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

The 2025 Opening Day prospect roster announcements began last week when the Cubs informed Matt Shaw (MLB No. 19) he was making the trip overseas to compete in the Tokyo Series. Roki Sasaki (No. 1) also received the good news, but his assignment was much less of a surprise. Now

CHICAGO -- There have been the Three Amigos, the Three Tenors, the longtime famous Three Stooges and now .. the three top White Sox pitching prospects working together at Double-A Birmingham. Okay, the name is still a work in progress. But what was expected for a few weeks during Spring

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SARASOTA, Fla. – The Orioles have developed their franchise cornerstone catcher in Adley Rutschman. They’ve developed a top-two shortstop in baseball in Gunnar Henderson and a former No. 1 overall prospect at second base in Jackson Holliday. They’re developing big boppers Samuel Basallo (BAL No. 1/MLB No. 13) and Coby

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Major League Opening Day is set for Thursday, but the Minors get rolling right after that, with Triple-A getting under way on Friday. As the Twins set their roster for the big league team’s season, plans are also coming into place for prospects.

MONTERREY, Mexico -- With many fans decked out in Red Sox jerseys (number 34 seemed to be a particular favorite) and a mascot wearing a giant sombrero, there was an atmosphere at Estadio Mobil Super that was intoxicating to all those in attendance on Monday night. Salsa and American music

HOUSTON -- Standing at the base of the Astros’ dugout steps, Cam Smith, with his bat tucked under his left arm, took a few steps up, pulled on a bright orange batting glove and cracked a wide smile as he headed out for his first batting practice at Daikin Park

MONTERREY, Mexico -- Not long before Kristian Campbell boarded the Red Sox’s team charter to Mexico on Sunday, marking his first time out of the United States, manager Alex Cora gave him a pop quiz. Could Campbell name other MLB players who went to Georgia Tech?

LAKELAND, Fla. -- The Tigers rotation includes one of baseball’s top pitching prospects and one of baseball’s former top overall Draft picks. Detroit formally welcomed Jackson Jobe and Casey Mize to the final starting group on Saturday morning by optioning Keider Montero to Triple-A Toledo. Jobe, MLB Pipeline’s No. 5

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HOUSTON -- As Joe Espada aspired to be a big league manager, he dreamed of one day making a future player’s call-up to the Major Leagues a special moment.

With Spring Training reaching the home stretch, teams are beginning the process of finalizing their Opening Day rosters. A number of the game's up-and-coming prospects remain in the mix for big league jobs at this critical juncture, vying for final roster spots that have yet to be decided upon. Here’s

When the Astros acquired Cam Smith in the Kyle Tucker trade in December, the idea was that he'd need at least most of this season in the Minors before taking over the third-base job in Houston. But his Grapefruit League performance has radically altered those initial plans. After Smith batted

The excitement of not one but two Opening Days this week -- MLB on Thursday, Triple-A on Friday -- drives the discussion on the latest edition of the Pipeline Podcast.

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One of the joys of the offseason is poring over prospect rankings. Of course, there is no One True Prospects List handed down from the baseball heavens -- each list has its own set of preferences and biases. Some people prefer upside while others put a premium on proximity to

GOODYEAR, Ariz. – Call it the Tito effect.

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- There's bad luck, and then there's the bad luck endured by several of the Blue Jays' top pitching prospects in 2024. Landen Maroudis and Brandon Barriera -- two of the club's current top 15 prospects -- underwent elbow surgeries early last year, knocking them out for the

CLEARWATER, Fla. – The Phillies believe Justin Crawford is ready for the next big challenge. He will start the season with Triple-A Lehigh Valley, despite turning just 21 in January and having only 180 plate appearances above High-A Jersey Shore. Crawford is the Phillies’ No. 3 prospect and the No.

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- In 2023, the Royals lost 106 games, winning just 56. They experienced a 30-game turnaround a year later and those 86 wins earned them a playoff spot for the first time since their 2015 run to a World Series title. That big league about-face has a trickle

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TEMPE, Ariz. -- The Angels are known for expediting draftees to Anaheim. They had the first player from the 2021 Draft to arrive in the Majors (Chase Silseth), the first three from 2022 (Zach Neto, Ben Joyce, Victor Mederos), the first from 2023 (Nolan Schanuel) and now have a leading

Is Opening Day really just six days away? Is the college season already a month old? Am I itching to dive back into Draft coverage? The answer to all of those questions is yes.

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The Dodgers are coming off their second World Series championship in five years and have made 12 straight trips to the playoffs, averaging 99 victories per full season during that span. They didn't rest on their success this offseason, shelling out more than $400 million in free-agent