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Who will sign Sasaki? 2 division rivals appear to have big edge

December 18, 2024

Ever since Roki Sasaki's agent, Joel Wolfe, met with the media at the Winter Meetings, there’s been speculation about which team might be the best fit to land the prized right-hander, who was recently posted by his Japanese team, the Chiba Lotte Marines. As one executive put it when asked

6 teams with prospects to trade at the Winter Meetings

December 5, 2024

The Winter Meetings begin Sunday in Dallas, and prospects will certainly be on some teams' shopping lists. Who will get the best holiday-season deal, and which clubs have the juice to make that kind of deal happen?

Inbox: Jobe vs. Painter; prospects who could rise in 2025

November 29, 2024

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Let's dive into some questions to go with the leftovers ...

Pipeline Podcast: Recapping 40-man roster moves, winter ball standouts

November 26, 2024

In the wake of teams deciding which prospects to add to 40-man rosters, the latest edition of the MLB Pipeline Podcast focuses on those moves.

Dodgers protect lefty reliever Dreyer from Rule 5 Draft

November 19, 2024

The Dodgers selected lefty reliever Jack Dreyer on Tuesday, adding him to their 40-man roster ahead of the deadline to protect prospects from the Rule 5 Draft. Dreyer, who was an undrafted signing out of the University of Iowa in 2021, posted a 2.20 ERA between Double-A Tulsa and Triple-A

Tigers' Briceño, Dodgers' Rosario earn Week 6 AFL honors

November 19, 2024

The Arizona Fall League concluded with the Salt River Rafters claiming an unlikely title with their win over Surprise in Nov. 16’s AFL championship game, bringing a dramatic close to Week 6, and this year, of AFL play. The players honored for their performances in the season’s final week were

Pipeline Inbox: Where would Ethan Holliday rank today? More prospect projections

November 15, 2024

The Arizona Fall League is so much fun and just two games remain. The Salt River Rafters and Scottsdale Scorpions meet in a play-in contest Friday that will stream live on MLB.com at 8:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. local. The winner meets the two-time defending champion Surprise Saguaros for the title

From 16 to 26, here is the best prospect at each age

@benweinrib
November 12, 2024

With the World Series over and the Arizona Fall League wrapping up, now is a good time to take stock of an exciting year in prospectdom. In October, MLB Pipeline released its updated Top 100 Prospects list, which featured several big changes at the top, but we're going to take

How the World Series teams were built

October 25, 2024

Before this year, the Dodgers last made the World Series in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, when they vanquished the Rays in six games. Los Angeles stood out with more homegrown talent than any of the postseason clubs that fall, including stars such as Cody Bellinger, Clayton Kershaw and Corey Seager.

Dodgers-Yankees: Who would win an all-prospect World Series?

October 23, 2024

Who would win a Dodgers-Yankees World Series ... all-prospect version? This week on the MLB Pipeline Podcast, prospect gurus Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo (along with host Jason Ratliff) chewed on that hypothetical courtesy of longtime listener and mailbag contributor "Blah Blah."

Dynamic athlete Hope, acquired in trade, leads Dodgers in AFL

October 22, 2024

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Though Zyhir Hope was one of the better two-way players in the 2023 Draft, clubs weren't sure exactly what to make of his signability. He seemed strongly committed to North Carolina, so the first two days and 10 rounds passed without him getting selected. The Dodgers had

Arizona Fall League Week 2 top performers

October 20, 2024

Here are the top performers from the second week of AFL action:

McLain brothers back in same lineup in Arizona Fall League

@SamDykstraMiLB
October 19, 2024

GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- The world looked a lot different the last time Matt McLain and Sean McLain started in the same lineup on Aug. 10, 2020. No longer with their college teams at UCLA and Arizona State, the Orange County natives joined the Santa Barbara Foresters of the California Collegiate

Dodgers' No. 11 prospect who 'just plays ball' hammers 470 ft homer

October 11, 2024

GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- If Dominique Wilkins was basketball's Human Highlight Film, Zyhir Hope is the Arizona Fall League's version. In two games in the developmental league, Hope has provided two jaw-dropping plays. In his AFL debut on Tuesday, the Dodgers' No. 11 prospect covered 76 feet in less than six

Here's how the 12 postseason teams were built

@SamDykstraMiLB
October 1, 2024

There is definitely more than one way to build a winning Major League team, and the 12 clubs headed to the postseason in 2024 prove that. On one hand, there are the Tigers and Guardians, the AL Central teams leading the way with 16 and 15 homegrown players on their

Dodgers No. 1 prospect Rushing receives award, immediately mashes 2 homers

September 22, 2024

Dalton Rushing stood on the Dodger Stadium field on Friday and waved to the cheering fans that he hopes to play in front of one day soon. “That's pretty cool. The Dodgers fans and Dodger Stadium are just unbelievable, as it's one of the best atmospheres in sports, if not

Road to The Show™: Dodgers’ De Paula

Sweet-swinging No. 46 prospect rises quickly in strong system
@Gerard_Gilberto
September 17, 2024

Each week, MiLB.com profiles an elite prospect by chronicling the steps he's taken toward achieving his Major League dream. Here's a look at second-ranked Dodgers prospect Josue De Paula. For more stories about players on The Road to The Show, click here. Born in New York but signed out of

The top 11 farm systems with the best pitching prospects 

@SamDykstraMiLB
September 10, 2024

Good pitching can be hard to find -- look at the flurry of activity at the Trade Deadline for evidence -- so clubs that can develop talents on the mound themselves can get a considerable leg up on the competition. Think of where the Phillies would be without homegrown talents

Here are the weirdest stats and plays from the past month in the Minors

@BensBiz
September 8, 2024

Welcome to Crooked Numbers, a monthly column dedicated to Minor League Baseball on-field oddities and absurdities. The edition, rounding up the month of August, features RBI explosions, epic sweeps, same-named individuals and, of course, much more. Keeping track of this type of thing is a team effort, so get in

Here are the 10 farm systems with the best outfield prospects

September 3, 2024

Last week, we looked at the top farm systems based on infield talent. This week, let’s go from the dirt to the grass. Below is a ranking of the top 10 organizations when it comes to those who patrol the outfield, using a combination of top-end Top 100 talent and

Catching up with Dodgers' new Top 10 prospects

@juanctoribio
August 27, 2024

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

Dodgers' Top 30 Prospect reset: Who's on the move?

@juanctoribio
August 14, 2024

LOS ANGELES -- For as good as the Dodgers have been at the Major League level over the last decade-plus, they’ve been equally as impressive with their player development throughout the Minor League system. That’s no different this season, as the Dodgers’ system, from top to bottom, grades out as

Rehabbing Dodger Max Muncy, meet A's prospect Max Muncy

@benweinrib
August 14, 2024

Professional baseball has finally achieved Maximum Muncy. At long last, the sport's two infielders named Max Muncy -- improbably born exactly 12 years apart and completely unrelated -- finally met and played in the same game, an eventual 10-8 victory by rehabbing Muncy's Triple-A Oklahoma City over prospect Muncy's Las

Ryan out for season with right forearm injury

@juanctoribio
August 11, 2024

LOS ANGELES -- Dodgers right-hander River Ryan has impressed over his first four Major League starts. But as he worked on another gem on Saturday at Dodger Stadium, Ryan’s night ended much sooner than expected, as he left the Dodgers’ 4-1 win over the Pirates in the fifth inning alongside

Samuel Sanchez highlights

August 6, 2024