Vote NOW to decide which of these four lids wins New Era Clash of the Caps
New Era Clash of the Caps -- in which fan voting will select one winner from 120 unique and creative Minor League Baseball team caps -- is headed for home. Winners from each full-season level of the Minors were crowned in Round 2 last week, and one hat among those
Roman Anthony's 115.5 mph HR headlines Tuesday's top prospect performances
Roman Anthony, MLB's top overall prospect, got things going early in the night with a leadoff homer, but he wasn't the only talented phenom to deliver a standout performance. From Alex Freeland's two-homer game to Ryan Ritter's monstrous power surge, there was plenty of action to go around as Minor
May's hottest pitching prospects -- one for each organization
At the end of April, we named the hottest hitter in each farm system to celebrate the prospect bats off to terrific starts. But pitching can take a little longer to evaluate given the distance between starts and early-season innings caps/pitch counts, among other issues. Now that we’re closing in
5 intriguing prospects from the NL East, 1 from each team
As the second month of the baseball season nears its end, the sample sizes for prospects continue to expand. The MLB Pipeline crew is taking the opportunity to dig a little deeper to highlight players who are balling out, but might still be flying under-the-radar. On the latest MLB Pipeline
Toledo's Hicklen uses batting gloves for gender reveal
It’s a boy! Brewer Hicklen -- an outfielder with the Toledo Mud Hens, the Tigers’ Triple-A affiliate -- walked to the plate in the second inning of Tuesday’s game without batting gloves. With his expecting wife and first child watching on from the stands, Hicklen pulled out a pair of
Watch FREE as Cubs' stacked Triple-A lineup meets Mets' Mauricio in matinee
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
See famous and historic Texas spots with this Minor League road trip
As you may be aware, Texas is big. Huge, in fact. A fan could easily spend a whole season road tripping back and forth and up and down throughout the state, taking in competitive baseball at every level of the pro and amateur ranks. In addition to its two Major
Caglianone arrives in Triple-A, promptly brings the boom
This story was excerpted from Anne Rogers’ Royals Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. MINNEAPOLIS -- To describe the home run tear that Jac Caglianone is on right now, let’s just list out the numbers: • Thursday: 113.6
Tigers No. 3 prospect Rainer showing skills beyond his years
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The Omaha Storm Chasers' 'Take Meow-t' cat night included a Litter Box Sundae
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.
Four teammates in Minor Leagues opening eyes
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5 intriguing O's prospects who could debut this season
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Chia-Shi Shen highlights
How Cubs No. 13 prospect became lethal at the plate
This story was excerpted from Jordan Bastian’s Cubs Beat newsletter. With Jordan off this week, MLB.com’s Ben Weinrib handled this edition. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.
'Everybody has their eyes on him': Lombard seamlessly acclimating to Double-A
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Here are Sunday's top prospect performances from the Minors
The top performers roundup is always about big games, but to crack Sunday's list, they had to be real big, and a lot of them came courtesy of really big prospects. Three-homer game? Yep. Record strikeouts for your first seven outs of the game? Yep. Make Triple-A look easy? Another
Reds top prospect Burns racks up double digits in strikeouts for first time in career
Making the jump to Double-A is difficult for any prospect and that can particularly apply to pitchers. But Chase Burns has made it look easy. The latest outing for MLB’s No. 11 prospect backed up that premise as Burns racked up a career-high 10 strikeouts over five innings in Chattanooga's
4 straight games with a homer! Royals' Caglianone belts 2, including 459-foot dinger
Jac Caglianone has been electric throughout his young pro career, and his home runs seem to defy the laws of nature. It’s only fitting then that the Royals' top prospect has rumbled into Triple-A with the Omaha Storm Chasers and, in a flash, strung together a home run streak. But
Here are Saturday's top prospect performances from the Minors
The stars were out across Minor League Baseball, with the sport's top prospect, Roman Anthony, leading the way. Fellow Top 10 prospects Bubba Chandler, Leo De Vries, Sebastian Walcott and Jac Caglianone all stood out, while a number of other Top 100s came through with big-time performances. All that and
116 mph homer AND potential HR robbery? MLB's No. 1 prospect stars at Triple-A
Roman Anthony reminded everyone why he’s the No. 1 prospect in baseball during Game 2 of Saturday’s doubleheader for Triple-A Worcester at Polar Park -- despite a 7-3 loss to Durham.
Six players team up for two outs on this wacky double play
If you were involved in a double play between the South Bend Cubs and the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers on Saturday, raise your hand. Didn't raise your hand? You're in the minority. South Bend managed to record two outs with six players touching the ball at least once -- seven if
What to expect from MLB's No. 8 overall prospect Mayer in bigs
The Red Sox selected fifth, fourth and third in the first three Drafts from 1965-67, but just once have they picked that early in the subsequent 57 Drafts. That came in 2021, when their wretched pandemic-season performance the year before and some fortunate circumstances allowed them to grab the consensus
A wave of MLB's Top 10 prospects headed toward the bigs
The prospects are coming, the prospects are coming. Entering the weekend, five of MLB Pipeline’s Top 10 overall prospects -- including both of the top two -- were at Triple-A and staring down potential Major League debuts. And one of those five, Boston’s Marcelo Mayer, has reportedly already been called