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• Draft Signings: Schoolcraft, Watson, Russell, Quick, Flemming, Root
There were a handful of draftees who signed for between $2MM and $4MM on Wednesday. All signings were first reported by Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline. View pre-draft scouting reports from Baseball America, FanGraphs, MLB Pipeline, Kiley McDaniel of ESPN and Keith Law of The Athletic. The Padres reached agreement with first-rounder Kruz Schoolcraft on a…...2025
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• Draft Signings: Wood, Fauske, Moss, Hartshorn
Tuesday featured a handful of draft signings with a $2MM+ bonus. All signings were first reported by Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline unless otherwise noted. View pre-draft scouting reports from Baseball America, FanGraphs, MLB Pipeline, Kiley McDaniel of ESPN and Keith Law of The Athletic. The Phillies announced the signing of 26th overall pick Gage Wood. Callis…...2025
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• Astros Agree To Deal With First-Rounder Xavier Neyens
The Astros reached agreement with first-round pick Xavier Neyens last night, reports Ari Alexander of KPRC 2. The Washington high schooler receives a $4.1225MM bonus that matches the slot value for the 21st selection. Neyens had been committed to Oregon State. Neyens ranked between 17th and 26th on pre-draft rankings from Baseball America, Keith Law of…...2025
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• Rays Agree To Deal With First-Round Pick Daniel Pierce
The Rays reached a deal with first-round pick Daniel Pierce, reports Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline. He receives a $4.3131MM signing bonus that is exactly $1MM below the slot value of the 14th overall selection. Pierce is a slick-fielding prep infielder from Georgia. Pre-draft scouting reports from Baseball America, Kiley McDaniel of ESPN, Keith Law of…...2025
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• Reds Sign First-Round Pick Steele Hall
The Reds announced that they’ve signed first-round pick Steele Hall. Mark Sheldon of MLB.com reports that the 17-year-old infielder receives a $5.75MM bonus. That’s below the approximate $6.51MM slot value for the ninth pick. Baseball America and ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel each had Hall as a mid-first round talent on their pre-draft rankings. Keith Law of The…...2025
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• Royals add upside to system with draft class headlined by a pair of prep bats

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images This draft provided a much-needed infusion of talent but comes with risk. The 2025 MLB Draft promised to be intriguing for the Kansas City Royals. In a class light on college hitters, the top of the draft board was well-stocked with high-upside high school position players. The Royals were well-positioned to take advantage of the nature of...2025
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• 2025 MLB Mock Draft Roundup: Final updates for Day 1

Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images In Ronit Shah we trust There are very few things more exciting for the prospect sickos than the day of the MLB draft. In the next 48 hours the Atlanta Braves will add potentially 21 new talents to their system, and it all starts with their first round pick. The Braves sit at 22nd overall, and the opinions are actually not all that varied on who they are go...2025
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• Brewers 2025 MLB Draft: Pre-Draft Roundup

Max Correa / The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK Everything you need to know about the upcoming 2025 MLB Draft The 2025 MLB Draft will take place on July 13 and 14, 2025. Day 1 (rounds 1-3) of the draft starts on Sunday at 5 p.m. CT. Day 2 (rounds 4-20) will start on Monday at 10:30 a.m. CT. What picks do the Brewers have? Milwaukee has five picks in the first three rounds: ...2025
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• Padres Minor League Update: Week 15

Ethan Salas isn’t going to be ready this month. At the end of May, The Athletics’s Keith Law released his updated prospect rankings for the 2025 season. Catcher Ethan Salas, who had been placed on the injured list in April for a stress reaction in his low back, is ranked at 17. He is seven spots below fellow Padres prospect, shortstop Leodalis De Vries. In April it was thought that Salas would be ...2025
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• What to know about the 2025 MLB draft and the latest on mock drafts

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images Who will the Royals select? The Royals still have a lot of work to do to improve a farm system generally ranked near the bottom of the league by most observers. But they have an opportunity to infuse the organization with talent with the MLB draft this weekend. When is the 2025 MLB draft? The draft is being compressed down to two days, after taking ...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Feeling a draft

Ethan Holliday | Steve Sisney/For The Oklahoman / USA TODAY NETWORK The MLB Draft is this weekend, and we have what you need to know. The trade deadline is approaching. The Yankees and Dodgers look vulnerable. And other news from around baseball. Good morning. The MLB Draft starts this Sunday night and here’s all the basic information on the event. Melissa Lockard also has a more in-dep...2025
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• 2025 Mock Draft Roundup: Who will the Brewers take with their first pick in the draft?

