CHICAGO – There was a buzz around Rate Field’s main lobby Sunday afternoon about one hour before the first pitch of the pre-All-Star break finale against the Athletics. It wasn’t centered on the White Sox going for a three-game sweep, but more upon the baseball dignitary arriving at 35th and

The Cardinals have crushed some Drafts. Their 1999 effort, in which they unearthed Albert Pujols in the 13th round, grabbed fellow junior college product Coco Crisp in the seventh and signed six other big leaguers, ranks among the best ever. In 1967, St. Louis landed one of the top first-round/second-round

PHILADELPHIA -- On Friday afternoon, Brady Cunningham had to claw through a 30-second tiebreaker just to secure a spot in the High School Home Run Derby finals. On Monday night, the Illinois slugger didn't leave any room for suspense.

Below is a list of every player drafted through the first 40 picks (up to the second round) of the 2026 MLB Draft. Each club has until 5 p.m. ET on Monday, July 27, to come to terms with its Draft selections. If a player has exhausted his collegiate eligibility,

PHILADELPHIA -- The Yankees have agreed to terms with University of Arkansas left-hander Hunter Dietz, their top selection in the MLB Draft, vice president of domestic amateur scouting Damon Oppenheimer said on Monday. Dietz, 21, was rated as MLB Pipeline’s No. 17 overall prospect in this year’s Draft. Oppenheimer said

The All-Star Futures Game is perhaps the most exciting contest of the year in the world of prospectdom, with the largest collection of talent you'll see in any game of Minor Leaguers. For anyone who watched on Sunday, there would've been a bevy of familiar names to those who follow

PHILADELPHIA -- The Flewelling family farm in Central Alberta, Canada, was a place to train, feed and wash cattle. It was no place to be seen by big league baseball scouts. Still, Nathan Flewelling found a way. He applied the work ethic instilled in him on the farm to the

Even after 135 players were selected on Day 1 of the 2026 MLB Draft on Saturday, Day 2 dawned with tons of game-changing talent still on the board.

The 27th MLB All-Star Futures Game is in the books, with the American League beating the National League, 6-1, on Sunday at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. Every year, the Futures Game is filled with big moments created by top prospects from every Major League organization, and this incarnation was

The Pettittes are made for Pinstripes. The Yankees selected two-way player Luke Pettitte -- the son of five-time World Series champion Andy Pettitte -- with the No. 248 overall pick in the eighth round of the 2026 Draft on Sunday afternoon.

For the first time since 2022, the American League is the MLB All-Star Futures Game winner. Rays catching prospect Nathan Flewelling took home MVP honors on the strength of the game's only home run as the AL came out on top, 6-1, on Sunday at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.

Here is the latest on injuries and roster moves involving MLB Pipeline's Top 100 prospects:

For a fourth straight year, there were record-breaking deals signed in the annual MLB Draft. Roch Cholowsky, who was selected first overall in the 2026 Draft by the White Sox, signed for a record $10.35 million with Chicago. That surpassed the previous-record deals signed in the 2024 Draft by Chase

NEW YORK – The chance to fit another Pettitte for pinstripes was too appealing an opportunity to pass on. The Yankees selected Luke Pettitte, son of five-time World Series champion Andy Pettitte, in the eighth round of the MLB Draft (248th overall) on Sunday.

CINCINNATI -- Although the Reds stuck to their policy of taking the best players available to them in each round of the 2026 MLB Draft on the first day, they also appeared to be drawn to prospects from the college ranks. With their first pick at No. 18 overall, Cincinnati

CHICAGO – White Sox director of amateur scouting Mike Shirley and his wife, Kimberly, celebrated their 29th wedding anniversary on Sunday. “I’ve talked to my wife for about two seconds today,” said Shirley during a Zoom. Such is the fate of the man overseeing a record pool of $20,489,500 in

DENVER – UCLA right-hander Logan Reddemann laughed, realizing that his high school games a few years back were not the same as pitching a mile high at Coors Field – where he plans on making his future after the Rockies selected him in the second round (38th overall) in the

MIAMI -- After the pleasant surprise of local prep star Jacob Lombard falling to them with the 14th overall pick, the Marlins concluded Day 1 of the 2026 MLB Draft on Saturday with four more selections. Early on, it looked as though the Marlins might go down the route of

MILWAUKEE – The Brewers went into this year’s MLB Draft with only one first-round pick, but came away feeling like they netted two. That’s because their second-round selection on Saturday at pick No. 66 was TCU outfielder Sawyer Strosnider, who was projected in many mock drafts as a first-rounder. The

CLEVELAND -- The Guardians opened the 2026 MLB Draft by adding a pair of intriguing arms to the Cleveland Pitching Factory assembly line, before they then landed two collegiate prospects who are known for their promising hit tools to complete Day 1. The Guardians selected University of Florida right-hander Liam

DENVER -- Before University of Georgia catcher Daniel Jackson became the first catcher in NCAA Division I history to exceed 25 homers and 25 stolen bases in a season -- and before the Rockies selected him 37th overall in Competitive Balance Round A as one of 21 picks over two