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2024 Draft first-rounders headline Saturday's top performers

1:26 AM EDT

If you waited all offseason for that one blissful day where the game's top prospects would once again be running rampant all across the Minors, tallying professional firsts and setting career bests, well, you've come to the right roundup. How does a 464-foot moonshot from Jac Caglianone sound? A 10-strikeout

Switch-pitching 2024 first-rounder dominates in pro debut

Cijntje, Seattle's No. 9 prospect, K's six over four scoreless IP
@MavalloneMiLB
April 5, 2025

Give Jurrangelo Cijntje a hand for a tremendous pro debut. And then give him another one after that. The already well-known switch-pitcher was on point in his first outing for High-A Everett, striking out six over four scoreless innings against Spokane in the club's 8-0 win Saturday night at Avista

Caglianone's first Double-A homer clears ... everything?!

Royals' top prospect mashes 464-foot roundtripper for Northwest Arkansas
@alyssam_gomez
April 5, 2025

They say everything is bigger in Texas, and it looks like that includes Jac Caglianone Texas League homers. In just his second game for Northwest Arkansas, the Royals’ No. 1 prospect launched his first Double-A homer onto the street outside of ONEOK Field on Saturday night in the Naturals' 9-5

Bazzana slugs first Double-A homer on red-hot 4-hit night

@allisonmast13
April 5, 2025

Since graduating from high school in Sydney, Australia, Travis Bazzana has been a-waltzing all over the United States, from college in Corvallis, Ore., to Eastlake, Ohio, home of the Guardians’ High-A affiliate, the Lake County Captains. But for the past two nights, the Guardians' top prospect has taken his Matilda

Watch FREE as Rangers top prospect Walcott faces Double-A Astros talent

April 5, 2025

All season long, baseball fans will be able to watch Minor League Baseball games across all of MLB's digital platforms. MLB.TV and MLB app subscribers can watch their favorite team's Minor League affiliates in the app at no additional cost, while all MiLB games are available on MiLB.TV, on the

Acquired in Crochet deal, 2024 first-rounder Montgomery slugs first pro homer

@allisonmast13
12:56 AM EDT

It’s said that good things come to those who wait. Three hundred days removed from an ankle injury that ended his collegiate career, Braden Montgomery made his professional debut -- a stretch that included the Draft, a trade and a stint at big league camp. Three hundred and one days

Check out the best Minor League promos of opening week

@BensBiz
April 4, 2025

Benjamin Hill travels the nation collecting stories about what makes Minor League Baseball unique. This excerpt from his newsletter is a mere taste of the smorgasbord of delights he offers every week. Read the full newsletter here, and subscribe to his newsletter here.

Not one, not two, but THREE walk-offs in one night for Rockies affiliates

@JoshJacksonMiLB
April 5, 2025

Baseball fans live for the drama. The Colorado Rockies' organization provided it on Friday. While the big league club dropped an 11-inning heartbreaker to the A's, 6-3, at Coors Field, three of the team's four Minor League affiliates pulled off walk-off wins -- and the fourth fell just short. It

Chandler Simpson beats out a routine one-hopper TO FIRST BASE

@benweinrib
April 5, 2025

Chandler Simpson has already earned his reputation as the fastest man in the Minors, someone whose speed breaks the 20-80 scouting scale. The Rays' No. 7 prospect showed off his wheels at an entirely new level by beating out an infield single -- to the first baseman -- in Triple-A

Schmidt K's 7 in impressive rehab start

April 5, 2025

PITTSBURGH – Clarke Schmidt excelled in his first Minor League rehab start of the season on Saturday, striking out seven over 3 1/3 scoreless innings as Double-A Somerset beat Hartford, 6-2. Recovering from right rotator cuff tendinitis that stalled his progress this past spring, Schmidt permitted just a hit and

Red-letter day for Burns (with lots of K's) in pro debut at High-A

@MavalloneMiLB
April 5, 2025

The wait was worth it for the Reds and Chase Burns. In shirt sleeves on a 51-degree night, MLB Pipeline's No. 25 overall prospect was nearly spotless in his professional debut, more than eight months after he was selected second overall in the MLB Draft. Burns struck out six and