John Gutierrez / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images ESPN, MLB Pipeline, and The Athletic each have the Brewers taking someone different with the 20th overall pick With the MLB Draft beginning less than a week from now, on Sunday, July 13, let’s take a look at who a few of the popular mock draft sites have the Brewers taking with their first pick in the draft: Keith Law (The Athletic): Kays...2025
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• A look back at the Royals’ 2020 draft class, five years later

Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images The COVID class has not panned out. https://www.royalsreview.com/2024/7/1/24173811/a-look-back-at-the-royals-2019-draft-class-five-years-later https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.fcgi?team_ID=KCR&year_ID=2020&draft_type=junreg&query_type=franch_year&from_type_unk=0&from_type_hs=0&from_type_jc=0&from_type_4y=0 https://www.royalsr...2025
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• Better know a draft prospect: Cam Cannarella

Photo by John Byrum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The undersized dynamo can flat out get it in center field. With the draft just a couple weeks away, we continue looking at players that the Royals could target with the 23rd pick. Today we will evaluate a dynamic outfield prospect with a high floor: Clemson’s Cam Cannarella. Cannarella hails from Hartsville, South Carolina — a small town...2025
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• The Padres have a couple fast risers in the minors

Braden Nett/Henry Baez Braeden Nett and Henry Baez are coming quickly The Padres farm system is not regarded highly in the national view of things. The system is ranked 25th out of 30 teams by The Athletic’s Keith Law, only ahead of the Braves and the Giants in the National League. Shortstop Leodalis De Vries and catcher Ethan Salas are the two top rated players but the system is consider...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 9, 2025

One, two, three, four, five, SIX wins in a row! | Photo by: Lloyd Bishop/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images One, two, three, four, five... SIX WINS IN A ROW! Anne Rogers penned a touching Mother's Day story about Daniel Lynch, thinking back on his mother now that he’s recently become a parent: Jolie Saunders Lynch died on Sept. 7, 2012, at 43 years old after a ...2025
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 7, Yanquiel Fernandez

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Fernandez has high offensive upside, but his speed limits him to corner outfield positions 7. Yanquiel Fernandez (659 points, 28 ballots) The ball just sounds different coming off Fernandez’s bat. The 22-year-old lefty outfielder (who signed for $295k in 2019 out of Cuba) is lauded for his plus power projection and good feel for hitti...2025
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 5 to 3

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images Two outfielders and an infielder start the top five We’ve entered the top five of the mid-season 2024 Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list! Previously we had PuRPs 30-26, 25-21, 20-16, 15-11, and 10-6. As a reminder, in this edition of the PuRPs poll, 35 ballots were cast, with 30 points granted for a first place vote, 29 for second, etc. Fo...2024
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 4, Yanquiel Fernandez

Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images The 21-year-old Cuban outfielder represented the Rockies in the 2023 MLB Futures Game 4. Yanquiel Fernandez (605 points, 23 ballots) The ball just sounds different coming off Fernandez’s bat. The 21-year-old lefty outfielder (who signed for $295k in 2019 out of Cuba) is well-known for making loud contact, and did a lot of that in 2022 with Low-A Fresno as...2024
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"Infielder Michael Chavis is going back to Pittsburgh in return, reports Keith Law of the Athletic."

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"Kluber’s struggles and drop in velocity at the start of the 2019 season are a concern, ESPN’s Keith Law writes in a subscriber-only piece, while Clase is a very intriguing young reliever."

