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Watch Anthony, Caglianone, Painter, Lombard Jr. and more top prospects for FREE this week

April 6, 2025

All season long, baseball fans will be able to watch Minor League Baseball games across all of MLB's digital platforms. MLB.TV and MLB app subscribers can watch their favorite team's Minor League affiliates in the app at no additional cost, while all MiLB games are available on MiLB.TV, on the

'Oh, it's true': Cheng salvages wife's birthday with MLB callup

@AlexJStumpf
April 7, 2025

PITTSBURGH -- Tsung-Che Cheng remembered the cake for his wife’s birthday Sunday, but the 23-year-old infielder had to admit that he forgot to prepare for his partner’s big day. Hey, cut the kid a break. The Minor League season had just started, and Irene’s chocolate cake was homemade, not store

Red Sox acquire Minors OF prospect, Draft pick for Priester

April 7, 2025

BOSTON -- While the Red Sox viewed Quinn Priester as a key member of their organizational rotation depth, the chance to acquire a promising Minor League outfielder in Yophery Rodriguez from the Brewers was too good to pass up. The Brewers have been decimated by injuries to their pitching staff

Clark sparks late rally at High-A with first '25 homer

@thevandalorian
April 6, 2025

It wouldn't be Max Clark's first homer of the year without fireworks. MLB's No. 5 prospect went the opposite way for his first long ball of the season Sunday at High-A West Michigan. With a full count, two outs and two runners on base in the eighth inning, the lefty

Painter to start for Single-A Clearwater, hopes to return 'July-ish'

April 6, 2025

PHILADELPHIA -- No. 1 prospect Andrew Painter is taking the next step toward a potential midsummer promotion to the big leagues.

Kurtz extends hot streak at Triple-A with yet another homer

@benweinrib
April 6, 2025

Heading into the 2024 MLB Draft, Nick Kurtz was considered one of the most advanced college bats available. And just 20 games into his pro career, the Athletics' top prospect has been up to every challenge thrown at him in the Minor Leagues. Kurtz continued his early-season Triple-A barrage with

Big bats, strong starts by top prospects highlight Sunday's performances

@thevandalorian
April 6, 2025

With every affiliate level in action, the first full-schedule Sunday of the Minor League season was filled with noisy hits, dominant starts and dramatic finishes keyed by top prospects. Here are the performances that stood out as Opening Weekend for Double-A, High-A and Single-A wrapped up:

Rockies calling up former first-round pick Veen (sources)

April 7, 2025

DENVER -- The Rockies informed No. 8 prospect Zac Veen on Sunday that he is being called to the Majors from Triple-A Albuquerque, according to Major League sources. The Rockies have not confirmed the move. Outfielder Jordan Beck was optioned to Albuquerque on Monday, and the team said a corresponding

Top Rox prospect Dollander K's 6 in solid MLB debut

April 6, 2025

DENVER -- With the first pitch of the first inning -- of arguably the day that the Rockies began to make the painful last few seasons worthwhile -- Chase Dollander set the tone for what the club hopes is its pitching future.

Tigers' McGonigle sidelined by ankle injury

April 6, 2025

Here is the latest on injuries and roster moves involving MLB Pipeline's Top 100 prospects:

2024 Draft first-rounders headline Saturday's top performers

April 6, 2025

If you waited all offseason for that one blissful day where the game's top prospects would once again be running rampant all across the Minors, tallying professional firsts and setting career bests, well, you've come to the right roundup. How does a 464-foot moonshot from Jac Caglianone sound? A 10-strikeout

Caglianone's first Double-A homer clears ... everything?!

Royals' top prospect mashes 464-foot roundtripper for Northwest Arkansas
@alyssam_gomez
April 5, 2025

They say everything is bigger in Texas, and it looks like that includes Jac Caglianone Texas League homers. In just his second game for Northwest Arkansas, the Royals’ No. 1 prospect launched his first Double-A homer onto the street outside of ONEOK Field on Saturday night in the Naturals' 9-5

Switch-pitching 2024 first-rounder dominates in pro debut

Cijntje, Seattle's No. 9 prospect, K's six over four scoreless IP
@MavalloneMiLB
April 5, 2025

Give Jurrangelo Cijntje a hand for a tremendous pro debut. And then give him another one after that. The already well-known switch-pitcher was on point in his first outing for High-A Everett, striking out six over four scoreless innings against Spokane in the club's 8-0 win Saturday night at Avista

Here's what to expect from Rockies prospect Dollander in the big leagues

April 4, 2025

If things had gone the way people thought it would in 2023, Chase Dollander would not be preparing for his Major League debut with the Colorado Rockies on Sunday. After a year at Georgia Southern in 2021, Dollander moved to Tennessee and was absolutely lights out as a sophomore, leading

Mlodzinski, Harrington piggyback to mow down Cardinals

@AlexJStumpf
April 7, 2025

PITTSBURGH -- The Pirates’ fifth starter spot was one of the last jobs up for grabs this Spring Training, with the decision to go with Carmen Mlodzinski over Thomas Harrington not being announced until the last day of the Grapefruit League schedule. With both right-handers at PNC Park on Monday,

Kevin Defrank highlights

April 7, 2025

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April 7, 2025

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April 7, 2025

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April 7, 2025

Here's who opened strong down on the farm

@cdenicola13
April 6, 2025

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Acquired in Crochet deal, 2024 first-rounder Montgomery slugs first pro homer

@allisonmast13
April 6, 2025

It’s said that good things come to those who wait. Three hundred days removed from an ankle injury that ended his collegiate career, Braden Montgomery made his professional debut -- a stretch that included the Draft, a trade and a stint at big league camp. Three hundred and one days

Bazzana slugs first Double-A homer on red-hot 4-hit night

@allisonmast13
April 5, 2025

Since graduating from high school in Sydney, Australia, Travis Bazzana has been a-waltzing all over the United States, from college in Corvallis, Ore., to Eastlake, Ohio, home of the Guardians’ High-A affiliate, the Lake County Captains. But for the past two nights, the Guardians' top prospect has taken his Matilda

Dollander, Rox No. 1 prospect, to make MLB debut Sunday

April 5, 2025

DENVER -- Right-handed starting pitcher Chase Dollander (MLB Pipeline's No. 24 prospect and the Rockies' No. 1) and the club’s Hall of Fame first baseman Todd Helton have always been linked, with both being former University of Tennessee stars. “He was around UT sometimes, but I never really knew him

From redeye to RBI: Tawa's long, memorable journey to MLB debut

@paige_leckie
April 5, 2025

WASHINGTON -- For the first time in over 24 hours, Tim Tawa finally had a chance to breathe as he stood at his locker in the D-backs’ clubhouse at Nationals Park on Saturday evening. “It’s still sinking in a little bit,” Tawa said.

Chandler Simpson beats out a routine one-hopper TO FIRST BASE

@benweinrib
April 5, 2025

Chandler Simpson has already earned his reputation as the fastest man in the Minors, someone whose speed breaks the 20-80 scouting scale. The Rays' No. 7 prospect showed off his wheels at an entirely new level by beating out an infield single -- to the first baseman -- in Triple-A