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These are the best tools on the new Top 100 Prospects list

@SamDykstraMiLB
January 27, 2025

Players featured on last year’s edition of the best tools among Top 100 prospects should look familiar to even casual baseball fans at this point. Pirates right-hander Paul Skenes (best fastball, slider) took the Major Leagues by storm as the NL Rookie of the Year, thanks to his hard-throwing ways

Sasaki leads Top 10 RHP Prospects list. Who else made the cut?

January 23, 2025

Last year, the right-hander we had at the top of this always-deep Top 10 prospects list went on to win the National League Rookie of the Year, as Pirates flamethrower Paul Skenes went from No. 1 pick in the 2023 Draft to top rookie in the NL a year later.

Lowder has opposition seeing Red in Triple-A debut

@Jesus_Cano88
August 22, 2024

Rhett Lowder was packing up on Sunday night in preparation for Double-A Chattanooga’s away series in Mississippi when he got a phone call from Lookouts manager Jose Moreno. As it turned out, the MLB’s No. 35 prospect wasn't going to join the team on the road since he was promoted

Bats Blow Late Lead In 7-2 Loss To Gwinnett

Lowder records seven strikeouts in Triple-A debut
August 22, 2024

The Louisville Bats took a 2-0 lead into the ninth inning but couldn’t close out the victory in their 7-2 loss on Thursday night at Louisville Slugger Field. Rhett Lowder, the Reds No. 2 prospect and the No. 35 prospect in all of baseball, dazzled in his Triple-A debut with

Ranking the best tools in the Futures Game

Who's got the biggest bats, toughest arms, etc.? We know!
July 10, 2024

Since its 1999 debut at Fenway Park, the All-Star Futures Game has showcased baseball's best prospects. Joe Mauer will become the first Futures Gamer inducted into the Hall of Fame in a couple of weeks. Mookie Betts, Miguel Cabrera, Zack Greinke, Clayton Kershaw, Mike Trout, Justin Verlander and many others

MiLB Player of the Week Spotlight: Lowder

MLB's No. 31 overall prospect sports a 1.86 ERA and 0.98 WHIP
@RobTnova24
May 1, 2024

Since being selected with the No. 7 overall pick in last year's Draft by Cincinnati, Rhett Lowder has found that one of the biggest adjustments going from the college game to being a pro is -- time. The 22-year-old says he has a lot more free time on his hands