There may be no Minor League Baseball games yet, but that's not going to stop us from dreaming about lineups.In the coming weeks, Toolshed will craft the best possible prospect lineups, sorted by age. The opening edition focused on teenagers, the second looked at 20-year-olds and last week's featured 21-year-olds. This time, we

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- At some point in the hopefully not-too-distant future when the coronavirus pandemic passes, people are safe, rosters are being set and the season is around the corner, the Tampa Bay organization is going to have some tough decisions to make, specifically in the middle infield of

The spring preview of baseball's best farm system has entered its next phase.The Rays made their first wave of Spring Training cuts Sunday, headlined by Top 100 prospects Vidal Brujan (No. 45) and Brent Honeywell Jr. (No. 91) being optioned to Triple-A Durham. Eleventh-ranked Ronaldo Hernandez, No. 16 Kevin Padlo and

In terms of both quantity and quality, no team has prospects like Tampa Bay. The Rays boast six players among MLB.com's Top 100 Prospects, revealed Saturday. That's more than any organization, with shortstop Wander Franco remaining in the No. 1 overall spot. The top prospect reached Class A Advanced Charlotte

Each offseason, MiLB.com goes position by position across each system and honors the players -- regardless of age or prospect status -- who had the best seasons in their organization. Click here to locate your favorite club.Plain and simple, all Tampa Bay's system did in 2019 was win, win, win.So much so

Astros DH Seth Beer, Double-A Corpus Christi: 4-for-5, HR, 2 RBIs, 2 R -- Houston's No. 8 prospect followed up Tuesday's three-hit performance with four more hits, including a homer, in the Hooks' loss to Frisco. Beer has four multi-hit performances in his last seven games, during which he's 13-for-29 (.448)

Vidal Brujan's stay in the Florida State League may have been relatively short, but more importantly, it was extremely productive.Tampa Bay's No. 6 prospect was promoted to Double-A Montgomery on Thursday. Brujan departed Class A Advanced Charlotte after posting a .290/.357/.386 average with 12 extra-base hits and 24 stolen bases

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (June 25, 2019) - Michael Plassmeyer spun seven scoreless innings and Wander Franco reached base three times in his High-A debut as the Charlotte Stone Crabs shut out the Fort Myers Miracle 2-0 at Charlotte Sports Park Tuesday. Plassmeyer (3-2) held Fort Myers (42-32, 3-5) to just

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (June 20, 2019) - Shane McClanahan struck out seven and did not allow a run Thursday, leading the Charlotte Stone Crabs to a 4-0 victory over the Lakeland Flying Tigers at Charlotte Sports Park.McClanahan (1-0) allowed only three hits over 6.1 scoreless innings, earning a win in

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (May 24, 2019) - Charlotte Stone Crabs infielders Vidal Brujan and Jim Haley have been named to the 2019 Florida State League All-Star Game, the league office announced Friday.Both players will represent the Southern Division in the circuit's All-Star Game at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium in Jupiter

Twins top prospectRoyce Lewis and Reds No. 4 prospect Jonathan India headline the list of players headed to Jupiter this summer for the 2019 Florida State League All-Star Game.FSL president Ken Carson released the rosters for the June 15 exhibition at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium, with Lewis, India, Travis Swaggerty,

CLEARWATER, Fla. (May 18, 2019) - Carl Chester homered to lead a late comeback Saturday, but the Stone Crabs eventually fell short in a 7-4 loss to the Clearwater Threshers at Spectrum Field.After falling behind 6-0 through five innings, the Charlotte (21-21) bats woke up against the Threshers' (20-21) bullpen.

Phillies 3B Alec Bohm, Class A Advanced Clearwater: 3-for-6, HR, 2 RBIs, R -- Philadelphia sent its top prospect to the South Atlantic League at the start of the season, and he earned a promotion after 22 games. Not much has changed in terms of Bohm's production since joining Clearwater

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (May 4, 2019) - The Stone Crabs rallied for seven runs in the top of the fourth Saturday, jumping Jupiter to claim the series with a 9-4 win at Charlotte Sports Park. The seven-run frame was the most for the Stone Crabs (14-15) in any inning this

Angels OF Brandon Marsh, Double-A Mobile: 4-for-5, 2B, RBI, SB -- The No. 3 Angels prospect snapped out of a 3-for-19 funk with the sixth four-hit game of his career. Marsh singled in each of his first three at-bats before providing an insurance run with an RBI double in the sixth

Dodgers RHP Dustin May, Double-A Tulsa: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 HB, 1 BB, 7 K -- The Dodgers' No. 2 prospect picked up his second win of the season in the Drillers' 5-0 blanking of Corpus Christi. May (2-1) needed all of 11 pitches to get through

Tigers RHP Matt Manning, Double-A Erie: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 9 K -- Detroit's No. 2 prospect registered his third straight start with at least eight strikeouts, giving him an Eastern League-leading 32 over 22 2/3 innings. The only run Manning allowed came in the fourth on a