Minor League Baseball rumors, news

Breaking news and rumors

Injuries and suspensions

Lifestyle

Trade rumors, contract, salary

Stats and scores

Family

Top stories

Fantasy rankings and news

Schedules and games

Rumors and scandals

• Cubs prospects throttle Angels prospects in Spring Breakout Game, 8-3

Kevin Alcántara | Photo by Marison Bilagody/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Cubs top prospects broke out to a win as the weather finally permitted the team to play a Spring Breakout game. It took three tries for the Cubs to finally get a Spring Breakout game played, but the baby Cubs made it worth the wait. The Cubs prospects jumped on the Angels prospects early and didn’t let up, cruising...2025
Click for news about Kevin Alcántara breaking news
• This Day in Braves History: Braves trade for Matt Olson

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images Olson’s arrival in Atlanta coincides with a franchise hero’s exit. Braves Franchise History 1954: Hank Aaron makes his first spring training start for the Milwaukee Braves in an exhibition game against the Boston Red Sox. Aaron, taking advantage of an injury suffered by starting outfielder Bobby Thomson, raps out three hits, including a ...2025
Continue with Matt Olson rumors
• Meet the 14 women who run Minor League Baseball teams
2025
• Meet the 14 women who run Minor League Baseball teams
2025
• Washington Nationals announce their Spring Breakout team

Reinhold Matay-Imagn Images Nats top prospects will be on display in the annual prospect showcase games on March 14th and 16th One of the more fun ideas the MLB has come up with over the past couple of years is the Spring Breakout games. They give fans a chance to see their top prospects live in the flesh. Most casual fans don’t follow Minor League baseball super closely but know who the t...2025
Click for news about Dylan Crews news today
• Cole Ragans sharp, Jac Caglianone homers in 9-3 Royals win

Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images The Royals top the Cubs in a night game. Cole Ragans tossed three shutout innings and Jac Caglianone homered as the Royals pounded 12 hits in a 9-3 win over the Cubs Thursday night. Ragans had struggled through two spring training outings, but he was sharp tonight. He mowed down nine of the ten Cubs hitters he faced, many of which we...2025
Read about Cole Ragans rumors

• This Day in Braves History: Braves trade for Matt Olson
2025

See also Matt Olson availability report
• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 18

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Seymour slides in at seventeen. Previous Winner 17. Ian Seymour, LHP26 | 6’0” | 210AA | 2.36 ERA, 2.72 FIP, 91.1 IP (17 GS) 28.3% K, 6.3% BBAAA | 2.33 ERA, 4.25 FIP, 54.0 IP (10 GS) 27.9% K, 8.4% BB The Rays organization’s other Virginia Tech man with a big smile (I’m looking at you Erik) has a funky delivery, with a high over the top movement that requir...2025
See also DRaysBay Community Prospect injury
• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 9, Carson Palmquist

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The left-hander has shot up the Rockies’ system since he was drafted 88th overall in 2022 9. Carson Palmquist (588 points, 28 ballots) Palmquist has a low, funky arm slot and has utility as both a starter and reliever. The 6’3”, 24-year-old lefty largely flew under the radar as an amateur — he wasn’t highly scouted out of high school,...2025
See more Colorado Rockies
• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 17

Photo by Brian Westerholt/Four Seam Images Suarez drops from 10 to 16. Previous Winner 16. Santiago Suarez, RHP20 | 6’2” | 175A | 4.11 ERA, 3.51 FIP, 111.2 IP (23 GS) 25.7% K, 4.7% BB Suarez is everything you want in a starting pitching prospect, with projectable command and plus-plus control exhibited by his consistent, low walk rates. It’s a good body and delivery, a major league fastbal...2025
See also DRaysBay Community Prospect injury status
• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 16

A piece of the Paredes trade consolidates at No. 15. Previous Winner 15. Ty Johnson, RHP23 | 6’6” | 205A (CHC) | 3.48 ERA, 2.45 FIP, 33.2 IP (10 G, 4 GS) 36.1% K, 7.5% BBA+ (CHC) | 3.62 ERA, 3.04 FIP, 27.1 IP (8 G, 6 GS) 28.4% K, 10.3% BBA+ (TBR) | 0.78 ERA, 0.95 FIP, 23.0 IP (6 G, 3 GS) 46.4% K, 4.8% BB Acquired as the final piece of the Paredes trade, Johnson is tall with blossoming velocity as ...2025
See also DRaysBay Community Prospect injury update
• KC Royals Rumblings - News for February 12, 2025

