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Nine most notable international players taken in the 2025 MLB Draft

July 18, 2025

This is an excerpt from the latest edition of Michael Clair's International Beat Newsletter, bringing global baseball news to your inbox every month. Sign up for future installments HERE and check out the full newsletter HERE.

1 thing to know about each top 10 Draft prospect

July 11, 2025

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

Famous names in the 2025 Draft class

July 12, 2025

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?

Meet Lil Slayyy, 2025's No. 37 Draft pick ... and a budding music producer

July 13, 2025

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

How Lodise cousins -- and Day 1 Draft picks -- pushed one another to pro stage

@JesseABorek
July 13, 2025

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 southpaw overcame arm injuries, Hodgkin lymphoma to be a top Draft prospect

July 14, 2025

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.

Underdog mentality, overpowering fastball fueled the rise of 2025's No. 5 Draft pick

@JesseABorek
July 13, 2025

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

Draft deadline passes with all 1st-rounders signed

August 1, 2024

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

2024 Draft first-round signings tracker

August 1, 2024

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

Draft Day 3: Most interesting picks from each round

July 16, 2024

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

'24 Draftees who could be on the fast track to the bigs

July 16, 2024

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.

Next generation: Sox draft Big Papi's son, Angels take Ramirez's kid

July 17, 2024

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

How Lyle Miller-Green became the 'Siberian Sultan of Swat'

July 16, 2024

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,

The top 7 storylines from Day 1 of 2024 MLB Draft

July 14, 2024

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

Mariners take switch-pitcher Jurrangelo Cijntje with 15th pick

@Theo_DeRosa
July 14, 2024

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,

Draft stock watch: As college season winds down, some big names trend up

May 11, 2026

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6-foot-9 Draft prospect hits 100 mph during 20-strikeout no-hitter

@allisonmast13
May 10, 2026

There’s video-game numbers, then there’s what Brody Bumila did Saturday night. The No. 22 Draft prospect put on a clinic for Bishop Feehan (Mass.) HS, throwing a seven-inning no-hitter for the Shamrocks … while striking out 20 batters. No, that isn’t a typo. The 20 strikeouts broke a 60-year-old school

Here's every team's 2026 Draft bonus pool and all pick values

May 9, 2026

The White Sox have the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 Draft, which comes with an assigned value of $11,350,600, the largest since the bonus-pool era began in 2012. Yet it's the Pirates who possess the largest overall pool at $19,130,700, another record. The pick values increased by 2.5

Here is the first official 2026 mock draft!

May 8, 2026

The 2026 Draft is taking longer to sort itself out than teams hoped. Shortstops Roch Cholowsky (UCLA) and Grady Emerson (Fort Worth Christian HS in Texas) have set themselves apart from the rest of the class. The second tier of prospects consists of catcher Vahn Lackey (Georgia Tech) and right-hander

How the top of the Draft rankings have played out over the past 5 years -- and so far this year

May 7, 2026

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Twins seek next franchise icon with top-three Draft pick

May 7, 2026

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White Sox looking for more than just tools with No. 1 Draft pick

May 6, 2026

ANAHEIM – Will the White Sox take shortstop Roch Cholowsky out of UCLA with the first overall pick in the 2026 MLB Draft, fulfilling the expectations of many around the game? Could fellow shortstop Grady Emerson from Fort Worth Christian High School in Texas be the choice of the South

Draft stock watch: Cholowsky, Flora continue dominance

May 4, 2026

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Inbox: Which Draft prospects helped their stock the most and more 

May 1, 2026

We just finished our expanded and updated Draft Top 150 Prospects list, so the Draft is very much on my mind, as you'll see from the questions below. Our first in-season mock draft will come out at the end of next week, so be on the lookout for that.

Dax Whitney, early favorite to go No. 1 in 2027 Draft, will undergo UCL surgery

May 1, 2026

Dax Whitney's dominant 2026 season has come to a halt, as the Oregon State right-hander is set to undergo UCL surgery, a source confirmed to MLB.com's Jim Callis. Whitney, the early favorite to be the No. 1 pick in 2027, could return to the mound before next year's Draft, but