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• Tre’ Morgan and Xavier Isaac ranked among top 1B prospects

Photo by Jill Weisleder/MLB Photos via Getty Images Multiple publications have the tandem ranked among the best at their position The Tampa Bay Rays have two of the best first base prospects in all of baseball according to pundits of the game. The Rays’ 2022 first round pick Xavier Isaac and 2023 3rd round selection Tre’ Morgan have been ranked 4th and 5th respectively, both by MLB Pipelin...2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for January 18, 2025

Photo by Ron Schwane/Getty Images The Royals welcome new international signees to the fold. Jaylon Thompson writes about the Royals’ international signing class. “We are excited to welcome such a diverse and talented group of players into our organization,” longtime Royals executive Rene Francisco said in a news release. Calcaño is projected to be a shortstop in the majors. Scouts have ra...2025
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• Brewers sign Elvin Rodríguez to major league deal, DFA J.B. Bukauskas

Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images Brewers continue to fill out their roster with minor and major league deals ahead of spring training, adding Jorge Alfaro yesterday The Milwaukee Brewers have signed right-handed relief pitcher Elvin Rodríguez to a major league deal. The contract is a one-year deal with a club option for the 2026 season. The Brewers designated J.B. Bukauskas for assignment to mak...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 17, 2025

I couldn’t find any good “Uecker Royals” pictures, so how about Bob Uecker interviewing Hank Aaron? | Photo by 1975 Diamond Images via Getty Images We have reached the winter lull of the baseball season Oh, boy. We’ve really hit the winter doldrums. The last story from The Star was last week when Lorenzen signed. There hasn’t been a new story on the Royals site since Tuesday. Their last ...2025
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• Rays 2025 international prospects signing tracker

Maykel Coret The 2025 IFA period is now open. Who have the Rays added to their farm system? The 2025 IFA period opened on January 15, and while some finalists for star Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki have not been able to spend, the Rays have spent nearly their entire $7,555,500 allotment in the first 24 hours. Interestingly, the Rays thought they would be a top contender to sign Sasaki, but...2025
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• Braves News: International free agency splashes, Spring Training schedule, more

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Wednesday Well the Braves finally made some splashes in free agency, but it is of the international amateur variety, rather than the major league variety for now. They announced a number of international free agent signings, with a few more reported and more expected to be confirmed by the club soon. The two big splashes are Dieg...2025
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• Brewers sign Elvin Rodríguez to major league deal, DFA J.B. Bukauskas
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 17, 2025
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• Nationals prospects: What to make of Robert Hassell going into 2025

Sam Navarro-Imagn Images What can Nationals fans expect from the former top 50 prospect who has fallen on hard times When the Nationals traded Juan Soto in 2022, Robert Hassell III was one of the big pieces coming to DC. However, the last couple of years have not gone according to plan for the young left handed outfielder. Between injury, and ineffectiveness, Hassell’s stock has dipped a l...2025
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• Digging into the Brewers’ 2025 ZiPS projections

Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Last year’s projections underestimated the Brewers Dan Szymborski’s 2025 ZiPS projections for the Milwaukee Brewers are live on FanGraphs as of Monday afternoon! The Brewers are an interesting team to project, with so much young talent on the roster, so let’s dig into what Szymborski’s projections show for ...2025
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• MLB Pipeline sees JR Ritchie as a 2025 breakout prospect

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images The right-handed starter looks to take another step forward in 2025. Earlier today, MLB Pipeline released its list of prospects that it believes will take a step-forward in 2025. Following-up on its 2024 list, when MLB Pipeline highlighted one player from each organization’s minor league system, this year’s prospect from the Atlanta Braves ...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: Round 17

Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images Bryan Ramos tops our Round 16 ballot. So, who is the 17th-best prospect in the White Sox system? With surprisingly low overall positioning, Bryan Ramos had a very easy time of it, taking 45 of 211 votes (21%): And yep, suddenly it’s third base fever, as we went 14 rounds without adding anyone from the hot corner before going back-to-back with Alexan...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: Round 15

Birmingham Barons Tyler Schweitzer tops our Round 14 ballot. So, who is the 15th-best prospect in the White Sox system? For the third time this election cycle, a surprise, first-ballot prospect has won the Vote, this time Tyler Schweitzer stepping into the fray with a win, taking 41 of 203 votes (20%): This is the third time Schweitzer has been in our Prospect Vote; in 2023 he...2024
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• POLL: Should the Braves trade Drake Baldwin?