What do Scott Pelley and the Royals have in common? They are reporting. The wait is finally over. Today marks the beginning of spring training for the Kansas City Royals, with pitchers and catchers reporting to Surprise, Arizona, for the first official workout. Former Royals manager Ned Yost is back in Kansas City, now serving as senior advisor to the general manager. “My deep love for the Royals...2025
Visit the page Kansas City Royals injury update
• Battery Power 2025 Top 30 Prospects: Biggest Fallers

Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images 2024 was unfortunately not kind to many of Atlanta’s top prospects Yesterday we had a chance to talk about the rising prospects in the Atlanta Braves system, and unfortunately today it’s time to take a look at those who most disappointed. You’ll be likely unsurprised that poor hit tools and injuries dominate this list, though there are still a handful of gu...2025
See more Diego Benitez injury
• Battery Power 2025 Top 30 Prospects: Biggest Risers

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images Drake Baldwin was one of many players who improved his stock in 2024 Many of you have been following along with our preseason top 30 Atlanta Braves prospect list rollout, and this year I decided to tack on some pieces to the end that will hopefully help explain some more of our viewpoints on players and how the list evolved since 2024. I will be going over an arti...2025
Continue with Drake Baldwin
• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 15

Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports We will have a special election in addition to the normal poll this time around, see below. Previous Winner Theo Gillen, OF19 | L/R | 6’2” | 195A | .154/.353/.192 (86 wRC+) 34 PA, 0 HR, 1 SB, 23.5% BB, 41.2% K The Rays top draft pick from 2024, the high school outfielder had several serious injuries to overcome to become the No. 18 overall pick, including labr...2025
Continue with DRaysBay Community Prospect
• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 14

Who’s next? Previous Winner 13. Brailer Guerrero, OF19 | L/R | 6’1” | 215CPX | .330/.452/.466 (155 wRC+) 126 PA, 2 HR, 13 SB, 17.5% BB, 25.4% K Guerrero’s first year state side went well enough, which was not a guarantee after requiring labrum surgery just 7 games into his career with the Rays after signing for $3.7 million in 2023. He got paid thanks to exit velo’s in the 110’s. This year he made...2025
See more DRaysBay Community Prospect injury status

• What’s at stake in Pinellas County’s meeting on the new Rays Stadium bonds tomorrow

Anclote Key Preserve State Park | Patrick Connolly/Orlando Sentine/Tribune News Service via Getty Imagesl Elections have consequences: will the new Pinellas County Commission make a U-turn on stadium financing? The agreement to build a new stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays hit a roadblock recently, as the Pinellas County Commission has delayed a vote on issuing bonds that would help pay for ...2024
See also Blue Jays
• It's Another Remarkable Day for Al Michaels, the Voice of Sports' Top Moments
2016

Click for news about Dodger Stadium
• Wendall Williams: The (Probably) Fastest Man in the NFL Draft
2016

See more articles NFL Draft
• Brewers' David Denson Hopes Coming Out Paves Way to Achieving MLB Dream
2016

Check it out Midwest League
• Max Kepler, the German Baseball Player Who Spurned Soccer for MLB Dreams
2015

See also Max Kepler
• Shady's Mission: LeSean McCoy Begins His Bills Career Looking for Vindication
2015

See more articles Buffalo Bills
• The True Story of Tim Fortugno, the Man Once Traded for a Bucket of Baseballs
2015

Visit the page George Brett

2025
"Meet the 14 women who run Minor League Baseball teams"

2024
"Braves’ Double-A Affiliate moving to Columbus, Georgia in 2025"

2023
"Braves top prospect AJ Smith-Shawver promoted to Triple-A"

2022
"Iowa Cubs Owner Surprises Workers With ‘Life-Changing Gesture’ After Sale"

2021
"LOOK: Bat dog Rookie interrupts minor league baseball game in adorable fashion"

2020
"Sources: Hundreds cut in minors; more expected"

2019
"MLB commissioner Rob Manfred threatens to cut ties with minor league baseball"

2018
"No baloney: Yanks' farm club takes new name"

2017
"LOOK: Minor-league baseball teams mock the Chargers' new logo"

2016
"Minor league baseball team hosting 'Keep Brady Suspended' night"

2015
"Again King of the East, LeBron's Conference Reign Faces Few Looming Threats"

