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What to watch at Winter Meetings: Draft Lottery, Rule 5 and more

@JoeTrezz
December 6, 2024

The baseball world is about to focus its offseason gaze on Dallas, Texas, as the Winter Meetings arrive in the Lone Star State on Sunday ready to set the Hot Stove aflame. While the focus of the Winter Meetings is usually on the Major League happenings, there will be plenty

Here are 8 prospects standing out in winter ball

@JoeTrezz
November 25, 2024

Now that the Arizona Fall League has crowned a new champion and MLB's awards season is winding down, the baseball world in the United States is preparing to turn its attention to the Hot Stove. But that doesn't mean baseball isn't being played. There are plenty of exciting and talented

Here's an early look at the top 2025 Rookie of the Year candidates

@JoeTrezz
November 24, 2024

With Paul Skenes and Luis Gil taking home their leagues' respective 2024 Rookie of the Year Awards, it's time to turn our attention to 2025.

Briceño, Rosario earn Week 6 AFL honors

@JoeTrezz
November 19, 2024

The Arizona Fall League concluded with the Salt River Rafters claiming an unlikely title with their win over Surprise in Nov. 16’s AFL championship game, bringing a dramatic close to Week 6, and this year, of AFL play. The players honored for their performances in the season’s final week were

2024 Arizona Fall League award winners

@JoeTrezz
November 16, 2024

For six more weeks again this year, some of the best prospects in baseball shined in the Arizona Fall League, the game’s most elite prospect circuit. Now it’s time to give out some hardware. The Fall League annually awards the Joe Black MVP Award to its top performer, and since

40-man deadline: Which prospects are getting roster spots?

@JoeTrezz
November 14, 2024

For all 30 Major League teams, some of the biggest decisions of the offseason must be made by the Nov. 19 deadline for setting their 40-man rosters. Any player not added to their organization’s roster by then will become eligible to be selected by another organization in the Rule 5

Cubs' Long, Tigers' Miller earn Fall League Week 5 honors

@JoeTrezz
November 12, 2024

Week 5 in the Arizona Fall League was about spotlighting the best the top prospect circuit had to offer, with Fall Star festivities limiting regular-season AFL play to only four days in the desert. These two players stood out for squeezing exceptional performances into that small sample. Mesa corner outfielder/infielder

Arizona Fall League Week 5 top performers

@JoeTrezz
November 10, 2024

Here are the top performers from the fifth week of AFL action:

Fall League sluggers light up the night in Home Run Derby

@JoeTrezz
November 8, 2024

The 2024 Arizona Fall League Home Run Derby lived up to its billing with a last-second long ball to close things out. Yankees prospect Garrett Martin finished with a flourish in the final round, hitting his 10th tater of the session to inch past Brewers No. 8 prospect Brock Wilken

These are the 2024 Fall Stars Game rosters

@JoeTrezz
November 7, 2024

The All-Star festivities at baseball’s most elite prospect circuit are always a can’t-miss event, and this year’s are no different. The 18th annual Fall Stars Game, set for 8 p.m. ET/ 6 p.m. local on Saturday at Sloan Park in Mesa, will bring the Arizona Fall League’s top performers together

Kurtz, Lopez, Stephan earn AFL Week 4 honors

@JoeTrezz
November 5, 2024

Week 4 in the Arizona Fall League was all about big flies and flirting with history. These players separated themselves during what was another excellent week of AFL action. Mesa first baseman Nick Kurtz (ATH No. 2/MLB No. 45) slugged his way to AFL Hitter of the Week honors and

Minor League Gold Glove Award winners

@JoeTrezz
November 4, 2024

There are prospects who can flash the leather, and then there are these guys: the cream of the crop. Now they own some hardware for defensive excellence. Two Top 100 prospects – including baseball's top overall prospect – headlined the nine-player crop of 2024 Minor League Gold Glove Award winners,

Arizona Fall League Week 4 top performers

@JoeTrezz
November 3, 2024

Here are the top performers from the fourth week of AFL action:

Here are the Arizona Fall League's top Statcast performers

@JoeTrezz
October 30, 2024

This fall, for the first time, the majority of Arizona Fall League stadiums are outfitted with Statcast technology. That enables us to peek under the hood and get a better sense of how some of the game’s best prospects are performing on the annual elite prospect circuit. With that in

Arizona Fall League Week 3 top performers

@JoeTrezz
October 27, 2024

Here are the top performers from the third week of AFL action:

Here are the Minor Leaguers to follow in winter ball this year

@JoeTrezz
October 25, 2024

The weather is starting to turn in many parts of the United States and Canada, but that doesn't mean baseball goes away after the conclusion of the World Series. It's always baseball season in Latin America. From now through the Caribbean Series in February, winter leagues feature some of the

Dodgers-Yankees: Who would win an all-prospect World Series?

@JoeTrezz
October 23, 2024

Who would win a Dodgers-Yankees World Series ... all-prospect version? This week on the MLB Pipeline Podcast, prospect gurus Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo (along with host Jason Ratliff) chewed on that hypothetical courtesy of longtime listener and mailbag contributor "Blah Blah."

Briceño, Santos II earn Fall League Week 2 honors

@JoeTrezz
October 22, 2024

Week 2 of the Arizona Fall League saw teams score in bunches and pitchers light up the radar gun. These strong performances stood out from the pack. Scottsdale third baseman Josue Briceño (DET No. 9) used another huge week at the plate to earn AFL Hitter of the Week honors

Watch LIVE: Minor Leaguers in Arizona Fall League action

@JoeTrezz
October 22, 2024

Tune into the Arizona Fall League and the Dominican Winter League (LIDOM) to watch some of baseball's brightest young stars. You can see MLB's top prospects in action, with AFL matchups streaming for free on both MLB.com (here and on the AFL site) and MLB.TV. LIDOM games are included as

Top prospects named to Team USA Premier12™ tournament roster 

@JoeTrezz
October 21, 2024

Four Top 100 prospects and three other players ranked in their respective organizations' top 10 were named to Team USA’s roster for the third World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier12™ tournament presented by RAXUS, USA Baseball announced on Monday. The international tournament featuring the world’s 12 top-ranked teams will take

Arizona Fall League Week 2 top performers

@JoeTrezz
October 20, 2024

Here are the top performers from the second week of AFL action:

AFL Week 1: Emerson, Alderman, Phillips earn honors

@JoeTrezz
October 16, 2024

The opening week of the Arizona Fall League saw a host of strong performances both at the plate and on the mound. These three stood out from the pack of worthy candidates. A pair of Peoria teammates -- Colt Emerson (SEA No. 1/MLB No. 27) and Kemp Alderman (MIA No.

Arizona Fall League Week 1 top performers

@JoeTrezz
October 15, 2024

The 32nd season of the Arizona Fall League is a week old, and already, there are top prospects standing out amid the field of, well, top prospects. Here are the top performers from the first week of AFL action:

2024 MiLB Awards Show winners -- Hitter, Pitcher, more

@JoeTrezz
October 1, 2024

The second annual MiLB Awards Show aired on MLB Network on Monday night, with hardware handed out to the best of the best in the Minor Leagues during the 2024 season. If you missed the show, we’ve got you covered. Here is a rundown of the finalists and winners for

Arkansas walks it off to nab first Texas League crown since 2008

@JoeTrezz
September 26, 2024

The Arkansas Travelers came one win away from their first Texas League title in more than a decade in 2023, falling just short when they lost their winner-take-all Game 3. This year, they found themselves in another winner-take-all scenario, and history did not repeat itself. This time, the Travelers got