Photo by Sam Hodde/MLB Photos via Getty Images The young catcher’s prospect shine is brighter than it’s ever been. Should the Braves capitalize on his perceived value, or hold onto him as a potential cornerstone? At the onset of the offseason, the Atlanta Braves seemed well-positioned to trade their prized catching prospect, Drake Baldwin. They had Sean Murphy under contract through at lea...2024
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• The Brewers should (probably) trade Devin Williams

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images For Milwaukee, it’s probably the smart decision Devin Williams’ first five-plus years in the major leagues have been nothing less than fantastic. He won Rookie of the Year in the COVID-shortened 2020 season, when he had an ERA+ of 1,375. (I’m aware of small sample sizes and stuff, but that number is too fun to pass up). He had a great season as Josh Hader’s set-up m...2024
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• Eight Cubs prospects make MLB Pipeline’s Top 100

Matt Shaw | Cody Scanlan/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK No team has more Top 100 prospects than the Cubs. MLB Pipeline, the official prospect arm of MLB dot com, updated their Top 100 prospects list at the end of the season. They have listed eight Cubs among the best minor league prospects in baseball. Those eight prospects are: 22. Matt Shaw INF 34. Owen Caissie OF 42. Cade Horton RHP ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 17, 2025
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"Here's the MLB Pipeline 2024 All-Rookie Team"

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"Alec Marsh on Photo Day Marsh is ranked #14 in the farm system by MLB Pipeline."

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"Vargas was a consensus top-100 prospect heading into the season, and his status was bumped up to 28th (Baseball America) and 68th (MLB Pipeline)…"

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"The Pirates will draft Louisville catcher Henry Davis with the first overall pick of the 2021 draft, according to MLB Pipeline’s Jim Callis (Twitter link)."

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"He finished 2019 ranked as the second-best prospect in baseball, per MLB Pipeline."

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"The Blue Jays acquired outfielder Randal Grichuk from the Cardinals on Friday in exchange for right-handed pitcher Dominic Leone and righty pitching prospect Conner Greene, who was ranked as Toronto's Number 11 prospect by MLB Pipeline."

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"Gleyber Torres, the Yankees' top prospect, according to MLB Pipeline, will undergo Tommy John surgery and miss the rest of this season after tearing the ulnar collateral ligament in his left (non-throwing) elbow during a collision at home plate in Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre's game on Saturday."

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"Pittsburgh received left-handers Felipe Rivero and Taylor Hearn; the latter is Washington's Number 27 prospect, according to MLB Pipeline."

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"The Dodgers have reportedly promoted Corey Seager, their top prospect and the Number 2 prospect in the game according to MLB Pipeline, to the big leagues on Thursday."

• Weekend Rumblings - News for January 18, 2025
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• Brewers sign Elvin Rodríguez to major league deal, DFA J.B. Bukauskas
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 17, 2025
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• Braves News: International free agency splashes, Spring Training schedule, more
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• Royals expected to sign one of the top shortstops in international signing market

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images It’s International Signing Day and the Royals have brought another class for 2025 The start of the international signing period for 2025 has begun. Many players have agreed to sign with teams, but today is officially the day they can make those contracts official. 2025 is a bit different as pitcher Roki Sasaki is available to sign. Having him part of this internati...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 15, 2025

Photo by William Purnell/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The wait for Arizona action continues. MLB’s Anne Rogers details the catching hierarchy for the Kansas City Royals heading into spring training. But as we’ll see below, catching is a real strength of the organization. It’s also fair to wonder how many games Perez will catch. He logged 765 innings behind the plate last year but also...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 14, 2025

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images Its prospect list season! MLB Pipeline writes about the top international prospect in each farm system. Royals: Yandel Ricardo, SS (No. 8) There’s something to be said for catcher Ramon Ramirez, who has gone from a $57,500 signing to a powerful catcher at 19. For now, we’ll lean on last year’s big international signing in Ricardo. The Cuban na...2025
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• Kansas City Royals top prospects: Honorable mentions

Gary Cosby Jr. via Imagn Content Services, LLC In-depth analysis into the Royals Top 15 prospects starting with honorable mentions who just miss the cut With the offseason in full swing and the Royals looking at ways to build off of a strong 2024, it is a great time to pull together a Kansas City Royals’ top prospect list. Last year, many considered the Royals’ farm system one of the weake...2025
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• Digging into the Brewers’ 2025 ZiPS projections
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• Braves News: JR Ritchie’s potential breakout, Diamond Sports Group saga, and more

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports Atlanta Braves news and notes from Thursday. The offseason drags on with yet another day of limited news out of the Atlanta Braves organization. However, Braves prospect JR Ritchie was name dropped in MLB Pipeline’s list of potential breakout prospects in 2025. 21-year-old Ritchie was drafted by the Braves in 2022 and aims to prove MLB Pipeline right with...2025
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• Nationals prospects: What to make of Robert Hassell going into 2025
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• Digging into the Brewers’ 2025 ZiPS projections
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• Braves News: JR Ritchie’s potential breakout, Diamond Sports Group saga, and more
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• MLB Pipeline sees JR Ritchie as a 2025 breakout prospect
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• 2025 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: Round 17
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: How to Vote!

