It’s mid-September, which means it’s playoff time at Double-A. The lights shine brighter, the pressure is on and every swing means more -- which makes what Luke Shliger accomplished on Tuesday night all the more impressive. The Tigers prospect swatted not one but two grand slams in the same game,

In September 2010, a 19-year-old Angels phenom suited up for then-Class A Advanced Rancho Cucamonga during postseason play. Mike Trout had gotten a taste of Minor League playoff action the year before in brief one-game snippets in the Arizona and Midwest Leagues, but that was his first legitimate taste of

Chipper Jones is a Braves legend. The Hall of Famer was the first overall pick in the 1990 Draft and went on to become an eight-time All-Star, MVP Award winner and a World Series champion with the franchise. So when the club’s Triple-A affiliate in Gwinnett adopted a rescued cat

PHOENIX – On a day that began with the news that the Marlins would not get back All-Star starter Max Meyer down the stretch, things took an even worse turn as closer Pete Fairbanks walked off the mound in a ninth-inning save situation during Monday’s 8-7 loss to the D-backs

PHOENIX – Max Meyer has thrown his final pitch of the 2026 season for the Marlins. The club announced prior to Monday’s series opener against the D-backs that the right-hander, currently on the injured list with a neck strain, has discontinued his throwing program and will undergo further evaluation.

In late August, MLB Pipeline ranked the Cardinals as having the second-best system in baseball as it pertained to talent behind the dish. Saturday night was a thunderous exclamation point backing that up. Rainiel Rodriguez, St. Louis’ No. 1 prospect, drilled his second homer in as many nights and third

Druw Jones has spent the past four Minor League seasons establishing himself as one of the game’s premier defensive players. There’s a lot of hardware on his mantle, most recently having been named the 2025 MiLB Defender of the Year. And yet, baserunners are still tempted to try and score

The nature of MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Prospects list means that at any given time, there are a set number of hitters and pitchers ranked among the game’s future elite. With 30 big league organizations, most would be happy to have three members of their system among that group. While

When the Padres made Coleman Borthwick their first-round selection in the 2026 Draft, scouting director Chris Kemp cited the 6-foot-6 hurler’s “track record of domination” as being a big part of why the club nabbed him 21st overall. That belief also led to the organization turning to its No. 3

Green Day struck gold in 2004 with the iconic track, “Wake Me Up When September Ends.” Franklin Arias wasn’t even born yet when it was released, but the song’s title is a refrain many Triple-A hurlers are likely feeling when facing the Red Sox top prospect to begin the season's

Brody Hopkins struck out his second consecutive batter Wednesday night, and as the ball was tossed around the infield, he stalked behind the mound and let out a roar. What came next was pure gasoline: 101.5 mph foul. 101.2 mph foul. 102.1 mph groundout. The final pitch of the evening

For the third time in just over three weeks, the Double-A Springfield scoreboard went final with four knocks in the hit column for Rainiel Rodriguez. The Cardinals’ No. 1 prospect has been blistering the baseball down the stretch -- he has slashed .414/.494/.771 since the first four-hit performance of his

The offseason prior to the 2023 campaign was a pivotal one for the Rangers. They signed right-handed pitchers Jacob deGrom and Nathan Eovaldi in free agency to spearhead their big league rotation, a gambit that ultimately paid off when the club won its first World Series in franchise history. Just

When the Dodgers rolled the dice on Cam Leiter with their second-round pick in the 2025 Draft and handed him the slot value of nearly $1.35 million, they were banking on both the upside of a hurler who hadn’t pitched since March 2024 and the pedigree of one who boasts

Jackson Flora grew up a Giants fan in Pleasanton, Calif., often making the trek to Oracle Park. He returned there in the weeks after the organization made him the fourth overall pick in the 2026 Draft in July, but his journey to make it back there as one of the

In just over one year of pro ball, six position players from the 2025 Draft class selected from the high school ranks have ascended to High-A -- four of whom rank among the Top 100 prospects in baseball. Jaiden Lo Re is part of the former group, but not the

Every player wants to end the season on a high note. No matter how impressive the year has been, it feels that much better to go out with a bang. Jacob Odle’s 2026 swan song certainly fits the bill. The Cardinals’ No. 21 prospect compiled a career-high 12 strikeouts across

A 95 mph heater running in on the knuckles. A 96 mph one at the top rail of the zone fouled off. Then a hammer of a breaking ball at 87 mph that resulted in a hapless swing. Those were the first three pitches thrown by Gage Wood on Thursday

In 2024, Jacob Bresnahan was named the Arizona Complex League Pitcher of the Year. Last season, he won the same honor in the Single-A California League. The only thing standing between the Giants’ No. 9 prospect earning such kudos for the third consecutive year might be his recent promotion to

When Emil Morales first had his name penciled into the Great Lakes lineup on May 19, he was on a tear. He had homered in his final two contests with Single-A Ontario, and along with the warm weather, was migrating up the Dodgers’ farm system ladder to High-A at just

Some prospects get a soft landing into pro ball, spending the vast majority of their time with one affiliate in their debut campaign. That hasn’t been the case for Boston Smith, who despite having played for three organizations and four clubs at three different levels, ranks second in all of

It’s tremendously difficult to make the International Top 50 Prospects list any given year as a pitcher. With the majority of players 16 or 17 years old, hurlers just don't have the same track record as position players, and those who ply their trade on the mound have only begun

Less than 14 months removed from his selection as the 11th overall pick in the 2025 Draft, Jamie Arnold has ascended to the highest level of the Minors. The Athletics’ No. 3 prospect made his Triple-A Las Vegas debut Tuesday night and backed up the hype, dominating over five frames

Trevor Condon saw spin out of the pitcher’s hand. Seconds later, he flipped his bat, took a short hop and watched his first pro homer soar deep out of Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium. As the 13th overall pick in the 2026 Draft jogged the bases, all the Cardinals' No. 6

Unique happenings are often afoot when the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats dip into their alternate identity bag and step out as the Manchester Chicken Tenders. On June 7, 2025, Rafael Sanchez spun a seven-inning no-hitter when the team took the field as the Buffalo Tenders, a spicy offshoot. Incredibly,