Defense is increasingly becoming a young man’s game. From 1957, the year they were first handed out, to 2012, only nine rookies won Rawlings Gold Glove Awards. The same amount have captured the game’s top defensive prize since 2013, including six in the past three seasons alone. Red Sox right

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

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

Double-A is widely considered to be a litmus test in professional baseball, the level at which raw talent tends to reveal itself as actual ability. As a result, success there is often -- although, of course, not always -- an indicator of a prospect's trajectory. For a precious few, the

The Rays earned the top spot in MLB Pipeline’s midseason farm system rankings, and Carson Williams and Brayden Taylor had a lot to do with that. Now, the Rays No. 1 and No. 3 prospects, respectively, also share a distinction: they’re both members of the 20/20 club. Williams, MLB's No.

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Carson Williams is coming into his own. At 20 years old and playing at the Double-A level, Williams understands that he's not a polished product just yet -- still learning and developing into the player that will produce at the big league level. But if the first two months of

Carson Williams entered the season with a focus on building and being dedicated to his own routine and process -- both mentally and physically. He wanted to emphasize techniques he picked up during his climb of three levels of the Minors last season and his time at big league camp

You’ve heard how important it is for any player to get off to a hot start. Carson Williams has definitely bought into that philosophy. Few, if any, prospects have started the season stronger than MLB's No. 18 overall prospect. And Williams is showing no signs of slowing down. The latest

Some of the best Spring Training matchups don’t come in the Cactus or Grapefruit League. They’re on the backfields, where prospects square off away from the bright lights and sharpen their tools against each other as they work to be the future stars of the game. This year, Spring Breakout

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 second-ranked Rays prospect Carson Williams. For more stories about players on The Road to The Show, click here. Carson Williams is set to take on the upper

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 2023 Organization All-Stars series are the Tampa Bay Rays. 2023 organization summary: Triple-A Durham: 88-62

What’s better than a multihomer game? Two multihomer performers in the same contest. On Saturday, Carson Williams and Xavier Isaac went deep twice to propel Bowling Green to an 11-4 win over Greensboro at Bowling Green Ballpark. The pair tallied three knocks apiece and combined for six RBIs to rev

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 Tampa Bay Rays. 2022 Organization Summary Triple-A Durham: 86-64

NEW YORK -- Minor League Baseball and the Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc., announced the nine recipients of the 2022 Rawlings Gold Glove Award® for defensive excellence.