The 2020 First-Year Player Draft is coming, and without regular-season baseball being played yet due to the coronavirus pandemic, it could be the first big Major League Baseball event of the summer. The 2020 edition is likely to be held on June 10 and be as little as five rounds,

Some players are on the verge of stardom, others are entering a crucial phase of their development and still others are getting their first tastes of full-season ball. With the 2019 season approaching, MiLB.com takes a look at the most intriguing prospects from each MLB organization. Shining Star: Luis Urías,

Are the tides turning?This is perhaps the most aggressive teams have been in pushing top prospects to the Major Leagues in recent memory. In 2018, nine of MLB.com's Top 100 Prospects found themselves on Major League Opening Day rosters. This year -- when 28 of the game's 30 clubs will

Chris Paddack is set for his Major League debut this weekend. In Monday's dry run, he looked perfectly at home on a big league mound.Baseball's No. 34 overall prospect allowed just one hit and struck out four over 2 2/3 innings in his final spring tuneup as San Diego blanked

PEORIA, Ariz. -- In an already stacked pool of young pitching talent, Chris Paddack stands out. MLB.com's No. 34 overall prospect has dazzled in his first big league Spring Training and, a week left until Opening Day, he looks poised to debut in the Padres' starting rotation.Three years ago, this

Chris Paddack might not open the 2019 season in the San Diego rotation, but he's giving his organization a lot to be excited about for whenever that day arrives.Baseball's No. 34 overall prospect racked up six strikeouts over four innings to take over the Spring Training lead as the Padres

Through a pair of Cactus League starts, Chris Paddack had showed why he belonged at Major League camp. On Friday, he left no doubt as to why he was one of the Minor Leagues' most dominant pitchers last season. The fifth-ranked Padres prospect fanned seven over four scoreless frames, allowing three

This is the final installment of a six-part Toolshed series that uses FanGraphs' Steamer600 projections to look at how prospects would fare over a full Major League season in 2019. The system bases its forecast on 600 plate appearances for position players, 450 plate appearances for catchers, 200 innings for

Each offseason, MiLB.com goes position by position for every farm system and honors the players -- regardless of age or prospect status -- who had the best seasons in their organization. The result is our Organization All-Star series, which is now in the books for 2018.This edition of Toolshed caps the

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.Brighter days are on the horizon in sunny San Diego.The Padres have not finished higher than

For pitchers, Tommy John surgery has become more of a rite of passage than a career roadblock, but a long recovery time and doubts about a return to form can still push a player to either side of a very narrow line that separates a prospect from obscurity.Chris Paddack opened

Control what you can control. There's no mantra uttered more often across the Minor Leagues than that one, and there may not be a pitching prospect who took that lesson more to heart in 2018 than Padres right-hander Chris Paddack.The latest stats-based edition of the Toolshed turns toward FIP, or

If not for Tommy John surgery that cut short his 2016 season and eliminated 2017 altogether, Chris Paddack might very well be knocking on the door to the big leagues. San Diego's No. 9 prospect turned in his second straight scoreless outing, allowing two hits and striking out eight in 5

San Antonio pitching coach Jimmy Jones was only acquainted with Chris Paddack through game reports and infrequent video cutups. While watching Paddack's first Texas League start Saturday, Jones could quickly tell what he had in the right-hander. "The way he pitched was what all the reports I was getting about him

There have been seven Minor League All-Star Games already, and two full-season ones remain on the docket. All seven leagues that rely on first-half standings to determine postseason spots have officially moved on to their second halves. Come next Tuesday, there will be two months left on the Minor League

Chris Paddack might be having short and sweet outings, but he keeps getting the job done.San Diego's No. 8 prospect racked up nine strikeouts while allowing one hit over four innings as Class A Advanced Lake Elsinore shut down Rancho Cucamonga, 8-0, at The Diamond.

With All-Star Games approaching across the Minor Leagues, members of the MiLB.com staff are looking back at some of the most notable performers from the first half of each of the four full-season levels and who could take off in the months to come. Here, we look at players in

Theme of the dayInjuries -- With all due respect to Class A South Bend's no-hitter, it's tough to move beyond Wednesday's injury news. First, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. suffered an apparent leg injury after sliding into second base in Double-A New Hampshire's matinee with Akron. Manager John Schneider told MiLB.com's Chris

The California League still hasn't solved Chris Paddack. The Padres' No. 21 prospect pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings in Lake Elsinore's 5-4 win over Rancho Cucamonga on Friday at LoanMart Field, striking out 10 while allowing two hits and a walk. Paddack has twirled 21 2/3 shutout innings this season in

Chris Paddack is making this returning from Tommy John surgery stuff look easy.The Padres' No. 22 prospect spun another scoreless gem on Saturday, striking out 10 and allowing two hits over six innings as Class A Advanced Lake Elsinore topped Modesto, 4-1, at John Thurman Field.

Theme of the nightDon't see that every day: Despite the Carolina, Florida State, Midwest and South Atlantic Leagues being off, the last day of April featured both a triple play and a three-homer game. Double-A Springfield didn't just turn a triple play; it turned a 4-6-3-1-5 triple play that featured

Chris Paddack hadn't stepped on a mound in a game that counted since July 18, 2016. He could not have hoped for a better return.San Diego's No. 22 prospect, who missed part of 2016 and all of 2017 because of Tommy John surgery, pitched six scoreless innings on Monday. He

Some players are on the verge of stardom, others are entering a crucial phase of their development and still others are getting their first tastes of full-season ball. With the 2018 season approaching, MiLB.com takes a look at the most intriguing prospects from each MLB organization.Shining Star: Fernando Tatis Jr.,

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida -- Minor League Baseball today announced the Player of the Month Award winners for each of the 10 full-season leagues for the month of June. Each winner will receive an award from Minor League Baseball in recognition of the honor.Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (Yankees) outfielder Aaron Judge hit .343