Last year's first-round picks stand tall among Friday's top performers

April 5, 2025

As the rest of the Minor Leagues got underway Friday, there was a recurring theme -- many of the 2024 top Draft picks stood out, even in debuts at new levels. Chase Burns made his professional bow in dominant fashion, notching the first six strikeouts of his career over four

Get ready for every level of Minors action with The Show Before the Show podcast

April 4, 2025

Check out the latest episodes of The Show Before the Show, MiLB.com's official podcast. A segment rundown is listed below, in case you want to skip to a particular section. Like the podcast? Subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts. The podcast is also available via Spotify, Megaphone and other

Minor League Baseball partners with Circle K

April 3, 2025

Minor League Baseball announced a new national partnership with Circle K, which will see the convenience store giant become the “Official Convenience Store of Minor League Baseball.” During the 2025 season, the Circle K brand will be integrated into the MiLB in-stadium experience through in-game video board assets at most

Minors team's milk-soaked hot dog is fake -- but the donut meatloaf sando is all too real

@BensBiz
April 2, 2025

On Wednesday afternoon the Hartford Yard Goats unveiled "new REAL concession items for the season." The Double-A Colorado Rockies affiliate emphasized the "real" because, the week prior, they immersed themselves in a prank. Farewell, Float Your Goat, we never knew ye. It was always a joke, but so many wanted

Top prospects to watch at Triple-A -- one for each organization

@SamDykstraMiLB
March 26, 2025

It’s Triple-A’s turn up to bat. The regular season began for the Minor Leagues’ highest level one day after the action started on the Major League side. Fun fact: it’s the earliest start to a Minor League season since 1951 (March 27). Double-A, High-A and Single-A will follow up with

These Minor League promos are set to celebrate girls and women in sports in 2025

@JoshJacksonMiLB
March 31, 2025

A great night at a Minor League Baseball game can instill a strong sense of community, and communities are at their best when they're able to welcome and empower people who have traditionally been sidelined. Baseball, like many sports, can still sometimes be so male-centric as to feel exclusionary, making

Check out this year's new Minor League ballparks

@JoshJacksonMiLB
March 28, 2025

The 2025 Minor League season brings an opportunity to check out four brand-new ballparks, with three of them easily reachable on a single road trip and the fourth sure to become a favorite destination because of its majestic mountain views. Naturally, these new stadiums are also the newest entries to

Here's what to expect from Rockies prospect Dollander in the big leagues

April 4, 2025

If things had gone the way people thought it would in 2023, Chase Dollander would not be preparing for his Major League debut with the Colorado Rockies on Sunday. After a year at Georgia Southern in 2021, Dollander moved to Tennessee and was absolutely lights out as a sophomore, leading

MLB Pipeline top 10 prospects 2025

April 4, 2025

Inbox: Minor League squads we can't wait to watch!

April 4, 2025

Happy Double-A, High-A and Single-A Opening Day! Full-season ball is now in full swing, I’m coming down with my annual extreme case of Draft fever and there are plenty of interesting questions in the Pipeline Inbox …

Here's where the Twins' top prospects will start the season

April 4, 2025

With the Minor League season opening this week, here's where the Twins’ Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:

  1. Walker Jenkins (MLB No. 3), OF -- Wichita (Double-A)
  2. Emmanuel Rodriguez (MLB No. 36), OF -- St. Paul (Triple-A)
  3. Luke Keaschall (MLB No. 59), 2B/OF/1B -- St. Paul

Here's where Astros' top prospects will open the 2025 season

April 4, 2025

With the Minor League season opening this week, here's where the Astros' Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:

  1. Cam Smith (MLB No. 57), 3B -- Houston (MLB)
  2. Brice Matthews, SS/3B -- Sugar Land (Triple-A)
  3. Jacob Melton, OF -- Sugar Land (Triple-A)
  4. Walker Janek, C --

Chandler, Horton spin scoreless outings to lead Thursday's top performers

@alyssam_gomez and @brendan_samson and @MavalloneMiLB
April 4, 2025

All the stars were out for a Triple-A doubleheader between Cubs and Pirates prospects in Indianapolis. Two of baseball's premier young pitching talents spun zeros in opposite games, while a righty with big league experience set a career high out in Las Vegas. Add to that a pair of multihit

Here's where Blue Jays' top prospects will open the 2025 season

@SamDykstraMiLB
April 3, 2025

With the Minor League season opening this week, here's where Toronto’s Top 30 Prospects are projected to start: