Another month of the 2026 season is in the books, and as the weather has warmed up, so have the bats in the Minor Leagues. The 30 hitters below, our selection for hottest hitter in May for each organization, have been swinging the bat better than most. There are a

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A 13-strikeout performance in May. Six hitless frames with 12 K's on Thursday night. It's already been quite the season for Allen Facundo. The Yankees' No. 26 prospect turned in the longest and arguably best outing of his career as High-A Hudson Valley rolled past Frederick, 10-1, at Harry Grove

Denzer Guzman just keeps on raking. The Angels' No. 7 prospect, who is one of the breakout performers of the 2026 Minor League campaign, had his best game of the season in Triple-A Salt Lake's 15-3 romp over visiting Albuquerque on Thursday night.

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Scoring against starters in the Cardinals system proved to be quite the challenge on Thursday night. From the 2024 Minor League Pitcher of the Year to a trio of 22-year-olds -- all of whom are ranked on the club's Top 30 Prospects list, the young pitchers struck out 31 while

A week ago, Brody Hopkins made his first appearance as a reliever after working the first 274 innings of his career as a starter. MLB.com's No. 83 prospect once again jogged out of the bullpen and delivered another masterful outing with five shutout innings in Triple-A Durham’s 11-6 loss to

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As the Phillies continue to roar back into the National League playoff picture at the big league level, a new season has gotten underway down on the farm this week: The Rookie-level Dominican Summer League. The club’s two prized hitters on the club -- Juan Parra (PHI No. 22) and

NEW YORK -- The Brayan Bello saga, one of the most confounding storylines for the Red Sox this season, took a sharp detour following the righty’s latest mound mishap on Thursday afternoon at Fenway Park. After Bello was charged with eight earned runs (six of them in the first inning)

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Season 2 of "Grass Routes" rolls on with its newest episode and, well, these biscuits are on the rise. The travelogue heads to Montgomery, Ala., for its third episode of Season 2, featuring the Double-A Montgomery Biscuits, affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays. The latest episode aired on MLB Network

Be yourself, unless you feel like being something else. This is now an established Minor League Baseball promotional strategy, as teams across the country regularly assume alternate identities in lieu of their day-to-day primary identities. These alternate identities often have a local connection, with teams celebrating their region's culinary specialties,

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Minor League Baseball announced the Player and Pitcher of the Month Award winners for May in Major League Baseball’s player development system.

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Area scouts in the Pacific Northwest often also have western Canada to cover, and that’s a huge amount of miles to traverse to see everyone. So if there’s, say, a kid in Alberta with a strong commitment to the University of Michigan, you might see him early, but not get

With 11 players making each edition of the Prospect Team of the Week, it's no surprise to get multiple players from the same organization in a given week. But two pitchers from the same organization? On the same team? Pitching on back-to-back days? Now that's a rarity. Mariners top pitching