The 34th annual Arizona Fall League season is underway, and you can watch top prospects from all 30 MLB organizations throughout October and November as AFL matchups are once again streaming for free on both MLB.com (here and on the AFL site) and MLB.TV. All but five games of the

The Minor League season may be over, but that doesn't mean the prospect action has stopped. The Arizona Fall League began its 34th iteration on Oct. 3, giving many of the game's future stars a platform to put their skills on display. Each week, we'll recap the circuit's top performers.

MESA, Ariz. -- Getting traded in the early stages of a career can throw off even the strongest of prospects. Their lives are upended, there's a whole new organization to learn, from players to coaches to front office staff. Athletics righty pitching prospect Kenya Huggins experienced it first-hand when he

Welbyn Francisca swung a scorching bat while Jarlin Susana brought some serious heat to the mound in Week 1 of the Arizona Fall League season. The prospects were named the league's Hitter and Pitcher of the Week respectively to kick off the 2026 campaign.

The Rookie-level Astros kicked off Minor League ring season by securing the Florida Complex League title in late July. Since then, dozens of affiliates clinched postseason berths, vied for their own trophies and, in some cases, were crowned champions.

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SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Rangers right-hander Jacob Johnson was pretty content with how his first season of pro ball was ending. He had thrown five no-hit innings for Single-A Hickory in just his sixth outing at the level after having spent most of the year in the Arizona Complex League. That

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TUCSON, Ariz. -- It was Thomas Wolfe who popularized the claim that you can't go home again with his 1940 novel. Jon Bon Jovi argued against that thesis 65 years later with his song "Who Says You Can't Go Home?" The Arizona Fall League clearly falls in the New Jersey

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SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Peyton Prescott was arguably the hottest college reliever in the game, on the huge stage of a Super Regional, when it happened. He had gotten the win in Florida State's Regional opener against Bethune-Cookman, then picked up the save in Game 2 of the Super Regional to

Last week, MLB Pipeline revealed its selections for Minor League Hitting Prospect of the Year and Minor League Pitching Prospect of the Year during the 2026 MiLB Awards Show on MLB Network. Brewers corner infielder Andrew Fischer won hitting honors after swatting 48 homers, the most in the Minors since

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St. Louis' Double-A affiliate, established in 2005 as the Springfield Cardinals, unveiled its new identity on Tuesday evening. The Ozarks Springbirds era has arrived. Springbirds general manager Dan Reiter, a member of the Missouri-based Texas League team's front office since its inception, said that the rebrand set out to accomplish

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Greetings from the desert! I'm out in Arizona with the start of another exciting Arizona Fall League campaign coming with three games here on Saturday. We’ll have plenty of coverage, from Opening Day to the Championship Game on November 14, so come back early and often. Since I'm preparing to

The 2026 MiLB Award for Best New Alternate Identity goes to the Salt Lake Bees. They won it by playing dirty. The Bees -- Triple-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels -- suited up as the Dirty Sodas every Wednesday home game this season. This alter ego pays tribute to

No Minor League level has a bigger impact on the Major Leagues than Triple-A. Just one step below the bigs, the rosters in the International and Pacific Coast leagues are peppered with talent ready to make an impact, and this year's crop of standouts show just that.

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The final game of the Minor League season should be fun. Saturday's Triple-A National Championship game in Las Vegas will feature four Top 100 Prospects: Dodgers outfielders Josue De Paula and Mike Sirota (Oklahoma City Comets) and Nationals shortstop Seaver King and right-hander Jarlin Susana (Rochester Red Wings). I'm looking

Kade Anderson and Anthony Eyanson formed a dynamic duo at Louisiana State in 2025. They finished first and third in NCAA Division I in strikeouts (180 for Anderson, 152 for Eyanson) and tied for third in victories (12 each), limiting Coastal Carolina to three runs in two games in the

Last Friday, D-backs prospect Alfred Morillo celebrated Double-A Amarillo punching its ticket to the 2026 Texas League Finals in epic fashion. But what would the 24-year-old right-hander have up his sleeve if he were on the mound with a championship on the line? Turns out it was the exact same

The Minor Leagues have never been so fast and powerful in tandem. There were 59 total Minor Leaguers with at least 20 homers and 20 stolen bases during the 2026 season. Not only is that a serious increase from 16 in 2025, it also is just one fewer than the

There were a lot of monumental numbers posted in the Minor Leagues in 2026, highlighted by Andrew Fischer's 48-homer season, the highest total in nearly 50 years. A whopping 59 players had 20-20 seasons, one less than the previous two highest single-season marks on record combined, including the first two

Double-A is often the Minor League level that is most stocked with top prospect talent, and 2026 was no different. The top six prospects in baseball -- and eight of the top nine -- spent time there, and two in particular -- the Mariners' Kade Anderson and Dodgers' Josue De