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4 New Year's predictions for the Blue Jays

@KeeganMatheson
January 2, 2025

This story was excerpted from Keegan Matheson's Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

One potential breakout prospect for each organization in 2025

@SamDykstraMiLB
January 1, 2025

Every year as the calendar flips, we at MLB Pipeline gaze into crystal balls and turn our collective attention to potential breakout prospects for the coming season. Last year in this space, we listed Josue De Paula (Dodgers), Bryce Eldridge (Giants), Kevin McGonigle (Tigers), Jacob Melton (Astros), Lazaro Montes (Mariners),

Happy New Year! 1 prediction for each team in 2025

January 1, 2025

As the calendar flips to the new year, it's a time for everyone to set new goals and make predictions for the months ahead -- and MLB teams are no different. With that in mind, each of our beat reporters was asked to make one prediction for their respective team

Every team's representative(s) on the HOF ballot 

Franchise cornerstones? Forgotten cameos? They all count
@AndrewSimonMLB
January 2, 2025

When a baseball player reaches the pinnacle of the sport, a place in Cooperstown, his Hall of Fame plaque does not discriminate. If that player spent 20 seasons with a team, it gets listed under his name; if a player spent 20 games with a team, it also gets listed.

Here are 25 prospect storylines to follow in 2025

@SamDykstraMiLB
January 2, 2025

We’ve officially turned over the calendar to 2025 this week. Of course in baseball, it feels like we began to flip the calendar the moment Dodgers right-hander Walker Buehler struck out Yankees outfielder Alex Verdugo in Game 5 to end the World Series on Oct. 30. Here at MLB Pipeline,

Each team's breakout player for 2025

December 30, 2024

Each Major League season is a stage for players to raise their game to previously unseen heights. Perhaps a blossoming star becomes unquestionably elite. Or perhaps a big league newcomer makes the most of his opportunity. Regardless, these types of breakout seasons can help turn an under-the-radar club into a

One prospect to watch for each team in 2025

December 29, 2024

A new season brings new opportunities for every player in a team’s system. This is especially true for a team’s Minor League prospects, who look to build on the previous season’s accomplishments and continue to make a name for themselves as they forge a path to the Majors. Here’s a

Injuries & Roster Moves: Stefanic, Gowdy sign MiLB deals

December 3, 2024

This page will be updated throughout the offseason to track all of the Blue Jays' moves, along with the progress of any injured players.

What to know about Blue Jays' 2025 ticket info

@KeeganMatheson
December 25, 2024

TORONTO -- Just as the All-Star Game draws an unofficial halfway line in the season, the holiday break does the same for the offseason. By the time we all clean up from our New Years Eve parties and settle back into “normal” again for the month of January, Spring Training

1 (realistic) free-agent target to fit every team

December 28, 2024

At this point in the offseason, every team could still use some help -- and plenty of top free agents remain available. But taking into account age, position, skill set and projected cost, who is the perfect fit for each club? To answer that question, we enlisted the help of

Our 18 best behind-the-scenes photos of 2024

December 29, 2024

MLB's reporters chronicled the 2024 baseball season from start to finish. But a picture is worth 1,000 words -- and they snapped plenty of those, too. From Spring Training through the World Series, on and off the field, our reporters were able to capture photos of so many unique baseball

What does future hold for Vladdy, Blue Jays baseball?

@KeeganMatheson
December 26, 2024

This story was excerpted from Keegan Matheson's Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

1 stat for every team to marvel at from 2024 season

@SlangsOnSports
December 27, 2024

Part of what makes baseball the best are the feats and amazing stats accruing left and right, every single day. We chronicle them throughout the year, but there’s no better time than before the calendar flips to take a look back. It’s hard to pick just one per team after

Varsho among Statcast standouts in 2024

December 28, 2024

Just in time for New Year's, let's look back at the top plays of 2024. We give out Statcast superlatives every season -- for everything from the hardest-hit ball to the longest home run to the fastest pitch to the best catch. Here are 15 of MLB's best plays of

A look at 1 weird moment from Russell Martin's career

@Spokes_Murphy
December 26, 2024

Baseball is the best. At times, baseball is also kooky. The 14 newcomers on the 2025 Hall of Fame ballot can testify to that. In celebration of these Cooperstown candidates, let’s look back at one fun moment from each player’s career.

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Here are the best bat flips of the year

@HarriganMLB
December 27, 2024

How do you make a big home run even more memorable? With an epic bat flip. As part of its year-end countdown highlighting the top moments of 2024, MLB Network took a look at the best bat flips we saw this past season. There were plenty to choose from as

Every team's longest home run of 2024

@bmags94 and @ssc627
December 26, 2024

At the end of the day, a home run's distance has no impact on its usefulness. From the shortest (which, in 2024, traveled 318 feet) to the longest (480 feet), it's still just a run on the board, give or take a few baserunners. But let's be real -- moonshots

Each team's prospect whose stock improved most in '24

@SamDykstraMiLB
December 25, 2024

Kristian Campbell entered 2024 as a supplemental fourth-round pick the previous July who had fashioned a nice pro debut. He ended it as the No. 10 prospect on MLB Pipeline's Top 100 Prospects list, not to mention its Hitting Prospect of the Year and the MiLB Breakout Player of the

12 holiday gifts for MLB stars under the tree

@AndrewSimonMLB
December 24, 2024

Wednesday is Christmas, so let’s bring joy to the baseball world by handing out some gifts. Below are a dozen presents, each procured with a bountiful 2025 in mind, and each waiting to be unwrapped by a lucky recipient (or two, or three). Now let’s take a look under the

Revisit one signature win for every MLB team from 2024

December 23, 2024

From stunning comebacks to thrilling walk-offs to dominant pitching performances, every team had its share of memorable triumphs in 2024. But what was each club’s signature win of the season?

Predicting every team's No. 1 prospect a year from now

December 24, 2024

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Rickey Henderson, legendary leadoff hitter, passes away at 65

@MartinJGallegos
December 21, 2024

Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, considered the greatest leadoff hitter in history and MLB’s all-time leader in stolen bases, leadoff home runs and runs scored, has passed away. He was 65. “For multiple generations of baseball fans, Rickey Henderson was the gold standard of base stealing and leadoff hitting,” Commissioner

Every team's best single-game performance of 2024

@bmags94
December 22, 2024

There was no shortage of storylines in the 2024 season, which featured some of the best individual seasons and performances that baseball has ever seen -- we're looking at you Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge. Which single-game performances were the best? We asked each of our 30 beat writers which