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• Top 5 Washington Nationals players to watch this Spring Training

Geoff Burke-Imagn Images There are a lot of interesting names to watch this spring, but here are the five I am keeping my eye on With the first Nationals Spring Training game coming on Saturday, it feels like it is time to discuss some of the players worth monitoring. This is a big year in the development of a lot of the Nationals prized youngsters. Whether it is going from a big leaguer t...2025
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• A conversation with Javik Blake on the upcoming Biloxi Shuckers season

Lauren Witte/Clarion Ledger / USA TODAY NETWORK The play-by-play broadcaster and media relations manager for the Biloxi Shuckers, Javik Blake, discusses the Shuckers’ 2024 season and looks ahead to 2025 If you’re hoping to gain insight into the Brewers’ Double-A affiliate, the Biloxi Shuckers, there’s no better person to talk to than Javik Blake, the “Voice of the Shuckers.” Blake has serv...2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 18, 2025
Cardinals: Changing of the guard at catcher - two viable fantasy options? It was announced during the offseason that veteran catcher Willson Contreras will be making the switch from Catcher to First Base full time. Contreras has delivered 10+ home runs every year (other then 2020) while his career .814 OPS has made him a valuable commodity behind the plate. I love the switch here from a fantasy ...2025
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• FanGraphs paints a bleak outlook for Royals prospects

Carter Jensen #4 of the Suprise Saguaros bats during the 2024 Arizona Fall League Home Run Derby | Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images Honestly, it’s not looking much better for anyone else, either. Last week, FanGraphs kicked off their Prospect Week for 2025. It’s a week of numerous articles providing excellent insight into FanGraphs and their view of prospects. The very first ...2025
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• Monday Rockpile: Where are these former members of the 2024 Rockies?

Sam Navarro-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, February 17th, 2025 The Colorado Rockies are reporting to their spring training home in Scottsdale, Arizona with a full 40-man roster an 23 non-roster invitees. These 63 players all have the same goal: to prepare for the upcoming 2025 baseball season and to hopefully be one of the 26 men named to the Rockies’ Opening Day ...2025
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 11, Gabriel Hughes

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images The right-hander was the Rockies’ first pick in 2022, but lost half of 2023 and all of 2024 to Tommy John surgery 11. Gabriel Hughes (534 points, 28 ballots) Hughes is another Colorado Rockies pitching prospect who was felled by an arm injury that required Tommy John surgery in July 2023 (along with Jordy Vargas and Jackson Cox). The 6’4” 23-y...2025
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• Four reasons Rockies fans should be excited for the 2025 season

Photo by Isaiah Downing/MLB Photos via Getty Images Despite the lack of expectations, there are still plenty of reason for excitement around the 2025 Rockies Spring training is rapidly approaching with pitchers and catchers reporting on Thursday and the remainder of the squad joining on the 18th. Like every year, spring training brings excitement to baseball fans and the potential that co...2025
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 15, Sterlin Thompson

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The 31st-overall pick in 2022 remains the only compensation the Rockies chose to receive for Trevor Story 15. Sterlin Thompson (410 points, 28 ballots) Thompson is the first player so far in the Purple Row Prospects list who was named on every ballot. Fair or not, Thompson’s progress will be judged in part by Rockies fans by the fact ...2025
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• BCB 2025 Top 25 Cubs Prospects: The top 5

Matt Shaw | Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Our countdown of the Cubs top prospects finishes with the top five prospects in the Cubs system. We finish up our look at the top prospects in the Cubs system today with the top five prospects in the system. While I’ve written that the Cubs system is down from its heights last year, it’s still a top 10 farm system in my mind and that’s mostly b...2025
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 16, Benny Montgomery

Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images The outfielder has a high ceiling, but has been plagued with injuries in his short career so far 16. Benny Montgomery (398 points, 26 ballots) Montgomery, as evaluated by scouts before he was drafted, possessed three plus tools (run, arm, field) with above-average power and athleticism that would keep the righty in center field defensively. The 6’5”,...2025
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• BCB 2025 Top 25 Cubs Prospects: 6 through 10

Jefferson Rojas | MANDATORY CREDIT: Austin Hough / South Bend Tribune / USA TODAY NETWORK Two middle infielders, two starting pitchers and a slugging corner infielder highlight today’s tour through the best of the minors. It’s day four of the BCB Cubs Top 25 Prospect countdown and now we’re getting into the really interesting prospect who could make a major impact in the major impact in t...2025
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• Woman umpire Jen Pawol will work some MLB Spring Training games

Jen Pawol during an Arizona Fall League game in October 2023 | Photo by Zac BonDurant/MLB Photos We might be getting close to seeing a woman umpire in the major leagues. Today, Major League Baseball announced the names of several umpires who will be working Spring Training games in Arizona and Florida along with the full-time MLB umpiring staff. Among those names was Jen Pawol, who has bee...2024
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• Max Kepler, the German Baseball Player Who Spurned Soccer for MLB Dreams
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"449 with five home runs in 21 games in the Arizona Fall League."

