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Vote for your favorite Minor League lid in New Era Clash of the Caps

10:14 AM EDT

The unique caps worn on the field at Minor League games represent the spirit, tradition and creativity of every club. With such an incredible selection of awesome hats -- from the Amarillo Sod Poodles to the Rocket City Trash Pandas to the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers -- it’s difficult to pick

Astros prospects go off with cycle, 2-HR performance for Corpus Christi

@RobTnova24
5:53 PM EDT

The Corpus Christi Hooks, the Astros' Double-A affiliate, notched seven hits -- including three home runs, a triple and two doubles -- 11 RBIs and seven runs scored ... and that was just from two players in the team's 20-14 shellacking of Frisco at Riders Field on Tuesday. Houston's outfield

Miz's fastball tops 102, but another pitch may hold the key in Majors

@benweinrib
10:34 AM EDT

This story was excerpted from Adam McCalvy’s Brewers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

See which prospects made big jumps on the freshly updated Top 100 list

@SamDykstraMiLB
May 11, 2025

This year, graduation day arrived on May 11. That's when prospects who began the 2025 season on Major League Opening Day rosters exceeded 45 days of service time and exhausted their rookie eligibility/prospect status. Around here, we say that's when they graduate from prospectdom. This year, three Top 100 prospects

Watch FREE as Reds top prospect Burns takes mound in Wed. matinee

@benweinrib
an hour ago

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

No. 6 Blue Jays prospect Bloss to undergo UCL surgery

@KeeganMatheson
4:53 PM EDT

TORONTO -- Jake Bloss will undergo right elbow surgery to repair his ulnar collateral ligament (UCL), news that comes as a difficult blow to the promising 23-year-old and the Blue Jays’ rotation depth. Bloss is the Blue Jays’ No. 6 prospect and represented one of their best starting options in

White Sox to rest Hagen Smith, manage other top prospect loads

6:27 PM EDT

CINCINNATI -- Josh Barfield made it clear Tuesday that the White Sox are not about to take any shortcuts with their top prospects. The assistant general manager explained before the three-game series opener at Great American Ball Park why they are pulling back on the workload on pitchers Hagen Smith

These prospects could make big leaps on next Top 100 rerank

@SamDykstraMiLB
1:24 PM EDT

This story was excerpted from MLB Pipeline's newsletter. Subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

Teel growing and trying to avoid the rollercoaster swings 

10:28 AM EDT

This story was excerpted from Scott Merkin's White Sox Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Kyle Teel likes rollercoasters. It’s the ups and downs, the hairpin turns, the excitement of those two or three minutes.

Redrafting the 2015 Draft class, 10 years later

8:28 PM EDT

The Astros found themselves with an unprecedented advantage in the 2015 Draft. Because they failed to sign No. 1 overall pick Brady Aiken the year before, they received the No. 2 choice as compensation. And after posting the fourth-worst MLB record in 2014, they also garnered the No. 5 selection.

Royals sign 45-year-old lefty Hill to Minor League deal

@Spokes_Murphy
8:00 PM EDT

HOUSTON -- Rich Hill isn’t done trying to play Major League Baseball just yet. The 45-year-old left-hander, who was first drafted into pro ball in 1999, has signed a Minor League deal with the Royals, the team announced on Tuesday. Hill will report to the club's Spring Training facility in

What to expect from MLB's No. 61 overall prospect Ballesteros in bigs

11:08 AM EDT

Moises Ballesteros is one of the most precocious and gifted hitting prospects in the game, yet he also presents something of a development dilemma.

A's prospect making 'Jump' to Double-A

@MartinJGallegos
11:07 AM EDT

This story was excerpted from Martín Gallegos’ Athletics Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

O's top prospect eager to get back behind dish

@benweinrib
10:39 AM EDT

This story was excerpted from Jake Rill’s Orioles Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. This version was written by MLB Pipeline reporter Ben Weinrib, who is based in Nashville, Tenn.

Padres' No. 2 prospect Salas to miss 2 months with stress reaction in back

12:16 AM EDT

SAN DIEGO -- Padres catching prospect Ethan Salas has a stress reaction in his lower back, general manager A.J. Preller announced Monday. Salas will miss around two months, Preller said, putting his expected return at some point in July.

Konner Eaton highlights

May 12, 2025

With Lawlar joining D-backs, roster flexibility will be put to test

@JesseABorek
May 12, 2025

PHOENIX -- Through six innings Sunday, the numbers to the right of the purple and teal Serpientes logo on the scoreboard displayed half a dozen goose eggs. With the first-pitch temperature outside at 100 degrees and the first-pitch volume inside ramped up to 100 with a chance to take a

Michael Carpenter highlights

May 12, 2025

Austin Gordon highlights

May 12, 2025

Ethan Workinger highlights

May 12, 2025

What to expect from MLB's No. 4 overall prospect Lawlar in big leagues

@SamDykstraMiLB
May 12, 2025

Even at 21-20, the D-backs sit fourth in the NL West and can’t afford to fall much farther behind the Dodgers, Padres and Giants, especially when they have a Top 5 overall prospect waiting in the wings. So now, said prospect is no longer waiting. Arizona is calling up Jordan

Here are Sunday's top prospect performances from the Minors

May 11, 2025

It was an all-or-nothing type of day across Minor League Baseball. By which we mean, the top performers either tagged multiple homers at the plate or racked up big strikeout numbers from the mound. On Mother's Day, this Sunday's top prospect performers brought their "A" games:

Kershaw lined up for 2025 debut after 5th rehab start

@sonjamchen
May 11, 2025

PHOENIX -- As southpaw Clayton Kershaw has worked his way back from offseason surgeries on his left knee and left toe, he's made tuneups in Oklahoma City, Okla.; Springdale, Ark.; and Glendale, Ariz. His next start should come on a more familiar mound in Los Angeles.

'Your name is all you have': How mom shaped D-backs' top prospect on and off the field

@JesseABorek
May 11, 2025

This is the story of the woman behind baseball's No. 4 prospect. Because the story of Jordan Lawlar can’t be told without understanding he is the son of Hope Lawlar, a single mother who raised him to make as much of an impact off the field as on it. In