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Top Minor League moments from 2023

Impressive prospects, off-field wins highlight the year in baseball
@Kelsie_Heneghan
December 29, 2023

In 2023, Minor League Baseball featured thrilling prospect debuts, electric performances and moments that went beyond the box score. All commemorated by the inaugural MiLB Awards on MLB Network. Let's look back on the year in MiLB.

The inaugural MiLB Awards Show results

Holliday, Thorpe, Caminero, Salas honored for 2023 season
October 2, 2023

The inaugural MiLB Awards Show aired on MLB Network on Monday night, with a lot of hardware getting handed out. Miss the show? Don’t sweat it! We’ve got you covered. Here’s a rundown of the finalists for each award and who walked away with the wins. Minor League Hitting Prospect

The Road to The Show™: Tigers’ Keith

No. 26 overall prospect among the Minors’ fastest-risers in '23
@Gerard_Gilberto
August 15, 2023

Each week, MiLB.com profiles an elite prospect by chronicling the steps he's taken toward achieving his Major League dream. Here's a look at Tigers second-ranked prospect Colt Keith. For more stories about players on The Road to The Show, click here. After destroying Eastern League pitching during the first half

Keith quickly gets first Triple-A HR out of the way

Top Tigers prospect reaches base five times in Mud Hens debut
@Steph_Sheehan
June 29, 2023

Wherever Colt Keith goes, he mashes. And if anyone needed more proof of that, look no further than his first game with Triple-A Toledo. Just two pitches into his first at-bat after being promoted from Double-A Erie, MLB’s No. 42 prospect clobbered a 425-foot homer to straightaway center. He went

SeaWolves' Keith comes to a four-gone conclusion

Second-ranked Tigers prospect goes deep in fourth straight game
@brendan_samson
June 17, 2023

Up until high school, Colt Keith was supposed to be a wrestler. His dad wrestled in college and Keith was well on his way to following in his father's footsteps. If baseball was Keith’s second sport, it’s hard to imagine how dominant he must have been at wrestling. The No.

The Road to The Show™: Who’s up next?

Reds' De La Cruz, Mets' Mauricio knocking on door to Majors
@Gerard_Gilberto
May 30, 2023

Each week, MiLB.com profiles an elite prospect by chronicling the steps he's taken toward achieving his Major League dream. For more stories about players on The Road to The Show, click here. For top prospects throughout the Minors, two months of play can go a long way toward revealing which

History made: Keith does what nobody else has

Tigers prospect cycles, homers twice on 6-hit, 7-RBI night for Erie
@brendan_samson
May 17, 2023

Colt Keith put on an offensive performance for Double-A Erie on Tuesday that just might make someone look at the box score twice to make sure their eyes aren't playing tricks on them. The No. 87 overall prospect per MLB Pipeline smacked two home runs in four innings, then he

Tigers' Carpenter, Meadows reach new heights

Slugging outfielders help power Detroit's development machine
@SamDykstraMiLB
November 11, 2022

Each offseason, MiLB.com goes position by position across each organization and honors the players -- regardless of age or prospect status -- who had the best seasons in each farm system. Next up in our 2022 Organization All-Stars series are the Detroit Tigers. 2022 Organization Summary Triple-A Toledo: 87-63 Double-A