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"The Padres’ signing of Eric Hosmer “is the most inexplicable move of the offseason,” Keith Law of ESPN opines (Insider required)."

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"The Rangers and Braves have agreed to a trade that will send lefty Brady Feigl and righty Tyrell Jenkins to the Rangers, according to reports from Tommy Stokke of Fan Rag (via Twitter) and Keith Law of ESPN."

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"com's Keith Law had Cueto ranked ninth on his list of the top 50 free agents, noting his new team "might get an ace" if his past elbow problems really are behind him."

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"In fact, as Pete Abraham of The Boston Globe noted before Game 1 of this year's World Series, Lester's Fall Classic success is eerily similar to what Madison Bumgarner had done up to that point: In his breakdown of the top 50 free agents, ESPN's Keith Law (subscription required) noted Lester's arsenal and ability are the type that tend to age well as he gets deeper into his 30s: Lester, like Scherzer, has been extremely durable, with seven straight seasons of 31 or more starts and 191 or more innings, suffering no injury more serious than a lat strain in July 2011."

• Draft Signings: Schoolcraft, Watson, Russell, Quick, Flemming, Root
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• Draft Signings: Wood, Fauske, Moss, Hartshorn
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• Astros Agree To Deal With First-Rounder Xavier Neyens
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• Rays Agree To Deal With First-Round Pick Daniel Pierce
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• Reds Sign First-Round Pick Steele Hall
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• Royals add upside to system with draft class headlined by a pair of prep bats
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• Royals double down on prep position players, draft Josh Hammond at 28th overall

Brett Davis-Imagn Images Kansas City continued run on prep players to kick off the 2025 MLB Draft The Kansas City Royals can thank shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. for their second pick inside the top 30 of the 2025 MLB Draft. Witt’s runner-up finish in 2024 AL MVP voting earned the club a Prospect Promotion Incentive (PPI) pick, which they used to select prep infielder Josh Hammond. Hammond is th...2025
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• 2025 MLB Draft, First Round Results
This year’s amateur draft is officially underway, and we’ll be updating this post throughout the night with every first-round selection. More details and scouting reports on all these young players are available in pre-draft rankings from Baseball America, Fangraphs, MLB Pipeline, The Athletic’s Keith Law, and ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel. As well, Pipeline has the breakdown…...2025
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• MLB Draft 2025: Eli Willits getting late number 1 pick buzz

SARAH PHIPPS/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images We thought the Washington Nationals were choosing between Holliday and Anderson but Eli Willits appears to be in the mix as well This draft cycle has had so many twists and turns. Number one pick contenders have come and gone. The GM has also gone. However, just as we thought the race was down to two names, it looks like a thi...2025
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• 2025 MLB Mock Draft Roundup: Final updates for Day 1
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• Royals add upside to system with draft class headlined by a pair of prep bats
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• Outside The Confines: Feeling a draft
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• 2025 Mock Draft Roundup: Who will the Brewers take with their first pick in the draft?
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• Better know a draft prospect: Patrick Forbes

Saul Young/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK Former top prep prospect could yield high reward for the Royals on the mound Of all the 2025 MLB draft prospects, one of the hardest prospects to get a good feel for has been Patrick Forbes, a pitcher out of Louisville. Coming out of high school, Forbes was looked at as one of the top prep prospects in the 2022 draft, but as a power bat who coul...2025
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• Minor League Notes: Woodruff injury update, Updated Baseball America rankings

Curt Hogg / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Woodruff diagnosed with right elbow contusion; Made up to No. 4 overall, Peña makes huge jump Couple of notes from the Brewers’ farm system today: First, veteran RHP Brandon Woodruff has officially been diagnosed with a right elbow contusion (bruised right elbow) after being hit in the pitching arm by a line drive on Tuesday. Milwaukee has pla...2025
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• Nationals Luke Dickerson: On A Heater or the Real Deal?