2014
"Why Corey Seager Is the Most Jaw-Dropping Prospect in Minor League Baseball"

• Cubs prospects throttle Angels prospects in Spring Breakout Game, 8-3
2025

See more Kevin Alcántara contract
• This Day in Braves History: Braves trade for Matt Olson
2025

Click for news about Matt Olson contract
• Washington Nationals announce their Spring Breakout team
2025

Visit the page Dylan Crews
• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 18
2025

Visit the page DRaysBay Community Prospect salary rumors
• It's Just Some Pictures, Guys

It's just pictures, guys. Let's go!Let me explain.In 2016 I was approached by the team front office for images of their players to supplement their promotions. I said no problem, I like to help out. I had previously been providing them images as requested for free, but the team indicated they wanted to move beyond that and work together. I was happy to do so. I shot the pictures for the...2025
Read about Southern League contract
• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 9, Carson Palmquist
2025

See more articles Colorado Rockies contract
• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 17
2025

Continue with DRaysBay Community Prospect contract rumors
• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 16
2025

See more articles DRaysBay Community Prospect salary
• KC Royals Rumblings - News for February 12, 2025
2025

Check it out Kansas City Royals trade rumors
• Battery Power 2025 Top 30 Prospects: Biggest Fallers
2025

See also Diego Benitez

• This Day in Braves History: Braves trade for Matt Olson
2025

Click for news about Matt Olson scores
• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 18
2025

Continue with DRaysBay Community Prospect stats
• It's Just Some Pictures, Guys
2025

See also Southern League scores
• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 9, Carson Palmquist
2025

See more articles Colorado Rockies stats
• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 17
2025

See more DRaysBay Community Prospect scores
• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 16
2025

Read about DRaysBay Community Prospect scores
• Battery Power 2025 Top 30 Prospects: Biggest Fallers
2025

Visit the page Diego Benitez scores
• Battery Power 2025 Top 30 Prospects: Biggest Risers
2025

Read about Drake Baldwin statistics
• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 15
2025

Continue with DRaysBay Community Prospect statistics
• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 14
2025

Read about DRaysBay Community Prospect scores

• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 18
2025

See more DRaysBay Community Prospect
• Royals home Spring Training games to feature strike zone challenge system tests

Home plate umpire Tony Randazzo #11 utilizes an automated ball-strike challenge system, or ABS, during the game between the Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Camelback Ranch on Thursday, February 20, 2025 in Glendale, Arizona | Photo by Michael Owens/MLB Photos via Getty Images What it is, how it works, why it is the way it is, and what comes next For the past few seasons minor l...2025
Click for news about Spring Training
• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 17
2025

Check it out DRaysBay Community Prospect
• 2025 Cubs player profiles: Michael Busch

Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Cubs’ second-year first baseman is featured in this installment. If he performs as expected, the team will be in good shape. Michael Busch (No. 29 in your program) was acquired from the Los Angeles Dodgers, January 12, 2024, notoriously for Jackson Ferris and Zyhir Hope, who are panning out in the low minors but have yet to impact...2025
Continue with Michael Busch
• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 16
2025

Check it out DRaysBay Community Prospect
• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 15
2025

Click for news about DRaysBay Community Prospect
• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 14
2025

Check it out DRaysBay Community Prospect
• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 13

Jackson Baumeister | Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images Newcomer Jackson Baumeister locks in at 12. Previous Winner 12. Jackson Baumeister, RHP22 | 6’4” | 224A+ (BAL) | 3.06 ERA, 3.66 FIP, 70.2 IP (18 GS) 29.5% K, 14% BBA+ (TBR) | 1.24 ERA, 1.59 FIP, 29.0 IP( 7 G, 5 GS) 41.9% K 4.8% BB Entering the season, the 63rd overall pick from the 2023 draft was a two-way prospe...2025
See more articles DRaysBay Community Prospect
• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 12

The young Gill Hill might be underrated at No. 11. Previous Winner 11. Gary Gill Hill, RHP20 | 6’2” | 160A | 3.15 ERA, 3.55 FIP, 108.2 IP (22 G, 21 GS) 24.2% K, 6.2% BB The wheels fell off toward the end of his first full professional season, but before those last four starts Gill Hill had a 2.40 ERA over his first 18 appearances for Charleston, and it’s just one bad start that pushes that over 2...2025
Visit the page DRaysBay Community Prospect
• Drake Baldwin among 16 non-roster invitees to Braves spring training