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images Voting starts on Monday! Welcome back to the 15th annual DRaysBay Community Prospect List vote. Given that the Rays roster appears to be largely set, we are going to get this year’s voting started a little early this year on January 6th. Here’s how you vote: There will be a selection of players listed in the article and then below in the comments. To vote...2025
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• POLL: Should the Braves trade Drake Baldwin?
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• 2024 Season in Review: MJ Melendez

Brad Penner-Imagn Images Can the Royals outfielder ever break through in the majors? September 2023 was mired in loss for the Kansas City Royals. The team was well on its way to the worst season in club history. Among the losses, however, outfielder MJ Melendez was amid a quiet breakout, hitting .261/.409/.493 in the final month of the 106-loss season. Now, fast forward to a little more t...2024
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• The Brewers should (probably) trade Devin Williams
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 17, 2025
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• Rays 2025 international prospects signing tracker
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• Nationals prospects: What to make of Robert Hassell going into 2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: Round 17
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• Eight Cubs prospects make MLB Pipeline’s Top 100
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• Monday Rockpile: The Future of the Rockies bullpen is drawing near

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, August 19th, 2024 As the Colorado Rockies are barreling towards their second-consecutive 100-loss season, there’s no doubt that a struggling bullpen has been one of the key factors of yet another lost season. For the third-straight season, the Colorado bullpen is the worst in Major League Ba...2024
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• Alexander Canario, Kevin Alcántara among 8 Cubs heading to the Arizona Fall League