Baseball America The Nats’ 3rd selection in the 2025 MLB Draft is looking like a big hit so far in 2025, but can he keep it up? Dickerson’s Pre-Draft Rise Luke Dickerson was a prospect with major helium entering the 2025 MLB Draft, jumping over 250 spots in Baseball America’s draft rankings over the course of his senior season. Dickerson’s elite athleticism and impressive numbers made him ...2025
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• Minor League Film Room #2: Jacob Misiorowski

Photo by Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Crew’s No. 4 prospect has significantly improved his control — what’s been different this year? Jacob Misiorowski has maybe the highest ceiling of any pitching prospect in baseball. In Thursday’s start against the Memphis Redbirds, the flame-throwing right-hander got out of the sixth inning by striking out Luken Baker on a 103-mph fastba...2025
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• Keith Law predicts Braves will win 2025 World Series

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images “Yeah, me too,” said the local blogger Folks, Opening Day is tomorrow. To. Morr. Ow. As such, we’re starting to get predictions flooding in from everybody who’s bold enough to try to call how arguably the most unpredictable sport in North America is going to shake out from now all the way until October. The staff here at Battery Power wi...2025
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• Could Colson Montgomery’s back pain relieve a pain in other body parts for the White Sox?

arilexpain.com Perhaps it’s a hint from the baseball gods As of this writing, Colson Montgomery has been out of action for more than a week because of back spasms the team says are a minor problem. Maybe the team didn’t bother to check its own minor league notes from 2023, when Montgomery’s back pain caused him to miss a good chunk of the season. The back problem is obviously bad news. Bad...2025
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• Are the Rays Changing the Cooking Time for Prospects?

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Slow and low is no longer how the Rays do things. Editor’s Note: Please join me in welcoming Jason Collette back to DRaysBay. He has written across the blogosphere at Baseball Prospectus, Rotowire, and more. We’re lucky to have him! - DR It is truism accepted by many that the Rays slow cook their prospects like brisket on a smoker. An...2025
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• What to know about the 2025 MLB draft and the latest on mock drafts
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• Outside The Confines: Young guns

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images Wander Franco is sentenced. The injured lists keep growing. A look back at the first half and ahead to the second. And other MLB news. Good morning. I think we have the All-Star Game balloting covered around here already. So I’ll skip that. Rays infielder Wander Franco was found guilty of the sexual abuse of a minor in the Dominican Republic and sentenc...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 19, 2025

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images The Maikel Garcia breakout continues with yet another big game last night: The fact that García isn’t trying to hit homers — but has now surpassed his total from last year (seven) — speaks not only to his growth as a player in his third big league season, but also to how consistent he has stayed with his approach and all of the adjustments he made w...2025
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• Outside The Confines: A Tiger on the prowl

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images Javier Báez is El Mago again. A Brewers rookie has an impressive debut. A look ahead to the trade deadline and the draft. And other baseball news. Let’s go surfing now. Everybody’s learning how. Come on and safari with me. I’m leading with this one because it’s the one that will bring the most joy to your heart. Jesse Rogers tells of how the Tigers’ Javier ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 9, 2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for March 22, 2025

Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images The Royals rotation is old school. In case you missed it, the Royals acquired veteran hitter Mark Canha. Kyle Wright faced live hitters for the first time since 2023, writes Anne Rogers. “I was definitely nervous again,” Wright said. “I had those pregame jitters, which I was pumped about. Usually the thoughts have just been, ‘Is my shoulder going to...2025
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• Royals Rumblings—News for March 5, 2025

Photo by Jeremy Chen/Getty Images Which will come first, the end of Kansas City’s winter or Opening Day? David Lesky at Inside the Crown stacks up the Kansas City Royals pitching room ahead of Opening Day. The change started at the end of June that year when the Royals acquired Cole Ragans, but to their credit, they didn’t stop. We know about them adding Seth Lugo and Michael Wacha, but th...2025
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 2, Charlie Condon

