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See which prospects made big jumps on the freshly updated Top 100 list

@SamDykstraMiLB
May 11, 2025

This year, graduation day arrived on May 11. That's when prospects who began the 2025 season on Major League Opening Day rosters exceeded 45 days of service time and exhausted their rookie eligibility/prospect status. Around here, we say that's when they graduate from prospectdom. This year, three Top 100 prospects

Here are Sunday's top prospect performances from the Minors

May 11, 2025

It was an all-or-nothing type of day across Minor League Baseball. By which we mean, the top performers either tagged multiple homers at the plate or racked up big strikeout numbers from the mound. On Mother's Day, this Sunday's top prospect performers brought their "A" games:

With Lawlar set to join D-backs, roster flexibility will be put to test

@JesseABorek
24 minutes ago

PHOENIX -- Through six innings Sunday, the numbers to the right of the purple and teal Serpientes logo on the scoreboard displayed half a dozen goose eggs. With the first-pitch temperature outside at 100 degrees and the first-pitch volume inside ramped up to 100 with a chance to take a

Kershaw ready to return to Dodgers after 5th rehab start

@sonjamchen
May 11, 2025

PHOENIX -- As southpaw Clayton Kershaw has worked his way back from offseason surgeries on his left knee and left toe, he's made tuneups in Oklahoma City, Okla.; Springdale, Ark.; and Glendale, Ariz. His next start should come on a more familiar mound in Los Angeles.

'I'm going to dedicate that to my mom': Tong pens perfect game at Double-A

Mets' No. 6 prospect strikes out 13 in first full-season affiliate ball perfecto since 2017
@brendan_samson
May 11, 2025

For 99 pitches on Saturday, Jonah Tong was nothing short of perfect. In Game 2 of Double-A Binghamton’s doubleheader, the Mets’ No. 6 prospect carved through Reading’s lineup, setting down all 20 batters he faced and handling the lion’s share of the Rumble Ponies’ first perfect game in franchise history

Watch this Padres prospect deliver a sensational bat flip after walk-off homer

May 11, 2025

Forget Montagues and Capulets, this approximate sonnet of words is for Sanabria. We've seen a lot of incredible bat flips over the years. But not like the one Romeo Sanabria gave us upon launching a walk-off homer to lift the San Antonio Missions to a 2-1 victory over the Frisco

Here are the wildest stats and plays from the first month of the MiLB season

@BensBiz
May 9, 2025

Benjamin Hill travels the nation collecting stories about what makes Minor League Baseball unique. This excerpt from the Baseball Traveler newsletter, presented by Circle K, is a mere taste of the smorgasbord of delights he offers every week. Read the full newsletter here, and subscribe to his newsletter here.

'Your name is all you have': How mom shaped D-backs' top prospect on and off the field

@JesseABorek
May 11, 2025

This is the story of the woman behind baseball's No. 4 prospect. Because the story of Jordan Lawlar can’t be told without understanding he is the son of Hope Lawlar, a single mother who raised him to make as much of an impact off the field as on it. In

Mariners ambidextrous pitching prospect Cijntje twirls five strong frames

@MavalloneMiLB
May 11, 2025

Progression for prospects is rarely linear, as Jurrangelo Cijntje is finding out during his first six weeks as a pro. But with each step forward and each step back, the ambidextrous hurler is learning and the results are beginning to match the hype. MLB Pipeline's No. 99 overall prospect turned

Rays prospect Aidan Smith joins MiLB podcast

May 9, 2025

Check out the latest episodes of The Show Before the Show, MiLB.com's official podcast. A segment rundown is listed below, in case you want to skip to a particular section. Like the podcast? Subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts. The podcast is also available via Spotify, Megaphone and other

Here are Saturday's top prospect performances from the Minors

@allisonmast13 and @MavalloneMiLB
May 11, 2025

It was a day not to be forgotten in the Minors, with a pair of historic performances at the plate, a throwback performance on the mound and a perfectly pitched game at Double-A. Not to be outdone, some of baseball's youngest prospects showed they can stand toe-to-toe with the best

Watch MLB's future stars with MiLB Free Game of the Day

@brendan_samson
May 10, 2025

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

Here are Friday's top prospect performances from the Minors

@colebradley01 and @MavalloneMiLB
May 10, 2025

There were offensive outbursts galore around the Minors on Friday night, but some of the best individual performances came on the mound. A trio of Top 100 pitchers proved virtually unhittable, while another prospect turned in a spotless debut at Triple-A. All that and more on a busy lead-in to

What to expect from Cubs top pitching prospect Horton in the bigs

May 10, 2025

In the last 25 years, the Cubs have originally signed and developed just three homegrown pitchers who became All-Stars for them: Mark Prior, Jeff Samardzija and Justin Steele. The most recent of that trio, Steele, was drafted 11 years ago. Chicago famously ended its 108-year World Series title drought in

Inbox: What will be the most impactful prospect move of 2025?

May 9, 2025

There have been a ton of big-name prospect callups to the big leagues so far this year. There are nine members of the Top 100 on big league rosters, though those there since the beginning of the season will graduate off shortly and one (Kumar Rocker) is on the injured

Here are Thursday's top prospect performances from the Minors

@MavalloneMiLB
May 9, 2025

On a night in which two Top 100 prospects made noise on the mound, a 24-year-old backstop in the High-A Midwest League might have stolen the spotlight by connecting on not one but a pair of grand slams. There was no shortage of action around the Minors, including a teenager

Check out the Halos' pitching prospects off to hot starts

May 9, 2025

ANAHEIM -- After trying to develop pitching for years, the Angels are finally starting to see the fruits of their labor in the Minor Leagues this season. Several top prospects are pitching well early, and of their Top 30 Prospects, 17 are pitchers. It bodes well for the future if

'I am freaking out': Marlins prospect hits TWO slams in same game

@JesseABorek
May 9, 2025

Intrinsically, hitting a grand slam takes some luck. And not just the garden-variety “hit a 90-plus-mph fastball more than 350 feet” type, either. You need three batters in front of you to all get on base without driving one another in, leaving one man to do the damage. You could

'The mound is still the same distance': Painter mostly dominates in brief Triple-A debut

@MavalloneMiLB
May 8, 2025

Andrew Painter's comeback might not be complete in the eyes of some until he becomes a big leaguer. Such is the pressure of being one of the best pitching prospects in the sport. However, recovery from Tommy John surgery is rarely linear, and baseball's top RHP prospect has traversed a

Civale begins rehab with scoreless start at Triple-A

May 8, 2025

Brewers right-hander Aaron Civale looked sharp in his first rehab start for Triple-A Nashville on Thursday night, tossing four scoreless innings as he works his way back from a strained left hamstring. Civale allowed just one hit and one walk while stretching out to 50 pitches in his first game

Sir Jamison Jones highlights

May 8, 2025

John Oliver wants to rename a Minor League Baseball team

@BensBiz
May 8, 2025

The past, present and future are about to collide: "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" wants to rebrand a Minor League Baseball team. This wholly unexpected offer was announced during Sunday night's episode of the long-running HBO program. Following segments on more serious topics -- usually the show's focus, albeit

5 Minor League promos that John Oliver hilariously highlighted on Last Week Tonight

@BensBiz
May 8, 2025

On the HBO show “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” the titular host provides his take on issues affecting America and the world at large. May 4’s episode featured a lengthy segment on the most important issue of the day: Minor League Baseball promotions. Over the course of 11 minutes

Twins' goal for surging No. 5 prospect: Stay on the mound

May 8, 2025

This story, written by Jonathan Mayo, was excerpted from Matthew Leach's Twins Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.