added an interesting new wrinkle, not only to the Draft, but to the way teams

KANSAS CITY -- Following Mike Jirschele’s retirement as the all-time winningest manager in the history of the Royals’ affiliate in Omaha, the club will turn to a new face to manage its Triple-A squad in 2026. Patrick Osborn is well aware of the shoes he’s about to step into while

It's been a decade since a team from a Central division won the World Series -- and it happened in consecutive years, with the Kansas City Royals (AL) claiming the 2015 title and Chicago Cubs (NL) winning the 2016 Series. But might that drought be coming to an end? If

The MLB Pipeline Top 100 prospects list is out for another season, and the 2026 edition – released Friday night – is topped by shortstops Konnor Griffin (Pirates), Kevin McGonigle (Tigers) and Jesús Made (Brewers). Twenty-nine of the 30 Major League farm systems have at least one representative on the

MLB Pipeline's 2026 rankings of the Top 10 prospects at each position are official, as is the overall 2026 Top 100 Prospects list.

The Athletics believe their farm system is the strongest it has been in decades, and that certainly showed through in their representation on Friday when MLB Pipeline released its Top 100 Prospects list. Three A’s prospects rank among the Top 100. Teenage phenom shortstop Leo De Vries headlines the group

NEW YORK -- The Mets’ improving farm system, a source of pride in recent years as the team has fast-tracked top prospects to the big leagues, just landed them Freddy Peralta in a blockbuster trade with the Brewers. It’s a telling sign of the times, then, that the Mets could

LOS ANGELES -- As the Dodgers prepare for a rare three-peat bid at the big league level, their loaded farm system has them poised to compete for years to come. The Dodgers have five prospects on MLB Pipeline's new Top 100 list for 2026, which was unveiled on Friday night

BOSTON -- After years of position players stealing most of the accolades in the Red Sox’s farm system, the tables have turned to the pitching side. And never was that more apparent than when MLB Pipeline unveiled its Top 100 prospect list in an MLB Network special on Friday night.

Part of the fun of prospect lists is mentally penciling in which players could be contributors for a club years down the road. For the Pirates, some of their prospects are teenagers years away from the Majors but others should be making an impact very soon. The Pirates have five

MLB Pipeline’s preseason Top 100 Prospects list has been unveiled, and out of the 29 clubs represented, the Seattle Mariners once again lead the pack. Just like last January, the reigning AL West champs feature seven players in the Top 100. And it’s not just the same group.