Photo by Jeff Moreland/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Condon was drafted third-overall in 2024, and has drawn comparisons to (pre-Rockies) Kris Bryant 2. Charlie Condon (789 points, 28 ballots) Condon’s 2024 professional debut was a bit of a dud, but let’s not forget why he was so highly regarded as a prospect. The 21-year-old righty slugger received a MLB record-tying $9.25 million bonu...2025
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• Jon Lester to Cubs: Latest Contract Details, Comments, Reaction
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• Johnny Cueto to Giants: Latest Contract Details, Comments, Reaction
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• Source: Yankees deal Banuelos to Braves
The New York Yankees have traded Manny Banuelos to the Atlanta Braves for David Carpenter and Chasen Shreve, a club source confirmed to ESPN.com's Keith Law....2015
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• Source: A's get Zobrist, Escobar from Rays
The Oakland Athletics have acquired infielder Ben Zobrist and shortstop Yunel Escobar from the Tampa Bay Rays for catcher John Jaso and a pair of minor league players, a source confirmed to ESPN's Keith Law....2015
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• Rangers To Acquire Tyrell Jenkins, Brady Feigl From Braves For Luke Jackson
The Rangers and Braves have agreed to a trade that will send lefty Brady Feigl and righty Tyrell Jenkins to the Rangers, according to reports from Tommy Stokke of Fan Rag (via Twitter) and Keith Law of ESPN.com (Twitter link). Righty Luke Jackson is heading to Atlanta, Law adds on Twitter. It seems fair to…...2016
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• DBacks Acquire Jean Segura, Tyler Wagner From Brewers For Chase Anderson, Aaron Hill, Isan Diaz
The Diamondbacks have acquired shortstop Jean Segura and reliever Tyler Wagner from the Brewers in exchange for starting pitcher Chase Anderson, second baseman Aaron Hill, and prospect Isan Diaz, tweets Keith Law of ESPN. The Brewers will also receive cash to cover the $12MM owed to Hill, tweets Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. The Diamondbacks…...2016
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• Jacob deGrom Wins 2014 NL Rookie of the Year Award: Voting Results, Reaction
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• Mike Trout Blockbuster Trade Is Impossible Call Angels Must Make
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• Royals Rumblings—News for March 5, 2025
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 10, Cole Carrigg

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post The 22-year-old is the definition of a “super-utility player” 10. Cole Carrigg (588 points, 27 ballots) The term “super-utility player” is often employed with hyperbole, but in the case of Carrigg, it fits like a glove (any kind of baseball glove, in Carrigg’s case). The 22-year-old has played literally every position (and played them well) in a col...2025
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• Keith Law’s Top 20 Rays prospects

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Law says that Carson Williams is the most enigmatic prospect in the minors Prospect season continues as Keith Law, the former front office exectuive, big league scout, and current writer for The Athletic, has released his Top 100 prospects entering the 2025 season as well as his Top 20 prospects in the Rays system. Keith Law seems lowe...2025
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 2, Zac Veen
Photo by Kyle Cooper/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images The ninth-overall pick could see Coors Field by the end of the season if he continues to play as he has been 2. Zac Veen (697 points, 24 ballots) If Zac Veen can manage the swing-and-miss in his profile while converting more of his raw power into game power, he’s going to be both a fantasy and real-life star when (not if) he makes it to th...2023
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• Old Bay Jesus Force = Use Adley For C Jobs
They say he's the greatest Orioles catcher ever. They say the greatest catcher prospect since Yogi Berra. They are talking about Matt Wieters. "They" are Keith Law. He's not the only one. I went back to the 2009 prospect guys to see what people were saying about Matt Wieters and found, "Has the power of Mark Teixeira," and "a bat so potent he could be a two-time batting champion and one of the gam...2022
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• Is Steven Matz Ready to Assert Himself as Yet Another Ace-Level Mets Arm?
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• Kris Bryant Roster Cut Is an MLB Problem, Not a Cubs Problem
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• How Long Will It Take Cuban Phenom Yoan Moncada to Become MLB Star?
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• Yoan Moncada Signing Sets Red Sox Up for Blockbuster Trade for Needed Ace
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• Why Yasmany Tomas Could Be MLB's Next Cuban Phenom
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• Royals add upside to system with draft class headlined by a pair of prep bats
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• MLB Draft 2025: Eli Willits getting late number 1 pick buzz
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• 2025 MLB Mock Draft Roundup: Final updates for Day 1
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• Padres Minor League Update: Week 15
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• Better know a draft prospect: Cam Cannarella
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• Outside The Confines: Young guns
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• Better know a draft prospect: Josh Hammond

