The 10 most stacked Minor League teams
The 2025 Minor League season is officially underway, with all four affiliated levels beginning play over the past two weeks. With thousands of players spread across 120 teams, there are countless reasons to follow each of these squads, but a few teams stand above the rest in terms of prospect
Jays' Single-A affiliate plays ultimate small ball with 22 walks and 19 runs
Walt Disney once said, "The best way to get started is to quit talking and begin walking." In a game that featured 24 runs -- all but five by Toronto's Single-A affiliate Dunedin -- just one homer and the pro debut of first-round pick Trey Yesavage, it was the collective
Caglianone launches 2nd HR of season -- and it's even farther than the first!
Jac Caglianone announced his presence at Double-A on Saturday, demolishing a towering home run that traveled an estimated 464 feet and cleared everything in sight. But like any good magician, the 6-foot-5 slugger’s first feat was just an appetizer. On Tuesday, in Northwest Arkansas’ home opener, he reached into his
Putting the 'long' in long balls atop Tuesday's best performances
The first full week of Minor League action spanning all four levels kicked off with plenty of fireworks on Tuesday. A pair of 2024 first-rounders and Top 100 prospects built upon their early-season power surges, Double-A Rocket City experienced a franchise first while dominating performances on the mound and at
Watch FREE as Top 100 prospects meet in a High-A Subway Series showdown
All season long, baseball fans will be able to watch Minor League Baseball games across all of MLB's digital platforms. MLB.TV and MLB app subscribers can watch their favorite team's Minor League affiliates in the app at no additional cost, while all MiLB games are available on MiLB.TV, on the
Red Sox acquire Minors OF prospect, Draft pick for Priester
BOSTON -- While the Red Sox viewed Quinn Priester as a key member of their organizational rotation depth, the chance to acquire a promising Minor League outfielder in Yophery Rodriguez from the Brewers was too good to pass up. The Brewers have been decimated by injuries to their pitching staff
Clark sparks late rally at High-A with first '25 homer
It wouldn't be Max Clark's first homer of the year without fireworks. MLB's No. 5 prospect went the opposite way for his first long ball of the season Sunday at High-A West Michigan. With a full count, two outs and two runners on base in the eighth inning, the lefty
Big bats, strong starts by top prospects highlight Sunday's performances
With every affiliate level in action, the first full-schedule Sunday of the Minor League season was filled with noisy hits, dominant starts and dramatic finishes keyed by top prospects. Here are the performances that stood out as Opening Weekend for Double-A, High-A and Single-A wrapped up:
Painter to start for Single-A Clearwater, hopes to return 'July-ish'
PHILADELPHIA -- No. 1 prospect Andrew Painter is taking the next step toward a potential midsummer promotion to the big leagues.
Kurtz extends hot streak at Triple-A with yet another homer
Heading into the 2024 MLB Draft, Nick Kurtz was considered one of the most advanced college bats available. And just 20 games into his pro career, the Athletics' top prospect has been up to every challenge thrown at him in the Minor Leagues. Kurtz continued his early-season Triple-A barrage with
Hot prospect Veen singles in MLB debut
DENVER -- The Rockies informed No. 8 prospect outfielder Zac Veen on Sunday that he was being called to the Majors from Triple-A Albuquerque, and the move became official on Tuesday. Outfielder Jordan Beck was optioned to Albuquerque on Monday to make room on the roster for Veen.
Podcast: Visualizing top 10 picks of Draft, prospects debuting in The Show
It is still anyone's guess how the 2025 Draft will shake out at this point, so Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and host Jason Ratliff begin this week's podcast by trying to figure it out. Jim and Jonathan takes turns alternating the first 10 picks purely based on talent, and there
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2024 Draft first-rounders headline Saturday's top performers
If you waited all offseason for that one blissful day where the game's top prospects would once again be running rampant all across the Minors, tallying professional firsts and setting career bests, well, you've come to the right roundup. How does a 464-foot moonshot from Jac Caglianone sound? A 10-strikeout
Acquired in Crochet deal, 2024 first-rounder Montgomery slugs first pro homer
It’s said that good things come to those who wait. Three hundred days removed from an ankle injury that ended his collegiate career, Braden Montgomery made his professional debut -- a stretch that included the Draft, a trade and a stint at big league camp. Three hundred and one days
Switch-pitching 2024 first-rounder dominates in pro debut
Give Jurrangelo Cijntje a hand for a tremendous pro debut. And then give him another one after that. The already well-known switch-pitcher was on point in his first outing for High-A Everett, striking out six over four scoreless innings against Spokane in the club's 8-0 win Saturday night at Avista
Bazzana slugs first Double-A homer on red-hot 4-hit night
Since graduating from high school in Sydney, Australia, Travis Bazzana has been a-waltzing all over the United States, from college in Corvallis, Ore., to Eastlake, Ohio, home of the Guardians’ High-A affiliate, the Lake County Captains. But for the past two nights, the Guardians' top prospect has taken his Matilda
Caglianone's first Double-A homer clears ... everything?!
They say everything is bigger in Texas, and it looks like that includes Jac Caglianone Texas League homers. In just his second game for Northwest Arkansas, the Royals’ No. 1 prospect launched his first Double-A homer onto the street outside of ONEOK Field on Saturday night in the Naturals' 9-5
Chandler Simpson beats out a routine one-hopper TO FIRST BASE
Chandler Simpson has already earned his reputation as the fastest man in the Minors, someone whose speed breaks the 20-80 scouting scale. The Rays' No. 7 prospect showed off his wheels at an entirely new level by beating out an infield single -- to the first baseman -- in Triple-A
Not one, not two, but THREE walk-offs in one night for Rockies affiliates
Baseball fans live for the drama. The Colorado Rockies' organization provided it on Friday. While the big league club dropped an 11-inning heartbreaker to the A's, 6-3, at Coors Field, three of the team's four Minor League affiliates pulled off walk-off wins -- and the fourth fell just short. It
Last year's first-round picks stand tall among Friday's top performers
As the rest of the Minor Leagues got underway Friday, there was a recurring theme -- many of the 2024 top Draft picks stood out, even in debuts at new levels. Chase Burns made his professional bow in dominant fashion, notching the first six strikeouts of his career over four