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Check out the 2024 High-A All-Stars and award winners

@brendan_samson
September 19, 2024

As Double-A and Triple-A affiliates navigate playoffs and the final week of the regular season respectively, award season in the lower levels rolls on, and its next stop is High-A. Every year, managers from across the Minors vote on All-Stars for their given league, as well as the Most Valuable

The MiLB Awards Show is back in 2024!

Watch the event on MLB Network at 9 p.m. ET on Sept. 30
@brendan_samson
September 12, 2024

Grab your tuxedoes and iron your fanciest dresses because the MiLB Awards Show is back for a second season. The production, which will air on MLB Network on Sept. 30 at 9 p.m. ET and be hosted by MLB Network Emmy Award-winning host and play-by-play announcer Matt Vasgersian, will highlight

2024 Arizona Fall League teams and schedule

@brendan_samson
September 4, 2024

As the end of the Minor League Baseball season creeps closer, announcements of which top prospects will be competing in the Arizona Fall League have started to trickle in. While the rosters are still a few weeks away from being finalized, the AFL released the 2024 schedule on Wednesday, signaling

Here are the 2024 Rookie-level All-Stars and award winners

@brendan_samson
August 29, 2024

As the four full-season levels of Minor League Baseball enter the last leg of their 2024 campaigns, award season is officially upon us. Kicking off the festivities is the Rookie-level leagues. Starting in the Arizona Complex League, Rockies outfielder Robert Calaz took home MVP honors, with San Francisco’s Jacob Bresnahan

Campbell goes yard in third straight for Sea Dogs

Red Sox infield prospect one of the hottest hitters in the Minors
@brendan_samson
August 11, 2024

There’s being red-hot at the plate, and then there’s the season Kristian Campbell is putting together. The 2023 compensatory fourth-round pick, who opened the season unranked on MLB Pipeline’s Red Sox Top 30 list, has taken pro ball by storm, slashing .306/.418/.558 with High-A Greenville before earning a promotion to

Emperors' Lara fans 12 in six hitless frames

Braves' No. 12 prospect faced just one batter over the minimum
@brendan_samson
August 7, 2024

Jhancarlos Lara has been putting together a strong 2024 season for the High-A Rome Emperors, but on Wednesday, he pitched like a king. The Braves’ No. 12 prospect spun six hitless innings and tied his career-high with 12 strikeouts in Rome’s 4-1 win over Greensboro. He threw 54 of his

Bazzana gets some milestones out of the way

No. 1 pick in Draft picks up a couple hits, makes play for Captains
@brendan_samson
July 28, 2024

Travis Bazzana logged his first RBI in affiliated ball in his first game for High-A Lake County. In his second, he checked off a few more milestones. The No. 1 pick in the 2024 MLB Draft – who is likely to rank among the Top 20 prospects in baseball once

Clark and McGonigle leave Lakeland with a bang

Two of the Tigers' top prospects leave yard in final Single-A game
@brendan_samson
July 21, 2024

The Tigers’ future was on full display at Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium on Sunday, as two of the club’s top four prospects said farewell to Single-A Lakeland in style.

All-Star Futures Game, Skills Showcase FAQs

A need-to-know guide for this weekend's prospect-laden events
@brendan_samson
July 11, 2024

Forty-nine of MLB’s top prospects will compete at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Saturday in the All-Star Futures Game. This year’s iteration, which marks the 25th anniversary of the contest, will feature the first-ever Futures Skills Showcase, a three-challenge event that will test participants’ precision and power at

Player of the Week Spotlight: Yankees' Jones

Confident Yankees No. 2 prospect excited about Futures Game
@brendan_samson
July 2, 2024

Confidence is a buzzword for Spencer Jones, and for good reason. The 6-foot-6 outfielder is fresh off a week where he walloped three big flies and four doubles to close out a scorching June. The week, which culminated in a .333/.345/.815 slash line, earned Jones MiLB Player of the Week

'The Martian' shows out on big day for RailRiders

Top Yankees prospect homers in second straight in four-hit game
@brendan_samson
June 9, 2024

Extraterrestrial activity is on the rise in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, and it’s all thanks to Jasson Domínguez. After homering in a two-hit game Saturday, "The Martian" upped the ante on Sunday with another jack and four knocks in the Triple-A RailRiders' 12-11 extra-inning win over the Norfolk Tides at PNC Field. The

Broadcaster 'ejects' young Blue Wahoos fan

Fan interferes with ball that negates a Pensacola home run
@brendan_samson
June 6, 2024

By the letter of the law, fan interference in a ballgame can lead to that fan’s ejection. But it doesn’t expand on what that ejection entails. On Wednesday night, in Double-A Pensacola’s 14-6 loss to Mississippi, this rule came into effect. The fan’s punishment, as levied by the home team's