Photo by George Kubas/Diamond Images via Getty Images The Braves have announced the non-roster invitees to spring training and their top prospect is among the names. It’s January 29, which means we’re at the end of this month and getting perilously close to February — which means that spring training is right around the corner. As such, this is a good time for the Atlanta Braves to announc...2025
Read about Drake Baldwin

• Again King of the East, LeBron's Conference Reign Faces Few Looming Threats
2015

Read about Kendrick Perkins
• Houston Astros Will Sell a Chicken-and-Waffle Cone with Mashed Potatoes
2015

See also Houston Astros
• 'I'm Back!': Untold Tales of Michael Jordan's 1st Return to the NBA 20 Years Ago
2015

Read about Jerry Reinsdorf
• Iowa Cubs Owner Surprises Workers With ‘Life-Changing Gesture’ After Sale
The owner of the Iowa Cubs gave employees $2,000 for every year they had been with the minor league baseball team, for a total of $600,000. “My jaw dropped,” one worker said....2022
See more articles Iowa Cubs
• Miami Marlins Plan to Sell a Pulled Pork Mac 'N' Cheese Sandwich
2015

See also Miami Marlins
• Minor league baseball team hosting 'Keep Brady Suspended' night
Fans with un-destroyed cell phones and fully inflated balls are welcome!...2016
• Sources: Hundreds cut in minors; more expected
With the minor league baseball season nearly certain to be canceled, hundreds of players were cut from their teams, with hundreds more expected, sources told ESPN....2020
• Minor League Baseball Team Hosting DeflateGate Testicular Cancer Awareness Night
2015

See also Myrtle Beach Pelicans

1. White Sox

2. World Series

3. Red Sox

. . .

714. Minor League Baseball

• White Sox Minor League Update: April 19, 2024

Juan Carela pitched five innings of one-hit ball for Winston-Salem. | Salina Rae Silver/South Side Sox Danny Mendick cannot be stopped, Juan Carela’s offspeed baffles, and Ryan Galanie locks in Charlotte Knights 5, Syracuse Mets 1 (Gameday box) (Statcast box)For the second straight night, the Charlotte Knights posted five runs en route to a win against the Syracuse Mets. And for the fourt...2024
Continue with White Sox
• Jeremy Pena, 2022 Fantasy Outlook
And thus ends our 2022 fantasy baseball rookies series. Next up, sleepers. You can hardly wait! No, you! Hope you enjoyed our 2022 fantasy baseball rookies series. It was brought to you by me! And The Bachelorette. Kidding on the last part, but I'm obviously a huge Bachelorette fan now that one of our own was on the show. In case you missed it when I said something a month ago: One of our Razzbal...2021
See more Jeremy Pena
• Josiah Gray Prepped To Raise The Barn Roof On Expectations
Dodgers announced their top pitching prospect Josiah Gray will make his major league debut today. There's gonna be so many Grays/Greys in the majors, it's gonna be like 50 Shades of Grey, and you're gonna be pouring candle wax on your nips while drafting your fantasy teams. "Ow, Grey, please let me just type up this memo to HR without you tweaking my areolae!" That's gonna be you wishing you could...2021
Check it out Josiah Gray
• 2021 Prospect Stash List Week 1: Kelenic, Kirilloff, Wander and Witt
This list is about being about a week ahead. It’s about other things, too—like overall fantasy impact from current minor league baseball players—the key purpose is to shine a blinking light on the top names. By the time a player gets to the front of this line, you risk missing out on the early adopters discount if you don’t faab him during the next run. As you’ll see here, it’s mostly too late fo...2021
• It's Another Remarkable Day for Al Michaels, the Voice of Sports' Top Moments
2016

Read about Dodger Stadium
• Shady's Mission: LeSean McCoy Begins His Bills Career Looking for Vindication
2015

Click for news about Buffalo Bills

• Cubs prospects throttle Angels prospects in Spring Breakout Game, 8-3
2025

See more articles Kevin Alcántara
• This Day in Braves History: Braves trade for Matt Olson
2025

See also Matt Olson
• Cole Ragans sharp, Jac Caglianone homers in 9-3 Royals win
2025

Visit the page Cole Ragans
• Off-Season Speed Training for Position Players – Part 1

