Mookie Betts' surprise surge, Juan Soto's quest to start alongside Aaron Judge and close races at designated hitter in the American League and in the National League outfield highlight the second Phase 2 ballot update for the 2024 MLB All-Star Game presented by Mastercard.

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TORONTO -- The tests to the Astros’ pitching depth keep on coming. The club announced on Tuesday that right-hander J.P. France will miss the rest of the season following Monday’s surgery to repair a torn right shoulder capsule. France has dealt with shoulder issues since the offseason, as inflammation caused

We’ve saved the riskiest demographic for last in our run of top 10 Draft prospects: the high school pitchers. While there don't appear to be any prep arms slated to go at the very top of the Draft, there is some depth in this group this year. How many actually

TORONTO -- In a tight pitchers’ duel, one swing is all it takes. That swing came from the bat of Jeremy Peña as his fifth-inning solo homer broke up a perfect game bid and rewarded another fantastic outing from Hunter Brown in the Astros’ 3-1 win over the Blue Jays

The All-Star Futures Game annually puts more of baseball's top prospects on one field than any other event, and this year's edition is no exception. The 25th annual showcase -- along with the inaugural Futures Skills Showcase -- will feature 39 members of MLB Pipeline's recently updated Top 100 Prospects

The All-Star Futures Game is less than two weeks away on July 13 and the First-Year Player Draft will follow shortly behind. One day behind, in fact. It’s about to get very busy in the world of prospects. So as the Major and Minor League seasons pivot toward their second

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NEW YORK -- Considering the things the Astros had to overcome Sunday -- a lengthy rain delay in the ninth inning, piecing together seven pitchers in a bullpen game and the loss of star second baseman Jose Altuve to an ejection in the seventh inning -- their 10-5 win in

NEW YORK -- One of the talking points that was surrounding the Astros in the last week is how they’d become a little more aggressive at the plate, swinging too much and not seeing as many pitches per plate appearance as they would have liked. That wasn’t the case Saturday

NEW YORK -- The first real hiccup of Ronel Blanco’s season -- well, other than his 10-game suspension for having a foreign substance in his glove -- came in the 81st game of the Astros’ season, which is the midpoint of the schedule and a time for some reflection. Blanco

Seventeen days before the Guardians will exercise the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 Draft, they've let little slip out regarding their intentions. Their top four candidates appear to be, coincidentally, the top four players on MLB Pipeline's new Draft Top 250 list. Cleveland not only is mulling over

It’s difficult to stay atop the Hitter Power Rankings over and over and over again, because even the best hitters tend to cool off every once in a while. Well, don’t tell that to Aaron Judge. Nobody has been able to slow down the Yankees slugger for several weeks, and

HOUSTON -- When the struggling Astros arrived in Mexico City in late April for a series against the Rockies, the players held a meeting and decided the season needed a reboot. They put their 7-19 start in the rearview mirror and declared that the series against the Rockies, in which

It's time for our second installment of each team's hottest-hitting Top 30 prospect over the last month. Our list includes eight Top 100 prospects, though the player with the best numbers over the last 30 days occupies the bottom spot on our Top 30 for his organization.

This story was excerpted from Brian McTaggart’s Astros Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. HOUSTON -- Mauricio Dubón won’t be voted to start the All-Star Game this year. Far from it. A utility player, Dubón ranked 14th among

We’ve tweaked and expanded our 2024 Draft rankings for the last time, running the list out to the Top 250. Now less than three weeks away from the start of the Draft, we're getting a clearer picture of how the scouting industry is stacking up the talent in this class.

HOUSTON -- There’s no player that embodies the Astros’ dramatic turnaround more than right-hander Hunter Brown, who overcame a woeful April and has pitched like an ace for nearly two months. The resurgence came just in time for an Astros rotation that has seen three more starting pitchers land on

Arkansas' Hagen Smith and Wake Forest's Chase Burns headline the 2024 college pitching crop after breaking the NCAA Division I record for strikeout rate. Both project as easy top-10 picks and potential frontline starters. Yet the college pitching class isn't as deep as once hoped. East Carolina's Trey Yesavage is

Have you made plans for the Fourth yet? If not, we're here to help. If so, change 'em! There's no better way to celebrate America's Independence Day than taking in a baseball game amid your compatriots.

HOUSTON -- With the way they came out and dominated the Orioles this weekend at Minute Maid Park, the Astros served notice to the rest of the American League they’re not quite ready to yield their status as one of the league’s heavyweights. The surging Astros got seven strong innings

HOUSTON -- It’s gotten to the point where the Astros expect to win when right-hander Ronel Blanco takes the ball, which is the kind of vibe usually reserved for a team ace. And Blanco is pitching as much like an ace as anyone else in the Houston rotation, or maybe