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"Jen Pawol during an Arizona Fall League game in October 2023 | Photo by Zac BonDurant/MLB Photos We might be getting close to seeing a woman umpire in the major leagues."

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"I wouldn’t be surprised to see the Cubs send him to the Arizona Fall League this coming October."

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"Top MLB prospects living up to the hype in the Arizona Fall League"

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"The news comes just a few weeks after the league’s requirement that all players participating in the Arizona Fall League be vaccinated."

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"Amid widespread expectations that the 2020 minor league season will not be played, Major League Baseball is considering an expanded version of the annual Arizona Fall League as a means of recouping some critical game reps for prospects throughout the sport, Josh Norris and J."

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"Major League Baseball is lifting restrictions on which players can be sent to the Arizona Fall League for prospects and moving up the season by nearly a month."

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"Francisco Mejia did not head to the Arizona Fall League to become a third baseman, but he was open to trying his hand at the position."

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"The Braves' Number 1 prospect was named the MVP of the Arizona Fall League after he hit ."

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"WATCH: Tim Tebow finally records his first hit in Arizona Fall League"

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"And then there was the reason they were there in the first place, six weeks of hardball in the Arizona Fall League, a sort of finishing school for elite prospects galloping toward their futures, one swing at a time."

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"1 innings for the Peoria Javelinas in the Arizona Fall League (h/t Derrick Goold of the St."

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• FanGraphs paints a bleak outlook for Royals prospects
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 36: Eric Adler

Eric Adler capped off an impressive 2024 with a stint pitching for Team USA in Tokyo. | EricAdlerr/Instagram The No. 2 closer in the system still sees his fortunes pointing up Eric Adler Right-Handed Relief Pitcher6´2´´190 poundsAge: 242023 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking 412024 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking 332024 High Level Birmingham (AA)Age relative to high level -1.5 yearsSS...2025
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 15, Sterlin Thompson
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 39: Tim Elko

Tim Elko brings monster power to the plate, so don’t be surprised if you see him admiring a shot in a pose like this when summer comes. | Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images The White Sox keep throwing challenges at him, and the big fella swats them away Tim Elko First Baseman6´4´´250 poundsAge: 262023 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking 812024 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking 392024 ...2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 18, 2025
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• BCB 2025 Top 25 Cubs Prospects: The top 5
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 16, Benny Montgomery
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• BCB 2025 Top 25 Cubs Prospects: 6 through 10
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• Top 5 Washington Nationals players to watch this Spring Training
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• FanGraphs paints a bleak outlook for Royals prospects
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• Monday Rockpile: Where are these former members of the 2024 Rockies?
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• It’s time for a Rockies youth movement to occur on the mound

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images Help us Dol-Lander Kenobi, you’re our only hope Early last week, the team at Baseball America hit the Colorado Rockies in their annual farm system preview system leading up to the 2025 Cactus and Grapefruit League seasons. It was a fascinating insight to the Colorado system, namely focused on the Rockies’ two most recent top selections: RHP Chase Dollander from t...2025
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• BCB 2025 Top 25 Cubs Prospects: 16 through 20

Pedro Ramirez | MICHAEL CLUBB/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK The second installment of series features four infielders and a pitcher. Let’s continue with our countdown of the Top 25 prospects in the Cubs system with prospects 16 through 20 today. Just as a reminder, to be eligible for this list, you need to still have rookie eligibility, which means 130 or fewer at bats or 50 or f...2025
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• The Cubs will have the fewest games with the ball and strike challenge system this spring

Plate umpire Nelson Fraley wears an earpiece that gets signals from a radar that call the ball and strikes during a Tampa Tarpons vs. Bradenton Marauders game in 2022 | THOMAS BENDER/HERALD-TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK MLB has revealed some details on how this challenge system test will work. Last fall, MLB tested the ball-and-strike challenge system in the Arizona Fall League and announced...2025
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• Cubs 9, Rangers 6: Seven in a row!
Edwin Rios | Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs have been on a winning tear in the Cactus League. Adrian Sampson and the Cubs did not start this game well, trailing 6-2 after just three innings. But a few of the sub Cubs had nice days at the plate and that resulted in a 9-6 Cubs win over the Rangers, the team’s seventh straight victory. Wins and losses, obviously, mean nothing in Sp...2023
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• Top MLB prospects living up to the hype in the Arizona Fall League