Is Hammond a power-hitting third baseman or is his future on the mound? As we continue looking at potential draft prospects, many mocks have the Royals focusing on prep players, despite a college-heavy draft class for Roayls scouting director Brian Bridges last year. In a mock draft at ESPN last week, Kiley McDaniel has the Royals taking prep two-way player Josh Hammond. Hammond has a number of po...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 19, 2025
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• Better know a draft prospect: Ike Irish

Photo by David Buono/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Auburn slugger was one of the SEC’s best hitters this spring. With the draft less than a month away, we continue reviewing prospects that the Royals could target in the first round. Today we will profile a left-handed hitting catcher/outfielder coming off a very strong season in the SEC: Auburn’s Ike Irish. Irish was born in Grand R...2025
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• 2025 MLB Draft Preview

MLB Draft is during All-Star break on July 13-14 The 2025 MLB Draft takes place over two days (July 13-14) during All-Star Week. It consists of 20 rounds total over the two days with the first three rounds, compensatory picks and competitive balance picks occurring on the first night. It will be broadcast live on ESPN and MLB Network for the first 43 selections at 3 pm PT. The remaining 62 picks ...2025
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• MLB Draft 2025: Eli Willits getting late number 1 pick buzz
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• Better know a draft prospect; Kruz Schoolcraft

A pitcher with high risk with potential for a very high reward. One of the most polarizing names in the MLB draft this season has been big prep left-hander Kruz Schoolcraft. The 6-foot-8, 230-pound 18-year-old has captured the attention of many teams and scouts because of his massive frame and impressive athletic ability. Schoolcraft has demonstrated a unique athletic profile that extends beyond h...2025
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• Better know a draft prospect: Wehiwa Aloy

Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images The shortstop is an SEC Player of the Year candidate. With the MLB draft just ten weeks and change away, it’s time to start evaluating some prospects that the Royals could target in the first round. For a more holistic look at this summer’s draft, check out my primer from a couple of weeks ago. Today, we will begin our more in-depth coverage of specific pr...2025
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• The state of the Colorado Rockies farm system, March 2025

Photo by Rachel O’Driscoll/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images How do things look to start 2025? In the process of writing about every player who received votes in our biannual Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list — this edition it was 69 players across 28 ballots — I learned a bit about trends and system strengths and weaknesses. So for anyone who missed a few write-ups or even who has a more casu...2025
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 8, Sean Sullivan

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The left-hander won High-A Northwest Pitcher of the Year despite being promoted to Double-A mid-season 8. Sean Sullivan (653 points, 28 ballots) Sullivan was Colorado’s second-round pick in 2023 (46th overall) as the number two starter at Wake Forest behind Reds first-round pick Rhett Lowder. In 2023, he threw 69 2⁄3 innings in 17 gam...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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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 29, 2025

Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images Bobby Witt Jr. isn’t the video game cover boy? MLB.com’s Anne Rogers detailed how the rotation stands now. She writes as if five pitchers, including Kris Bubic, are competing for the final rotation spot. The Royals are confident in Bubic’s potential return to the rotation, even after seeing how much success he had in the bullpen last year when he returned from...2025
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• Outside the Confines: Winning the press conference

Photo by New York Yankees/Getty Images More on Roki Sasaki and the Dodgers. The Hall of Fame inductees met the media. Anthony Santander’s deal is not what it seems. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. Jeff Passan has the story of why Roki Sasaki decided to sign with the Dodgers. Yes, in many ways it is obvious, but Passan has a bunch of details you may not be aware of. Jack Har...2025
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 5 to 3
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