MESA, Ariz. -- The third-youngest player in the 2026 Arizona Fall League might be the happiest on the entire circuit. Breyson Guedez, 19, wears a big smile in the on-deck circle, on the basepaths and in the outfield, and he is in constant motion in all those places. Scouts and

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Elian Soto was winding down for the night, ready to rest and recover following another day of playing ball back home in the Dominican Republic. Soto had enjoyed a breakout 2026 campaign, which included a trip to the playoffs with Single-A Fredericksburg, but his year wasn’t over

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- During the Arizona Fall League, Dax Kilby has been everything the Yankees envisioned he could be when they selected him with the 39th overall pick in the 2025 Draft out of the Georgia high school ranks. He’s slashed .295/.357/.623 across 15 games with 12 of his 18

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Nearly 2,200 miles away from Tropicana Field, where Brewers big leaguers streamed out of the dugout to celebrate the franchise’s first World Series championship, a handful of Minor League prospects huddled around a screen in the dugout at Scottsdale Stadium on Oct. 28 and kicked off their

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- On a yearly basis, the Arizona Fall League offers the chance for some of the game's best prospects to link up. With five organizations represented among each of the six clubs, there's often an opportunity for players who have never suited up together to share the same

MESA, Ariz. -- On the night that Toronto made Brandon Barriera the 23rd pick of the 2022 Draft, he was on top of the world. Attending the event in person, he rushed to hug his dad and boasted the youthful exuberance of a pitcher who had his sights set on

GLENDALE, Ariz. – If you stood outside of North Atlanta High School and took off on a jog, you’d soon reach the gates of Truist Park, just 2.7 miles away. Isaiah Drake is hoping that his legs will carry him from campus to the baseball cathedral, albeit with some detours

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Watch Kyle DeBarge and his No. 8 Twins uniform go somewhere on the diamond and two things stand out: He often looks like he just dived headlong into a puddle of mud, and everywhere he moves, he does it with maximum intensity. “I just try to play

SURPRISE, Ariz. – Hours before the Surprise Saguaros take the field during Arizona Fall League action, the club often takes batting practice and goes through infield and outfield drills. You most certainly hear when Sebastian Walcott is up, the thundering impact of the ball coming off his bat. And for

MESA, Ariz. -- No two paths to the Arizona Fall League are the same. But it’s difficult to chart a more improbable one than what Harry Blum undertook this year. Before standing on the mound in a Red Sox uniform under the Arizona sun in October, Blum was standing inside

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- J.T. Etheridge left the Louisiana-Lafayette dugout on June 2, 2024, and figured that might be the end of his baseball journey. Looks from Major League organizations had been limited, and although he punched out 52 batters in 32 2/3 frames during his senior year, Etheridge ran a

MESA, Ariz. – The Arizona Fall League is perennially stacked with the game’s top prospect talent. This go-round, there are 15 members of the Top 100 list in the desert, including those who might soon go on to serve as the face of their respective franchises. Former big leaguer Daniel

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Miguel Useche was a first-team All-Southland performer for the University of New Orleans in 2024, having hit .349 with a 1.005 OPS with more walks than strikeouts. He figured that even if he didn't get an opportunity to get his pro career started via the MLB Draft,

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- When the Guardians announced Welbyn Francisca as the headliner of their 2023 international signing class, he was seen as a prospect with enormous upside despite his modest stature. Even as a teenager, Francisca had oodles of bat speed, which gave credence to the idea that as he

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – A self-described beach boy from Gold Coast, Australia, Kailen Hamson had never been to America before he got on a plane and landed in St. Louis in 2021. His first reaction was that he had made a terrible mistake.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Peyton Olejnik knows what you’re thinking. How in the world did a 6-foot-11 kid -- 7 feet in cleats! -- from basketball-mad Indiana become a full-time baseball player, forgoing the hardwood for the pitching rubber? The rest of the Olejnik clan is vertically inclined, but Peyton’s growth

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Everyone knows one another in Hedgesville, West Virginia, which boasted a population of just 300 during the most recent census at the turn of the decade. There’s a Subway, a Burger King and three stop lights. There’s even a King’s New York Pizza, which in hindsight, could

PEORIA, Ariz. -- Long after all of his Glendale Desert Dogs teammates had gone inside, Chase Harlan stood at the hot corner underneath the Arizona sun before Tuesday’s game and had infield coach Philip Caulfield pepper grounders to his left, right and in front of him. Even after a short

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- There were 45,485 fans in Citizens Bank Park on Oct. 23, 2022 when Bryce Harper drilled his iconic go-ahead three-run homer in NLCS Game 5 to help send the Phillies to the World Series. One of them was Ryan Dromboski, a native of Hamilton, New Jersey, who

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Briggs McKenzie thought the dream was over. Growing up as a Braves fan in North Carolina, he got to live out a childhood realization when he put pen to paper and signed with the organization as a fourth-round pick in the 2025 Draft, receiving an over-slot bonus

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- When the Cubs selected right-hander Dominick Reid in the third round of the 2025 Draft out of Abilene Christian, he was largely a two-pitch hurler. Just over a year after that selection, the club's No. 28 prospect is enjoying a spin through the Arizona Fall League while

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

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

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