Watch FREE: O's Holliday, Dodgers' Busch meet in Triple-A National Championship
LAS VEGAS -- At Triple-A, the only constant is change. With hundreds of transactions a season, the roster can be a revolving door. But when a club is a part of one of the best farm systems in baseball, it’s a lot of top prospects replacing top prospects. As affiliates
Inbox: Prospects to keep an eye on in the AFL
After spending a couple of days talking to this year’s Arizona Fall League players, with the season starting up on Monday, I’m excited to watch some of the game’s best prospects in action. Until that gets going, I’ll get to some of your questions, starting off, of course, an AFL
Henderson named '23 Most Valuable Oriole
BALTIMORE -- For the second straight year, a Baltimore player has gone from MLB Pipeline’s No. 1 overall prospect to standout rookie to Most Valuable Oriole over the course of a season. On Saturday, Gunnar Henderson was named the winner of the 2023 Louis M. Hatter Most Valuable Oriole Award,
A look at the new rules coming to the Arizona Fall League
The Arizona Fall League will experiment with several rules in 2023, according to sources familiar with a Friday conference call that included MLB officials, team farm directors and AFL staff. The experiments in the AFL, a circuit for premier prospects that will run from Oct. 2 through Nov. 11, include
Here are the Top 50 international prospects for the 2024 signing period
The ultimate destination for international prospects is playing in the Major Leagues, and the first step toward reaching that goal is only a few months away. The 2024 international signing period -- when prospects from across the globe become eligible to sign with big league clubs -- starts on Jan.
Each club's best prospect headed to the Arizona Fall League
Opening Day is right around the corner. The Arizona Fall League begins play next Monday, Oct. 2, and runs through the championship game on Nov. 11.
- MLB Pipeline | Top 100 prospects | Prospect video Known as a prospect finishing school, the AFL has boasted some big names in
Ford, Young earn Mariners organizational awards
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Winning is contagious: Holliday, Mayo lead O's Triple-A club to crown
On the same night the big league club clinched its first AL East crown since 2014 with its 100th victory of the season, the Triple-A Norfolk Tides put an exclamation mark on their winningest season by capturing the International League championship for the first time in 38 years. Norfolk captured
Minor League Baseball unveils new logo
NEW YORK – Minor League Baseball announced the launch of its new logo on Thursday to represent its 14 leagues and 120 teams across the four classification levels – Single-A, High-A, Double-A and Triple-A – that are affiliated with Major League Baseball. The brand new logo features the silhouetted MLB
Podcast: Breaking down the Hitting Prospect of the Year
With the first MiLB Awards Show less than a week away, the MLB Pipeline Podcast turns its attention to some of the biggest awards. This week, Sam Dykstra, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff discuss the Hitting Prospect of the Year finalists -- Michael Busch, Junior Caminero and Jackson Holliday --
Here are the finalists for the inaugural MiLB Awards Show
The 2023 Minor League season was one for the books. Now it’s time to hand out some hardware. Tune in at 8 p.m. ET on Oct. 2 as MLB Network showcases the best of what Minor League Baseball has to offer with the inaugural MiLB Awards Show. The first-of-its-kind hour-long
Prospects set record number of 20-20 seasons in Minors this season
The decade of the 2020s is turning out to be the decade of the 20/20s. Thirty-three Minor League players met or exceeded the 20-homer, 20-steal plateau during the 2023 season, beating out the previous record (since data first became available in 1958) total of 27 set just last year. Most
Watch FREE: O's Holliday, Dodgers' Busch meet in Triple-A National Championship Game
For the first time, MLB.TV and MLB app subscribers have been able to watch their favorite team's Minor League affiliates in the app this season. All MiLB games are also available on MiLB.TV on the web and the First Pitch app. And with or without a subscription, you can watch
Here are the 2023 Arizona Fall League rosters
Feel the crispness in the air. Fall is on our doorstep, and you know what that means: We'll see you in the desert. The Arizona Fall League announced its 2023 rosters Friday with several of baseball's top young talents scattered across the six rosters in the Grand Canyon State's Valley
Double-A affiliate honors 'worst baseball player of all time'
Throughout MLB history, over 20,000 players have taken the diamond. A common debate among fans is who is the best of this group, Babe Ruth? Barry Bonds? Willie Mays? The list goes on. However, a rarely explored topic is who is the worst player of all time? Never fear, we
Horton shines in Smokies’ title run
This story was excerpted from Jordan Bastian’s Cubs Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. The pace at which Cade Horton has climbed the Cubs’ organizational ladder makes it seem possible that the big leagues could come calling at
Dodgers' Triple-A affiliate sweeps to championship
The Oklahoma City Dodgers roster has undergone a lot of change throughout the 2023 season. Key players have been promoted to the Majors, and some have returned. But all of that big-game experience paid off as the Triple-A club swept the best-of-3 Pacific Coast League Championship Series against the Round
Estes flashes grit in rebound from rough debut
MINNEAPOLIS -- Shortly after taking the ball from Joey Estes with a runner on, one out and only 75 pitches in the sixth inning, manager Mark Kotsay pulled the rookie aside in the A’s dugout for a discussion. “I told him, ‘Your future is bright,’” Kotsay said. “You’re going to
D-backs' Double-A affiliate slams way to championship
Amarillo set up shop as a Double-A affiliate five years ago, and the Sod Poodles have scored two Texas League championships in that time. The second one was secured by D-backs prospects in grand fashion Wednesday night. Behind a bases-loaded homer by Camden Duzenack, the Amarillo Sod Poodles routed the
Rangers prospects Langford, Leiter find way to Triple-A
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These Guardians prospects finished 2023 strong
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Minor League standouts collect honors from Nats
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'A good step': Top prospect Miller gets stretched out in relief
MINNEAPOLIS -- Looking beyond this rebuilding 2023 campaign, the A’s envision a future with Mason Miller as their bona fide ace. For now, however, the focus is getting the rookie right-hander across the finish line. An ulnar collateral ligament sprain in his right elbow brought Miller’s rapid ascension to a
Cubs' Double-A affiliate wins first outright title in 45 years
With Cade Horton on the mound Tuesday, the Cubs' Double-A affiliate had reason to be confident about their prospects of winning the franchise's first outright Southern League title in 45 years. And once the Tennessee Smokies scored four runs in the first three innings, it felt like that was very
No. 9 prospect Gonzalez gets 1st taste of Fenway in awards ceremony
BOSTON -- Soaking in the ambiance of Fenway Park for the first time, Boston's No. 9 prospect Wikelman Gonzalez was on hand to receive the organization’s Starting Pitcher of the Year Award prior to Tuesday night’s 9-7 loss to the Rays. This was an award Gonzalez couldn’t have been considering