The Winter Meetings begin Monday in Orlando, Fla., and prospects are certain to be on the shopping list for some clubs. Which team will get the best holiday-season deal? Who has the prospect capital to make that kind of deal happen?

One of the big developments of the past year in baseball is how many young players have risen to the top of prospect rankings. A look at MLB Pipeline's Top 100 Prospects list will show you just one player in the top 10 older than 21. Of course, while there's

Trei Cruz had just finished a workout last week and was headed back home when his phone started buzzing. The call was from Tigers vice president Ryan Garko, who in his role overseeing player development for one of the best farm systems in the game has followed Cruz’s career in

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DETROIT -- The Tigers added five prospects to their 40-man roster on Tuesday to protect them from next month’s Rule 5 Draft. The list includes three members of their Top 30 Prospects list, but also two longtime Minor Leaguers who worked their way into the organization’s plans. For catcher/first baseman

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Kevin McGonigle ranks as the No. 2 prospect on MLB Pipeline's Top 100 list and many scouts consider him the best pure hitter in the Minors. The Tigers infielder only enhanced his reputation in the Arizona Fall League. McGonigle slashed .362/.500/.710 in 19 games, leading the developmental

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MESA, Ariz. -- It might be hard to stand out offensively in a game with a combined 35 runs scored -- just the second time since 2005 that more than 33 runs were scored in one Arizona Fall League contest -- and 39 hits banged out, but Kevin McGonigle found

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Before Nebraska baseball was set to open its 2025 season live on MLB Network this past February in the Desert Invitational, head coach Will Bolt was emphatic during a pregame meeting that involved the discussion of former Huskers who have made an impact in pro ball.

From Bryce Harper to Mike Trout to Ronald Acuña Jr., the Arizona Fall League has produced dozens of MLB All-Stars. Kevin McGonigle might be the next. The No. 2 prospect in baseball tore up the Minor Leagues this summer, and the change of scenery hasn’t slowed him down in the

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PEORIA, Ariz. – Many pitchers seek out velocity. Others look to induced vertical break or spin rate. Tigers knuckleballer Kenny Serwa seeks out a different metric when he’s on the mound. It’s a little less scientific. “I look for the catcher to miss the ball,” he said. “That's the only

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The official record books of the Arizona Fall League only go back to 2005, but in that span, there’s never before been a half-inning of offense like there was for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the second inning of Sunday’s 15-4 win over Surprise at Scottsdale Stadium. Right

To this day, the No. 2 overall prospect in baseball, Kevin McGonigle thinks his best hitting coach was his first. “It was always just me and my dad going to the local field and just working on some things,” he said on the MLB Pipeline Podcast. “I never listened to

The road to World Series glory can be paved in a myriad of ways. Each of the 12 teams hoping to be the last ones standing in this year’s postseason have been constructed in very different ways. There are the super-homegrown squads, like the Guardians and Tigers, leading the way

This was a big year for top prospect promotions. Along with the dozens of Top 100 prospects to reach the Majors, four of the five that headlined MLB Pipeline's list at the beginning of the season were soon in the big leagues (Roki Sasaki, Roman Anthony, Dylan Crews, Jackson Jobe),

René Rivera’s inaugural season as Single-A Lakeland's manager was one to remember. The former 13-year big league backstop -- who took home Florida State League Manager of the Year honors earlier in the day -- completed a dominant first season at the helm by leading the Flying Tigers to a

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Incredible. That’s the word High-A West Michigan manager Tony Cappuccilli used to describe his club’s season, and for good reason. On Sunday, the Tigers affiliate secured its 92nd win of the year -- a 5-0 triumph over Fort Wayne. The victory, which finalized the club's record for the season at

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There was plenty of offensive fireworks and impressive pitching performances during the penultimate Friday in August. Lazaro Montes (Mariners) led the way with another mulithomer contest and Max Clark (Tigers) returned from a brief injury with a dinger of his own. Andrew Painter (Phillies) rebounded with his best performance in

Cycles! Three-homer games! Stars … well, doing star things! The game’s top two prospects -- the Pirates' Konnor Griffin (who made his Double-A debut) and the Tigers' Kevin McGonigle -- wore fantastic alternate uniforms on the same night. The Mets’ pitching pipeline continued to chug along and 2024 first-rounder Hagen

Ever since the John Oliver-designed Moon Mammoths alternate identity for Double-A Erie landed on the scene, they’ve been the focus of awe, adulation and all-around applause. So it seems fitting that one of the Minors’ most high-profile prospects -- Kevin McGonigle, No. 2 overall -- has gotten to don the