Welcome to the first installment of our four-part series on off-season speed training for Minor League Baseball (MiLB) position players. ...read more The post Off-Season Speed Training for Position Players – Part 1 appeared first on Driveline Baseball....2025
Continue with Driveline Baseball
• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 18
2025

See more articles DRaysBay Community Prospect
• Royals home Spring Training games to feature strike zone challenge system tests
2025

Visit the page Spring Training
• It's Just Some Pictures, Guys
2025

Visit the page Southern League
• Automated ball-strike challenges begin

Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images The test begins February 21 for the Padres Major League Baseball will use the 2025 spring training season to test the use of the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System in spring training games. The system has been used in various levels of minor league baseball since 2019 and in Triple-A during the 2023 and 2024 seasons. It was found that the length of ga...2025
Click for news about Rich Schultz
• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 9, Carson Palmquist
2025

Visit the page Colorado Rockies
• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 17
2025

See more DRaysBay Community Prospect

• Battery Power 2025 Top 30 Prospects: Biggest Risers
2025

See also Drake Baldwin gossip
• Who will play shortstop for the Brewers in 2025?

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images The loss of Willy Adames leaves a hole at shortstop; how can GM Matt Arnold fill that hole on a budget? Shortstop Willy Adames, acquired from Tampa Bay in 2021, quickly became one of the best players on the Brewers. After a somewhat down season in 2023, Adames’ 2024 was a different story. He hit .251 with 32 home runs and 3.1 WAR, finishing 10th in NL MVP v...2025
Read about Willy Adames buzz
• LeBron James has proven he’s definitively better than Michael Jordan in one specific way

Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images Michael Jordan may be 6-0 in the Finals, but LeBron has a far better record than MJ against another opponent: Father Time. Folks, it’s easy to get distracted, here at the end of time. The world is warming at an unsustainable clip, American politics writ large are totally fine and very normal, Timothee Chalamet is trying his hand at playing...2024
See more articles LeBron James
• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Nacho Alvarez hits two home runs

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports Gwinnett swept their series last week behind the bats of Alvarez and Drake Baldwin The minor league season is quickly coming to a close, as the two lowest level Atlanta Braves affiliates will be playing their final regular season home series of the season this week. At the upper levels the near-MLB players are starting to find their stride, as Nacho Alvarez and...2024
Check it out Nacho Alvarez whispers
• Meet the ‘Dairy Daddies,’ the sexy baseball cow that’s a total beefcake

A new baseball team with THE GREATEST HAT EVER. There’s just something magical about Minor League Baseball. Small communities rallying around their home team, the stars of tomorrow rising from humble beginnings, the sexy anthropomorphic cow mascot challenging your preconceived notions of your turns ons, making you question whether you had a fetish you never knew existed until this moment. Uhh... I...2024
• After a season this bad, the front office still needs shaking up

Nov 3, 2022; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Royals general manager J.J. Picollo talks with media during a press conference at Kauffman Stadium. | Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports No new talent in the front office is bad news There were a lot of things about the 2013-2015 Kansas City Royals that were wonderful. Yes, there was the American League Pennant, the World Series Championsh...2023
Click for news about Kauffman Stadium
• Minor League Wrap: South Bend proves to River Bandits that crime does not pay, 6-1
Max Bain | Max Thoma/South Bend Cubs Myrtle Beach wins in a walkoff. South Bend just wins. The Cubs released right-handed pitcher Rowan Wick today. Outfielder Cristian More was promoted back to Myrtle Beach. He started this season with the Birds but was demoted to the complex league at the end of May. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs were raided and boarded by the Columbus Clippers (Guardians), ...2023
See also Minor League Wrap scandals
• 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
Visit the page Dylan Dodd buzz
• Outside The Confines: Baseball has a catch
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images A second Field of Dreams game was played. Why the Yankees are struggling and where the Padres go from here. And other news from around the league. Just because I don’t like the movie Field of Dreams, that doesn’t mean I didn’t like the “Field of Dreams” game. I love baseball games played in unusual locations and that field in Dyersville is one of the be...2022
Continue with Michael Reaves buzz
• Michael Jordan: ‘People Got Bored With My Skills’
People had “got bored” with Michael Jordan‘s sustained excellence when he shockingly left the NBA, at the height of his powers in 1993, to go chase curveballs in minor league baseball. Or so believed His Airness. Jordan said he had grown tired of “the drama, the jealousy, the infighting” in the League, which he triumphantly […] The post Michael Jordan: ‘Pe...2020
Read about Michael Jordan