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The AFL is a showcase for some of MLB’s top prospects. With all the coverage of the Cubs’ playoff push recently, this has kind of fallen under the radar, and I thought you’d like to know details. Alexander Canario, who’s been on the Cubs’ MLB roster most of September without getting much playing time, will be playing for the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizon...2023
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• All aboard the Noah Schultz hype train!
Noah Schultz is the No. 4-ranked prospect in the White Sox org. | @MiLB A short but stellar start on Saturday showed a glimmer of what is to come COLUMBIA, S.C. — No one on the Kansas City Royals Single-A affiliate Columbia Fireflies is a stud with the bat. The team has nearly as many stolen bases (166) as RBIs (253), so they’re in the habit of struggling against even moderate talent. Eve...2023
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• Welcome to the Cubs family, Matt Shaw! (And Jaxon Wiggins!)
Matt Shaw | Ron Schloerb/Cape Cod Times / USA TODAY NETWORK With the 13th pick, Cubs took the Big 10 Player of the Year. The 2023 MLB Draft started tonight and with the 13th pick in the first round, the Cubs selected shortstop Matt Shaw of Maryland. Shaw was the Big 10 Player of the Year this past season and the 2022 Cape Cod League MVP. Shaw’s biggest asset is his bat. He’s the all-time ...2023
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• Blue Jays land Grichuk from Cards for 2 arms
The Blue Jays acquired outfielder Randal Grichuk from the Cardinals on Friday in exchange for right-handed pitcher Dominic Leone and righty pitching prospect Conner Greene, who was ranked as Toronto's No. 11 prospect by MLB Pipeline....2018
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• Nationals land closer Melancon from Pirates
The Nationals addressed their struggling bullpen Saturday by acquiring right-hander Mark Melancon from the Pirates. Pittsburgh received left-handers Felipe Rivero and Taylor Hearn; the latter is Washington's No. 27 prospect, according to MLB Pipeline....2016
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• Nationals land closer Melancon from Pirates
The Nationals addressed their struggling bullpen Saturday by acquiring right-hander Mark Melancon from the Pirates. Pittsburgh received left-handers Felipe Rivero and Taylor Hearn; the latter is Washington's No. 27 prospect, according to MLB Pipeline....2016
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• Cubs get Chapman from Yanks in blockbuster
The Cubs acquired hard-throwing left-hander Aroldis Chapman from the Yankees for a package that included multiple top prospects. The Yankees' return was headlined by 19-year-old shortstop Gleyber Torres, the Cubs' No. 1 prospect and No. 24 overall per MLB Pipeline....2016
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• Yanks lose No. 2 MLB prospect Torres for year
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• Julio Urias Called Up by Dodgers: Latest Comments and Reaction
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• MLB Pipeline countdown: White Sox No. 3
The MLBPipeline.com staff ranked the Top 10 systems in the game by considering which organizations have an abundance of elite-level prospect talent as well as depth, in terms of future big leaguers up and down the system....2017
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• Alec Marsh to make MLB debut on Friday
Alec Marsh on Photo Day Marsh is ranked #14 in the farm system by MLB Pipeline. The Royals will call up Alec Marsh to start Friday’s game against the Dodgers, according to MLB.com reporter Anne Rogers. The scheduled starter, Jordan Lyles, is sick and is unable to make the start. The Royals have not officially announced a move. Marsh is already on the 40-man roster. Marsh is ranked #11 in t...2023
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• Top Fantasy Keepers – Examining Jake Meyers
Welcome back for another edition of Top Fantasy Keepers. Unlike past weeks, this week I am going to focus on only one player - Jake Meyers of the Houston Astros. When it comes to the top fantasy keepers, it is easy to fall in love with the top prospects. Tons of experts have done the work of compiling the top prospect lists, which allows us to: Look through all the lists Come up with our own fa...2022
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• Top Dynasty Keepers – Should You Grab Gonzalez Or Morel?
Welcome to another addition of Top Dynasty Keepers. We've taken a look at some of the top prospects who have been promoted to the Show the last couple of weeks. So this week, we are going to take a look at two players who are not on the popular top prospects lists in Luis Gonzalez of the Giants and Christopher Morel of the Cubs. After two cups of coffee with the White Sox in 2020 and 2021, the W...2022
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• Top Dynasty Keepers – A Trio of Phillies
Spring Training can mean different things to different people. For baseball fans, it means the season is near and there is still hope that your team can win a division title (unless you are a fan of the Pirates - then you have no hope). For the veteran baseball players, it is a chance to work on their timing at the plate or a new pitch while basically getting the body ready for the season. Young ...2022
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• 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
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• Grayson Rodriguez, 2022 Fantasy Outlook
Here's Grayson Rodriguez, and we'll pick up everything we know on the other side of feasting your peep-holes on him: Top @Orioles pitching prospect Grayson Rodriguez lowers his @BowieBaysox ERA to 2.33 with 6 K's in 5 IP. pic.twitter.com/GttDMnyt9M — MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) August 18, 2021 Especially like the pitch towards the end that the catcher can't even get a glove on. That's filth. Th...2021
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• Brewers sign Elvin Rodríguez to major league deal, DFA J.B. Bukauskas
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 17, 2025
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• Braves News: International free agency splashes, Spring Training schedule, more
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 15, 2025
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• Kansas City Royals top prospects: Honorable mentions
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• Digging into the Brewers’ 2025 ZiPS projections
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• How Dylan Crews can win Rookie of the Year

Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images A look at what is next in the development of Dylan Crews Dylan Crews enters 2025 as the Nationals starting right fielder, and a favorite to win NL Rookie of the Year. However, for a guy that is still the number one prospect in baseball according to MLB Pipeline, it has felt like there has not been a ton of buzz around him. That could due to the towering presen...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: Round 17
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• Outside the Confines: Ringing in 2025

Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images A look back at 2024 and ahead to 2025. The current state of the Hot Stove and other news from around MLB. Here’s to a Cubs World Series Championship in 2025. (If they win, I’m going remind you all I called it. If they don’t, then I was just making New Year’s chit-chat that will have been forgotten by October.) Dayn Perry has a reason for every 2024 losing...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: Round 15
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• How Dylan Crews can win Rookie of the Year
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• 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
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• MLB Pipeline has six Cubs prospects in their updated Top 100 ranking

Moises Ballesteros bats in this year’s Futures Game | Photo by Sam Hodde/MLB Photos via Getty Images The future would appear to be bright. MLB Pipeline posted its updated Top 100 prospects list today and the Cubs are well-represented. In fact, it’d be seven if Pete Crow-Armstrong hadn’t graduated to the major leagues this year. Here are the six, and their rankings. Matt Shaw, No. 25 Shaw, ...2024
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• 2024 Charlotte Knights Season Preview

Universal No. 1 White Sox prospect Colson Montgomery will start 2024 with a promotion to Triple-A Charlotte, and a clear path to the majors. | Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images A look at top-prospect shortstop Colson Montgomery and other major league hopefuls who start 2024 at the doorstep of The Show For a White Sox team that lost 101 games last season, at first glance it may seem li...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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• Cub Tracks’ time marches on
Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images All the #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. Musings about the Cubs’ prospects for next season. 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, steeped in writ...2022
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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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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: David Price Works to Pitch Past Familiar Faces
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