It’s Triple-A’s turn up to bat on Friday. The regular season begins for the Minor Leagues’ highest level one day after the action starts on the Major League side. Fun fact: it’ll be the earliest start to a Minor League season since 1951 (March 27). Double-A, High-A and Single-A will

The 2025 Minor League season brings an opportunity to check out four brand-new ballparks, with three of them easily reachable on a single road trip and the fourth sure to become a favorite destination because of its majestic mountain views. Naturally, these new stadiums are also the newest entries to

Minor League Baseball enters its first season with European workwear leader STRAUSS as the Official Workwear Partner of MiLB. Coming off a successful debut with Major League Baseball during the 2024 Postseason, STRAUSS’ name and logo will be featured across all MiLB batting helmets beginning this season in more than

From rugged mountain landscapes to calming expanses of water to gleaming city skylines, Minor League Baseball stadiums offer a wide variety of scenic and often truly stunning surroundings. Picking favorites is a thankless task, but what follows is this writer's level-by-level attempt to do so. Click on each ballpark's name

HOUSTON -- Seven years after the Mets selected him in the 24th round of the Draft, four years after he reached the upper Minors for the first time and two years after he took an offseason job at Whole Foods to keep his dream alive, Hayden Senger is officially a

The 2025 Opening Day prospect roster announcements began last week when the Cubs informed Matt Shaw (MLB No. 19) he was making the trip overseas to compete in the Tokyo Series. Roki Sasaki (No. 1) also received the good news, but his assignment was much less of a surprise. Now

CHICAGO -- There have been the Three Amigos, the Three Tenors, the longtime famous Three Stooges and now .. the three top White Sox pitching prospects working together at Double-A Birmingham. Okay, the name is still a work in progress. But what was expected for a few weeks during Spring

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SARASOTA, Fla. – The Orioles have developed their franchise cornerstone catcher in Adley Rutschman. They’ve developed a top-two shortstop in baseball in Gunnar Henderson and a former No. 1 overall prospect at second base in Jackson Holliday. They’re developing big boppers Samuel Basallo (BAL No. 1/MLB No. 13) and Coby

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Major League Opening Day is set for Thursday, but the Minors get rolling right after that, with Triple-A getting under way on Friday. As the Twins set their roster for the big league team’s season, plans are also coming into place for prospects.

MONTERREY, Mexico -- With many fans decked out in Red Sox jerseys (number 34 seemed to be a particular favorite) and a mascot wearing a giant sombrero, there was an atmosphere at Estadio Mobil Super that was intoxicating to all those in attendance on Monday night. Salsa and American music

HOUSTON -- Standing at the base of the Astros’ dugout steps, Cam Smith, with his bat tucked under his left arm, took a few steps up, pulled on a bright orange batting glove and cracked a wide smile as he headed out for his first batting practice at Daikin Park

MONTERREY, Mexico -- Not long before Kristian Campbell boarded the Red Sox’s team charter to Mexico on Sunday, marking his first time out of the United States, manager Alex Cora gave him a pop quiz. Could Campbell name other MLB players who went to Georgia Tech?

LAKELAND, Fla. -- The Tigers rotation includes one of baseball’s top pitching prospects and one of baseball’s former top overall Draft picks. Detroit formally welcomed Jackson Jobe and Casey Mize to the final starting group on Saturday morning by optioning Keider Montero to Triple-A Toledo. Jobe, MLB Pipeline’s No. 5

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With Spring Training wrapped up, teams are beginning the process of finalizing their Opening Day rosters. A number of the game's up-and-coming prospects remain in the mix for big league jobs at this critical juncture, vying for final roster spots that have yet to be decided upon. Here’s a team-by-team

No team ever wants to head into a new season with its starting catcher on the shelf, especially one who is a former All-Star and Gold Glove Award winner like Sean Murphy. Luckily for the Braves, they have top prospect Drake Baldwin ready, willing and able to step in until

On March 27, 2023, Cam Smith was a Florida State freshman batting .264 with 28 strikeouts through his first 21 college games. Exactly two years later, he will spend Opening Day as a member of the Astros. Smith has just 32 games of pro experience, making his rise to an

Four years after he went undrafted out of high school and three years after Georgia Tech's coaching staff decided he needed to redshirt as a freshman, Kristian Campbell will begin the 2025 season on the Red Sox's Opening Day roster. It's the latest step in his stunningly rapid ascent from

HOUSTON -- As Joe Espada aspired to be a big league manager, he dreamed of one day making a future player’s call-up to the Major Leagues a special moment.

When the Astros acquired Cam Smith in the Kyle Tucker trade in December, the idea was that he'd need at least most of this season in the Minors before taking over the third-base job in Houston. But his Grapefruit League performance has radically altered those initial plans. After Smith batted

The excitement of not one but two Opening Days this week -- MLB on Thursday, Triple-A on Friday -- drives the discussion on the latest edition of the Pipeline Podcast.

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One of the joys of the offseason is poring over prospect rankings. Of course, there is no One True Prospects List handed down from the baseball heavens -- each list has its own set of preferences and biases. Some people prefer upside while others put a premium on proximity to

GOODYEAR, Ariz. – Call it the Tito effect.