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On Sunday night, an impressive group of amateur players will make the leap from talented prospects to actual MLB Draft picks. So start getting to know them now ... before they become a key part of your favorite team's future. The MLB.com research team dug into MLB Pipeline's top 10

Just like every year, the 2025 MLB Draft will feature some very recognizable last names. That was the case again in 2024, with the sons of such MLB stars as Kevin Brown and Manny Ramirez hearing their names called. Who could be the next draftee to cause a little nostalgia?

This story originally ran previously, before Slater de Brun was drafted with the No. 37 pick by the Orioles.

This story originally ran previously, before Alex Lodise was drafted with the No. 60 pick by the Braves and Kyle Lodise was drafted with the No. 76 pick by the White Sox.

This story originally ran previously, before Talon Haley was drafted with the No. 349 pick by the Angels. It’s the spirit of competition that has kept Talon Haley going. That’s how it is for this 6-foot-2 left-hander when a batter steps in the box and he goes into his delivery.

This story originally ran previously, before Liam Doyle was drafted with the No. 5 pick by the Cardinals.

The Draft signing deadline came and went at 5 p.m. ET on Thursday with very little drama. The final two unsigned first-rounders came to terms in the morning. East Carolina right-hander Trey Yesavage (No. 20 overall) agreed to a $4,177,500 deal with the Blue Jays and North Carolina outfielder Vance

Below is a list of every player drafted in the first round of the 2024 MLB Draft. Each club had until 5 p.m. ET on Thursday, Aug. 1, to come to terms with its Draft selections. If a player has exhausted his collegiate eligibility, he can sign at any time

After 315 players were selected over the first two days of the 2024 MLB Draft, 300 more players heard their names on Tuesday as the Draft concluded with Rounds 11-20. As a reminder, the late rounds can be more than just opportunities to fill out a farm system. This year’s

The 2023 Draft class wasted no time getting players to the Majors. Nolan Schanuel joined the Angels last August, just 37 days after turning pro. Wyatt Langford became the third-fastest drafted position player to make an Opening Day roster, claiming a starting role with the defending World Series champion Rangers.

BOSTON -- Could you imagine? It’s the question Baseball Hall of Famer and Boston legend David Ortiz asked three years ago when presented with the idea that one day his son D’Angelo might also end up wearing a Red Sox uniform. That once seemingly far-fetched dream took a big step

BURKE, Va. -- When Stephanie Miller saw the baby boy, her heart melted. In an instant, all the pain and frustration Stephanie and her husband, Richard Green, had endured in their inability to conceive a child went away. Because there, on a VHS cassette sent along by an adoption agency,

FORT WORTH, Texas -- At the Stockyards historic district, where the 2024 MLB Draft took place Sunday night, you could test your rodeo skills and ride a mechanical bull. And odds are, you would have had much better luck staying on that bucking, spinning, twisting steer for a full minute

SEATTLE -- The Mariners went bold with the first-round selection in the 2024 MLB Draft on Sunday, taking switch-pitcher Jurrangelo Cijntje out of Mississippi State University with their top pick at No. 15 overall. Yes, you read that right. And with their second-round pick, they selected high-school right-hander Ryan Sloan,

With the deadline for signing Draft picks approaching Monday at 5 p.m. ET, only four of the 315 players selected in the first 10 rounds have yet to turn pro. Marlins supplemental first-rounder Cam Cannarella and Dodgers fourth-rounder Aidan West will sign contracts on Monday, while Pirates second-rounder Angel Cervantes

Below is a list of every player drafted through the first 43 picks (up to the second round) of the 2025 MLB Draft. Each club has until 5 p.m. ET on Monday, July 28, to come to terms with its Draft selections. If a player has exhausted his collegiate eligibility,

MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers on Friday announced deals with first-round Draft pick Andrew Fischer and all of their other selections through the first 10 rounds. The signings were announced by VP of amateur acquisition Tod Johnson. In Fischer, 21, a power-hitting corner infielder who hails from New Jersey and played

ST. LOUIS -- The 19 members of San Diego’s 2025 Draft class are officially Padres. The team announced on Thursday that it has signed its entire 19-player Draft class -- plus 11 non-drafted free agents. Left-hander Kruz Schoolcraft headlined that class at No. 25 overall, and per MLB Pipeline’s Jim

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PITTSBURGH -- Seth Hernandez got to watch Paul Skenes pitch Monday from the seats at PNC Park. Before Tuesday's 8-5 win over the Tigers, Hernandez got to chat with the Pirates’ ace on the field, with the 2025 first-round pick decked out in the custom white No. 25 jersey with

A little over a week after the Rockies selected high school infielder Ethan Holliday with the No. 4 pick in the Draft, Colorado signed him to a record-breaking deal. The Rockies signed Holliday for $9 million on Tuesday, a source told MLB Pipeline's Jim Callis, setting a Draft bonus record

For a third straight year, there were record-breaking deals signed in the annual MLB Draft. While nobody has matched the deals signed in last year's Draft by Chase Burns ($9.25 million with the Reds) and Charlie Condon ($9.25 million with the Rockies), the high school players have set their own

The initial dust is beginning to settle on the 2025 MLB Draft, with organizations throughout baseball busy inking their draft picks to contracts ahead of the July 28 deadline. Very soon, we'll be seeing these players suit up for their pro debuts with their new teams across Minor League Baseball.

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