As if there wasn't already a big enough party going on in Milwaukee right now, Jesús Made added something else for Brewers fans to celebrate. MLB's No. 1 overall prospect wasted no time to savor some home cooking, crushing a homer in his first Winter League plate appearance for the

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – In the summer of 2025, few pitching prospects in the Orioles system had momentum like Braxton Bragg. After torpedoing through three High-A outings without allowing an earned run, he got a promotion to Double-A Chesapeake. Once there, he ran a 59/12 K/BB ratio across 42 2/3 frames

SURPRISE, Ariz. – Call Sebastian Walcott the Windbreaker. With gusts blowing in from right-center around 20 mph at Surprise Stadium on Friday, MLB Pipeline’s No. 8 overall prospect crushed maybe the truest-hit ball of the afternoon in the first inning of Surprise’s 12-5 win over Mesa, a 98 mph, 397-foot

I'm fresh off my stint in the Arizona Fall League, what I believe to be my 27th time covering Major League Baseball's prospect finishing school. As always, it didn't disappoint, and I know all of you are tired of me talking about how every baseball fan should plan a trip

The 34th annual Arizona Fall League season is underway, and you can watch top prospects from all 30 MLB organizations throughout October and November as AFL matchups are once again streaming for free on both MLB.com (here and on the AFL site) and MLB.TV. All but five games of the

The release of the Arizona Fall League rosters always acts as a wonderful balm for prospect fans. The Minor League season is winding down with the postseason and the fear of not being able to track future stars until next season is assuaged with the knowledge that some of the

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – On Thursday, October 8, Yankees right-hander Mack Estrada entered his Arizona Fall League game for the Salt River Rafters in the second inning to relieve J.T. Etheridge. He threw one pitch to finish the inning, and his day was done, as Etheridge returned to get more work

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The Southisene family business is clearly baseball, with four brothers all playing the game at a high level. It starts with Ty, a 2024 fourth-round pick now part of the Blue Jays system and twin brother Tee, a pitcher at UNLV. The youngest is Troy, about to

PEORIA, Ariz. -- Alex McCoy has brought the thunder to the Valley of the Sun. The Padres’ No. 26 prospect connected on a 118.2 mph, 435-foot homer in the fourth inning of Peoria’s 8-5 loss to Scottsdale at the Peoria Sports Complex on Thursday. That made it the fourth-hardest-hit ball

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- One year ago at their Spring Training facility, the Royals gave Justin Lamkin, the 71st overall pick in the 2025 Draft, his first major development assignment: get another breaking ball. “I didn't have a curveball in college,” the Texas A&M product said. “That was something I took

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – It was a remarkable and career-altering age-20 campaign for Arjun Nimmala. So it’s only fitting that he closed out being a 20-year-old in style. The Angels’ top-ranked prospect went 4-for-5 with a pair of triples and three RBIs for Mesa during its 14-9 win over Salt River

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Every autumn, the Arizona Fall League gives prospects who don’t appear on their respective clubs’ Top 30 lists a chance to really pop. Through the first two weeks of action, Antonio Anderson is the leader in the clubhouse for taking that invitation to show what he can

Nathan Flewelling got 486 plate appearances for High-A Bowling Green during the regular season. That’s the fourth most by a catcher at High-A in their age-19 or younger season since 2006, trailing only Tommy Joseph (560, 2011), Eduardo Tait (520, 2026) and Carter Jensen (497, 2023). Flewelling also played 656

This was meant to be the first full season for Ty Harvey as a pro, emphasis on the full. The Padres selected the catcher out of Inspiration Academy in Bradenton, Florida, in the fifth round last year and signed him away from a Florida State commitment with a $1.5 million

The most important thing for prospects is development: learning how to be a professional, acquiring new skills, sharpening tools or pitches. There often can be bumps in the road along the path to the big leagues, and it's important to note that performance and production in the moment isn't necessarily

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Carter Graham was a two-time first-team All-Pac-12 selection during his tenure at Stanford, earning second and third team All-American honors from multiple outlets. But despite that, the former two-sport athlete -- who also excelled on the basketball court -- admitted that he didn’t have much of an

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Thirteen months after undergoing Tommy John surgery, Giants All-Star reliever Randy Rodríguez is officially back on the mound. The 27-year-old right-hander returned to action in the Arizona Fall League on Tuesday, where he pitched a 1-2-3 inning in his first start for the Scottsdale Scorpions. Rodríguez coaxed

With a record-setting fastball and a lean, 6-foot-1 frame, 18-year-old Yokohama High School pitcher Shoki Oda was already the subject of plenty of teams’ attention. Predicted to go in the first round of the NPB Draft, Oda announced on Thursday morning that he is going to follow in the footsteps

HOUSTON -- A chance to get more at-bats in the Arizona Fall League is an opportunity for Astros prospect Nick Monistere to make up for lost time and get his career on track. Monistere, an athletic infielder who was the team’s fourth-round pick out of Southern Mississippi in the 2025

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This story was excerpted from Ian Browne’s Red Sox Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. With the 2026 season in the rearview mirror, it seemed like the perfect time to assess the farm system. Chief baseball officer Craig

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