Waldrep strikes out 11 in return to Gwinnett

Braves No. 2 prospect posts career high in K's over six frames
@brendan_samson
June 2, 2024

Two batters into the first Triple-A start of the season for Hurston Waldrep, it looked like it would be a day to forget. Five innings later, that could not have been further from the truth. The Braves' No. 2 prospect, who made one start at Triple-A Gwinnett last September, fanned

Cards' Hence, Chiefs' Mathews rack up K's in droves

St. Louis pitching prospects display merits across system Saturday
@brendan_samson
May 19, 2024

It was a good night for Cardinals prospects -- pitchers, to be exact. In a Saturday Minor League slate that featured Top 30 prospect starting pitchers for three of the four St. Louis affiliates, the trio delivered on their rankings and then some. Tink Hence (Double-A), Quinn Mathews (High-A) and

Skenes allows first pro HR, still sports 0.99 ERA

MLB's No. 3 prospect has fanned 45 in 27 1/3 innings for Indy
@brendan_samson
May 5, 2024

With growth comes growing pains, even for the top pitching prospect in baseball. Pitching on four days' rest for the first time as a professional, Paul Skenes allowed his first home run since the Pirates selected him with the No. 1 overall Draft pick last July, but he limited the

McDermott spearheads Tides' combined no-hitter

O's No. 8 prospect, two relievers twirl club's first no-no since 2010
@brendan_samson
May 4, 2024

The Norfolk Tides staff may not have been perfect Friday night, but they were pretty darn close. The club spun a three-man combined no-hitter, fanning a whopping 13 batters in the process. The 2-0 win over Nashville at First Horizon Park marked the Orioles affiliate's first no-no since Chris Tillman’s

Indy's Skenes allows first run at Triple-A level

MLB's No. 3 prospect still whiffs seven over 4 1/3 frames
@brendan_samson
April 24, 2024

Five starts and 14 1/3 scoreless innings into his 2024 campaign, Paul Skenes allowed his first run of the year for Triple-A Indianapolis in the team's 7-4 victory over Omaha at Werner Park. The run marked the first blemish to his previously perfect ERA, but the rest of the outing,

Manzardo hitting like a Guardian of the Galaxy

Cleveland's No. 2 prospect collects third homer in two games
@brendan_samson
April 21, 2024

Kyle Manzardo had himself a weekend. The Guardians No. 2 prospect launched three homers and amassed five extra-base hits in three games for Triple-A Columbus, capping off a nine-game stretch in which the lefty slugger has been firing on all cylinders at the dish.

Wood launches first two homers for Red Wings

No. 14 overall prospect collects season-high four hits, four RBIs
@brendan_samson
April 11, 2024

Truth be told, James Wood would much rather go yard twice than hit for the cycle. So everything worked out just fine for MLB's No. 14 overall prospect on Thursday in the end. Wood teed off on his first two long balls of the year, racking up season highs with

Where Top 100 prospects are set to open 2024

26 players on the list will begin the season at Minors' highest level
@brendan_samson
April 2, 2024

The past week has been filled with exciting announcements identifying which young stars will take the next step in their careers. From Texas manager Bruce Bochy delivering the good news to Wyatt Langford to Pittsburgh skipper Derek Shelton messing with Jared Jones about inning limits, a total of 15 Top

Triple-A title game returns to Las Vegas Ballpark

Oakland affiliate to host championship for third consecutive season
@brendan_samson
March 12, 2024

On March 14, fans will be flocking to LECOM Park in Bradenton, Fla., to watch Orioles prospects Jackson Holliday (No. 1), Colton Cowser (No. 3), Coby Mayo (No. 4) and Connor Norby (No. 7) in the inaugural Spring Breakout showcase. Just five months ago, that same group took home the

Weeks made pit stop in Minors during rapid rise

Legendary college career led Brewers' associate manager to pros
@brendan_samson
February 1, 2024

It was the spring of 2001. Rickie Weeks Jr. had just posted a 1.351 OPS in his freshman campaign for Southern University and the best players in the country were flocking to Arizona to compete with Team USA after the collegiate season. Most of the players that is. Weeks --

Busch, Quintero showcase deep Dodgers system

Lefty slugger, Venezuelan outfielder top Organization All-Stars
@brendan_samson
December 18, 2023

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 Los Angeles Dodgers.

Johnston leads Marlins' Organization All-Stars

First baseman's 20-20 season among top Miami performances
@brendan_samson
November 29, 2023

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 Miami Marlins.

Wood, House headline Nats' Organization All-Stars

Top prospects provide hope for bright future in Washington
@brendan_samson
November 17, 2023

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 Washington Nationals.