FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina -- Tad Ratliff would like to make this a habit.The right-handed Kansas City prospect was on the mound for the final pitch of the Carolina League season, completing another pitching masterpiece for the Class A Advanced Blue Rocks."It's just so cool to throw the last pitch of

With Class A Advanced Wilmington staring at a 2-0 deficit in its best-of-5 Mills Cup Finals, MJ Melendez kicked in the door left ajar by Fayetteville.Kansas City's No. 9 prospect delivered a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning as the Blue Rocks rallied past the Woodpeckers, 5-4, to even the

White Sox OF Luis Robert, Double-A Birmingham: 3-for-4, 2 R, RBI, SB -- Chicago's No. 2 prospect collected a double and two singles in the second game of a twinbill, a 6-0 Barons win over Jackson. MLB.com's 18th-ranked prospect extended his hitting streak to 13 straight games and improved his average

Brady Singer seems to be finding his rhythm on the mound.The top Royals prospect threw a career-high seven scoreless frames, allowing five hits and a walk with six strikeouts in Class A Advanced Wilmington's 2-1, 10-inning win over Salem on Tuesday night at Haley Toyota Field.

In the first week of the 2019 calendar year, the Royals informed MJ Melendez that he'd be one of their 22 non-roster players invited to Major League Spring Training. Four of those 22 are catchers, like Melendez, bringing the total number of backstops in the Surprise, Arizona, camp to seven.

Each offseason, MiLB.com goes position by position across each system and honors the players -- regardless of age or prospect status -- who had the best seasons in their organization. Click here to locate your favorite club.The Royals' streak of five seasons with at least 80 wins ended as they

There was no déjà vu for the Class A Legends on Tuesday.One night Lexington squandered a lead taken to the ninth inning, MJ Melendez provided his squad with another early advantage -- but this time, the Legends did not relinquish it.Kansas City's No. 5 prospect crushed a solo dinger in

Theme of the dayRepeating for history: Ibandel Isabel put together his sixth multi-homer game of the season Tuesday night for Class A Advanced Daytona. Yawn, right? Except that those two blasts allowed him to break the Florida State League single-season record with 35 on the season. His 36 homers overall

The South Atlantic League All-Star rosters may not feature any of baseball's top-100 prospects, but there will still be plenty of intriguing players showcasing their talents in two weeks' time. A quartet of Class A Lakewood hurlers highlight the Northern Division team, while a power-heavy lineup leads the way for the

On a night in which all Class A Lexington's bats broke out, MJ Melendez had the biggest night of all.Just three nights after setting a career high in RBIs, Kansas City's No. 4 prospect topped himself with six in the Legends' 18-2 shellacking of the Rome Braves. Dennicher Carrasco racked

For MJ Melendez, "Bo knows." And that's Bo Bichette, not Jackson. After watching a recent MLB.com video interview in which the Blue Jays' second-ranked prospect discussed how returning to being himself at the plate allowed him to emerge from a slump, Melendez was inspired to try that approach himself. "I kind of took

Theme of the dayThese guys again?: Mobile's no-hitter against Birmingham was the second time the BayBears had held an opposing Southern League team hitless in 2018, and in both feats, Griffin Canning was the starter and Ryan Clark was the closer. More on that milestone from Vincent Lara-Cinisomo here. The

Who strengthened their promotion casePirates RHP Nick Kingham, Triple-A Indianapolis: 6 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 0 BB, 6 K -- Pittsburgh's surprising 8-3 start has been driven by its league-leading offense -- it's tops in the NL in batting, OBP, slugging and runs scored -- but the pitching staff