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.

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

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The White Sox had high expectations for Caleb Bonemer when they paid him a well-over-slot $2,997,500 bonus in the second round of the 2024 Draft. He keeps exceeding them, so Chicago is trying to figure out how to get him to the big leagues as soon as

ST. PETERSBURG -- You can’t let José Ramírez try to beat you. That has been the mantra for opposing pitchers facing the Guardians for years now. The long-standing game plan has been to be careful with Cleveland’s franchise icon and challenge the hitters around him. Right now, pitchers are challenging

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 release of the Arizona Fall League rosters always acts as a wonderful balm for prospect fans. The Minor League season is winding down with the postseason and the fear of not being able to track future stars until next season is assuaged with the knowledge that some of the

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- There are changes afoot for Aidan Miller and where he might find a home in Philadelphia’s infield, but before getting to that, a moment is needed just to celebrate his return to the field where things like future defensive home matter once again. When he’d get to

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.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- When a top prospect gets hurt and misses extended time during the regular season, people hoping he can return to the field may take a look at the baseball calendar and hope he can make up for lost time in the Arizona Fall League. But when Ike

ST. PETERSBURG -- Parker Messick was 7 years old on Oct. 23, 2008, when he watched the Rays beat the Phillies, 4-2, at Tropicana Field in Game 2 of the World Series. Nearly 18 years later, he’ll experience October baseball in this ballpark in a much different manner. On Monday,

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ST. PETERSBURG -- Foster Griffin said a lot of people have asked him this season if he’s taken some time to look back on his journey and how far he’s come over the past year.

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It is one thing to say you are embracing a youth movement and another thing to have 13 different players make their MLB debut for your team in a single season. That’s what the Cardinals did in 2026. A truly stunning 13 different guys took their first MLB plate appearance

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

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

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – In the span of time it takes to fold a bag of all-dressed chips and pop on a clip, Jake Cook ran the 30-yard dash at the MLB Draft Combine in June 2025. Zooming to an event-best time of 3.51 seconds, it was a lightning quick snapshot

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

If you need to fill in the gaps between watching MLB playoff games, don't forget that almost all of the Arizona Fall League games stream live at mlb.com. Check out the complete schedule here. And with no postseason action today, I'll try to fill some of that void by answering

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Back on Jan. 13, Dillon Lewis got a phone call: He was invited to Spring Training. A member of the Yankees, he began to pack his bags and exhale -- he made it through the offseason without getting traded. About four hours later, his phone rang again:

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The life of a Minor Leaguer can be a transient one. Upward mobility is always a hope, and the possibility of being traded is always there. Mariners No. 13 prospect Boston Smith experienced all of that and then some in his first full year of pro ball.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Even after including Zyhir Hope in the Tarik Skubal trade in August, the Dodgers have more blue-chip outfield prospects than spots in the outfield to play them. Josue De Paula is a budding Yordan Alvarez, a member of Los Angeles' playoff roster and No. 4 on MLB

HOUSTON -- Coming off a historic season in which he slammed 32 home runs and stole 32 bases as a catcher, Astros prospect Jason Schiavone put himself on the map in 2026, and perhaps on the cusp on the Major Leagues in '27. Schiavone will likely be invited to Major

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- A year ago, Phillies outfielder Dante Nori was here playing in the Arizona Fall League after a successful first full season of pro ball. There was some buzz that the 2024 first-round pick might use that stint –- delayed by two weeks by what was thought to