Scott Harris was a man of his word. At the Tigers’ 2025 end-of-season press conference, the club's president of baseball operations mentioned two 20-year-olds who dominated Double-A that season -- a pair everyone watching knew to be Kevin McGonigle and Max Clark -- would factor into their 2026 Major League

When Braylon Payne arrived at the Brewers' Double-A affiliate on Aug. 14 through to the end of the season, the Biloxi Shuckers may as well have been a Minor League All-Star team. Among those to roll through the Southern League club in 2026 were three Top 100 prospects (Jesús Made,

The Cardinals farm system was defined by its depth, built up through positive development from stars in the system, breakouts galore, a strong 2026 Draft class and notable Trade Deadline acquisitions. But when considering how to rank a system that felt like it was growing in talent by the month,

Benny Agbayani only played parts of four seasons with the Mets, but for any fan who saw his rise in 1999 or his walk-off homer in NLDS Game 3 against the Giants a year later, he had the impact of someone who played in Queens three times as long. So

Action in the Arizona Fall League kicked off over the weekend with a full slate of games, with big names already turning heads. While a lot of attention is understandably given to the high-profile prospects -- the late additions of Sebastian Walcott, Aidan Miller and Angeibel Gomez created some fun

At the Triple-A National Championship in Las Vegas on Sept. 26, Jarlin Susana took the mound in the third inning for Rochester and unleashed a first-pitch 104 mph four-seam fastball to Oklahoma City catcher Ben Rortvedt. It was the fastest pitch recorded by a Washington or Rochester pitcher in a

Zion Rose was aware of the projections. Ranked as MLB Pipeline's No. 30 prospect in the 2026 Draft class, he was typically slotted to go in the 20s in mock projections, with a few clubs looking at college bats occasionally tied to him in the upper teens. His power and

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

The Minor League playoffs have been completed. There are only a handful of players with prospect eligibility remaining left in the Major League postseason, and there will be fewer with each passing round. Time for us in prospectdom to go into offseason mode? Not so fast, friends. The Arizona Fall

There’s more than one way to build a winning baseball club. You can rely almost exclusively on homegrown talent, like the Guardians are doing this year with 16 players on their projected postseason roster coming from the Draft or international signing processes. You can be active traders like the Rays

You don’t have to look too deep into Major League Baseball’s history to find rookies who made big impacts in the postseason. Just last year, Blue Jays righty Trey Yesavage set a World Series rookie record by striking out 12 Dodgers in Game 5 of the Fall Classic, the perfect

Now in its 34th season, the Arizona Fall League consistently features a mother lode of talent. The developmental circuit had a future Hall of Famer in Mike Piazza in its inaugural year in 1992 and has sent more than 3,000 players to Majors, including three more Cooperstown immortals in Roy

Pete Alonso and Andrew Fischer share common threads as SEC infielders who quickly took to the Minor Leagues. More generally, they are two sluggers who can absolutely pulverize the ball. But Alonso is nine years Fischer's senior and has the second-most home runs in the Major Leagues since his debut

The leaves change, the pumpkins come out and baseball is played across the Valley of the Sun. The Arizona Fall League is an annual circuit filled with top prospects and near-Major League-ready talents that you might hear about often each autumn, especially in our MLB Pipeline coverage. But for fans

Andrew Fischer swung for history in 2026. The Brewers’ No. 5 prospect finished with 48 home runs in the regular season between High-A Wisconsin and Double-A Biloxi. (He added two more in the Southern League postseason to finish with 50 in the Minor League calendar year, even if 48 is

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

MLB Pipeline started handing out the Hitting Prospect of the Year award in 2013, and since then, winners have gone on to be All-Stars 26 times over and have won a combined 10 Silver Sluggers, three Rookie of the Year awards and two league MVPs. And those are just the

We live for breakouts here at MLB Pipeline. They’re proof of many things in baseball. For example, players aren’t robots and can improve their standing in the game, and when we say player development isn’t linear, it also means that unforeseen leaps in value are included. The sport’s beauty is

Ferris Bueller is known for his days off, but Jackson Ferris has had a steady stream of days on recently. In fact, his latest was his best one as a pro yet and nearly worthy of its own parade. The Dodgers' No. 17 prospect retired the first 19 batters he

With the Minor League regular seasons wrapping up this month, it’s tempting to say we’re already looking ahead to 2027. But in this case, we’re going one step beyond that.

Last week, we identified the hottest hitting prospects in each organization. This week, we shift our focus to the top-performing pitchers during August from each farm system.

The Padres have been aggressive with Ethan Salas since signing him as 2023’s No. 1 international prospect for $5.6 million, first by assigning him to Single-A Lake Elsinore right out of the gate. They stayed by him after a down year at High-A in 2024 and while he dealt with

Losers of four straight, the Mariners are in need of some serious firepower to keep from falling too far behind in the AL West and Wild Card races, as they sit five games back in both. They’re about to get some in the form of their No. 5 prospect. Seattle

The Arizona Fall League is widely known as baseball's "finishing school," a place where top prospects go to touch up their game -- and get extra reps -- as they continue their climb to The Show. In the 2026 All-Star Game, 10 of the 18 hitters in the starting lineups

This story is the fourth in a series in which MLB Pipeline ranks the Top 10 MLB farm systems by position: Infielders | Outfielders | Pitchers | Catchers