Madison Bumgarner. J.T. Realmuto. Corey Kluber. James Paxton.There are some big names being bandied about in the trade rumor mill as the 2018-19 professional baseball offseason kicks into high gear. In all likelihood, a few organizations will make franchise-altering moves in the weeks and months ahead, and it won't just

A string of starts which were unacceptable in the eyes of Anthony Banda led him back to basics Monday night. It also propelled the 24-year-old to his best outing of the season.Tampa Bay's No. 16 prospect scattered four hits over a season-high 6 2/3 scoreless innings as Triple-A Durham won

Anthony Banda made a strong impression in his first game with the Rays organization. The 16th-ranked Tampa Bay prospect struck out eight over five scoreless innings Friday as Triple-A Durham cruised past Charlotte, 11-1, at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.Acquired from the D-backs as part of a three-team trade at the

The Rays' rebuild continued Tuesday, with some help from a division rival.Tampa Bay acquired eighth-ranked Yankees prospectNick Solak and D-backs No. 4 prospectAnthony Banda in a three-team trade that sent Rays outfielder Steven Souza to Arizona and D-backs infielder Brandon Drury to New York. Arizona also acquired Yankees No. 14

It's been an up-and-down season for Anthony Banda, but Friday certainly constitutes an "up" day.The D-backs promoted their top prospect from Triple-A Reno to make his Major League debut Saturday against the Nationals in Phoenix.

Athletics 3B Matt Chapman, Triple-A Nashville: 2-for-5, HR, 3B, RBI, 2 R, K -- Oakland's No. 4 prospect went deep for the second straight game and the fifth time in his last eight contests Tuesday. Chapman leads the Minors with 10 homers this month; no one else has more than eight. The

Anthony Banda entered Thursday's start with uneven results through his five outings this season for Triple-A Reno. He got back on track with a little help from his offense against Salt Lake.Arizona's No. 1 prospect spun seven scoreless innings as the Aces routed the Bees, 22-3. Banda allowed four hits

D-backs LHP Anthony Banda, Triple-A Reno: 5 2/3 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 11 K, 102 pitches, 66 strikes -- The D-backs' top prospect entered Sunday with only nine strikeouts in his first three starts (14 innings) but fanned 11 in a 4-3 win at El

With Spring Training opening and the 2017 season almost upon us, MiLB.com looks at the state of all 30 farm systems and ranks them, according to certain changing criteria with each edition. This week we focus on pitching prospects and consider the quality and quantity of top talent in each

This is the final installment of a six-part series that uses FanGraphs' Steamer600 projections to look at how prospects would fare over a full Major League season. The system bases its forecast on 600 plate appearances for position players, 450 plate appearances for catchers, 200 innings for starting pitchers and 65 innings