Twins prospect Edouard Julien is among the players who have been impressing as of late....2022
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• Acuna caps sensational year with AFL MVP
As the 2017 season comes to a close, Ronald Acuna has one more piece of hardware to add to his trophy case. The Braves' No. 1 prospect was named the MVP of the Arizona Fall League after he hit .325/.414/.639 and led the league with seven homers in 23 games for the Peoria Javelinas....2017
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• Acuna caps sensational year with AFL MVP
As the 2017 season comes to a close, Ronald Acuna has one more piece of hardware to add to his trophy case. The Braves' No. 1 prospect was named the MVP of the Arizona Fall League after he hit .325/.414/.639 and led the league with seven homers in 23 games for the Peoria Javelinas....2017
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• Jason Heyward to Cardinals: Latest Trade Details, Comments and Reaction
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• Starling gaining steam after solid AFL season
Outfielder Bubba Starling, the fifth overall pick of the 2011 Draft and considered a disappointment until recently, keeps inching closer to the big leagues. Starling, the Royals' No. 5 prospect, recently completed a solid season in the Arizona Fall League, posting a .759 OPS with four homers and 10 RBIs to go along with his defense that general manager Dayton Moore has described as "Major League r...2015
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• Today in Cubs history: David Bote hits an ultimate grand slam

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports I’m pretty sure you can never get enough of this one. David Bote’s ultimate grand slam on August 12, 2018, bringing the Cubs from a two-out, two-strike, 3-0 deficit to a 4-3 win in an instant, was hit in just his 34th big-league game. Bote had a solid 2017 in Double-A and hit well in the Arizona Fall League, putting him on the Cubs prospect radar after fi...2023
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• Friday Rockpile: The Rockies need a new source of revenue

Brad Penner-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, November 15, 2024 Another Rockies offseason once again offers the perennial playbook of articles and podcasts: Free agent fantasy wish lists, dreams trades, front office frustrations, prospect projections, stat analysis, and, eventually, roster projections. Rockies fans are used to winters filled with inaction. With the t...2024
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• Fall League puts six players on fantasy watch
Plenty of under-the-radar prospects were able to raise their stock a bit in the Arizona Fall League. Here are six such players that could make an impact in fantasy leagues in 2015 or beyond....2014
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• Preseason Prep - February 18, 2025
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• FanGraphs paints a bleak outlook for Royals prospects
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 39: Tim Elko
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• BCB 2025 Top 25 Cubs Prospects: 16 through 20
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• 2025 Atlanta Braves Preseason Top 30 Prospects: 25-30

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images 2025 will be a “prove it” season for many of the player on the opening installment of a fresh top 30 It’s finally February, and we are merely days away from pitchers and catchers reporting. The buzz for the future is growing louder, and what represents the future more than a top 30 propsects list. Once again we are happy to present you, the Ba...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 75: Terrell Tatum

Terrell Tatum has spent four years yo-yoing through our Top 100 Prospects, and this year he’s taken another tumble. | Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images A prove-it 2024 did not work out as intended for this speedster — at least until September came around Terrell Tatum Center Fielder5´11´´167 poundsAge: 252022 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking 282023 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ra...2025
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• Should the Colorado Rockies explore signing Paul Goldschmidt?

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, October 8, 2024 Since the Colorado Rockies have not yet revealed the team’s manager for the 2025 season, let’s turn our attention to some roster speculation Katie Woo broke the news during the last week of the season: The St. Louis Cardinals would not attempt to bring back former 2022 National League Most Valuable Player ...2024
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• BCB 2024 Top 25 Cubs prospect countdown: 6 to 10

James Triantos | Photo by Chris Coduto/MLB Photos via Getty Images There are some high ceilings on the players in the bottom half of the top 10. Now we are getting into the really special prospects today. All five of these prospects would be in the Cubs’ top five in other years. I really went back and forth on whether to rank Owen Caissie or Kevin Alcántara higher. Honestly, I am still n...2024
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• Braves prospects weekly spring training recap
Photo Credit: Mills Fitzner Dylan Dodd has impressed in two fantastic performances this spring My front garden is starting to stir and that means it must be spring training time, and that means it’s almost my favorite time of the year: Minor League baseball season. We are a few weeks away from minor league opening day, but many of the Atlanta Braves’s top prospects have been active so far ...2023
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• Ball-and-strike challenges could be coming to MLB in 2023
David Richard-USA TODAY Sports There’s more testing going on in the Arizona Fall League. Back in September, I wrote this article here about a ball-and-strike challenge system that was being tested in some minor leagues. Now, MLB is continuing testing this system in the Arizona Fall League. Per this article by Zach Buchanan in The Athletic, and to refresh your memory from my September artic...2022
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• Cub Tracks’ older, wiser, sadder day
Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Recent #Cubs,#MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. Happy birthday to me. Welcome to today’s edition of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, and then cold-brewed overnight for maximum flavor. Pity about Alexand...2022
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