While Juan Soto and Corbin Burnes are cemented as the top overall player and pitcher, respectively, in the upcoming free-agent class, many walk-year players are still trying to solidify where they stand with a month left in the regular season. That may not seem like a lot of time, but

PHOENIX -- During his first two at-bats against Diamondbacks starter Ryne Nelson on Thursday, Francisco Lindor appeared lost. Of the dozen pitches he saw, Lindor took three called strikes, fouled off four other pitches and swung through two of them. When he approached the plate in the sixth inning to

CINCINNATI -- Lawrence Butler and JJ Bleday provided the power, but a ninth-inning rally by the Reds prevented the A’s from securing their first road series sweep of the season, with Cincinnati winning, 10-9, on Thursday at Great American Ball Park. Butler notched three homers, with his third round-tripper tying

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CHICAGO -- Corey Seager has long been established as one of the best shortstops in the Major Leagues. But on Thursday afternoon, he set a new precedent for greatness at the position. Seager crushed his 200th career home run, a Statcast-projected 406-foot blast to right, in the fourth inning of

Back in September 2022, we took swings at guessing who would be the top prospect by the time Opening Day 2024 rolled around. Some were dead-on hits. We said Jackson Holliday “could be in the conversation for No. 1 overall prospect” and Jackson Chourio was on a “rapid ascent toward

HOUSTON -- When veteran outfielder Jason Heyward was released by the Dodgers earlier this week, he wasn’t so sure he’d get another opportunity to play this season. A call from the Astros changed his plans and led him to Minute Maid Park, where he was in the starting lineup for

Since the first game streamed live on MLB.TV in 2002, more than 100,000 games have been watched by baseball fans around the world. And now is as good a time as any to subscribe to MLB.TV, which is available for $22 in celebration of its 22nd Anniversary Sale, running now

LOS ANGELES -- In anticipation for the bobblehead that featured Shohei Ohtani and his dog, Decoy, lines outside Dodger Stadium started to form around 5 a.m. PT. About four hours before first pitch, there were an estimated 20,000 people already outside the ballpark. All those people were prepared to wait

DETROIT -- The Angels are calling up a pair of top pitching prospects for this weekend’s series against the Mariners in Anaheim. On Thursday, the Angels announced that Caden Dana -- MLB Pipeline's No. 74 prospect and the top Angels prospect -- will be called up and make his MLB

For the ninth consecutive year, MLB and all 30 Clubs will raise awareness for childhood cancer in home ballparks during all games on Sunday, September 1st. Held on the first day of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, this effort through the MLB Together platform (www.MLBTogether.com) will combine ceremonial and community-based demonstrations

ST. LOUIS -- Sonny Gray isn’t used to struggling the way he has over the past couple months. In 10 previous starts heading into the Cardinals’ 4-1 win over the Padres on Thursday afternoon, the veteran right-hander logged a 5.86 ERA, with 13 home runs allowed.

MILWAUKEE – Midseason pick-up Aaron Civale cleared seven innings for the first time this season and didn’t allow a run. Rookie Jackson Chourio did more two-out hitting. Left-hander Aaron Ashby, finally healthy again, hit 99 mph on the stadium radar gun. William Contreras even stole home for the first time

This week’s MLB Pipeline Inbox features questions about prospects who are all performing very well right now, all at the upper levels of their respective systems. I mention this only to point out that all of them are getting ever-closer to being big league ready, even though none of them

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There was a festival atmosphere when the Hudson Valley Renegades -- High-A affiliate of the New York Yankees -- hosted "Bhutan Night" last week. That night, with the team donning special orange-and-yellow jerseys inspired by the Bhutanese flag -- complete with the "Druk" or iconic "Thunder Dragon" -- 12 young

CINCINNATI -- It wasn't necessarily the plan all along, but injuries that ransacked the Reds' rotation sped up the timeline for the organization's next wave of young arms to reach the big leagues. First, No. 11 Reds prospect Julian Aguiar stepped in for Hunter Greene 10 days ago. On Friday,

The HRDX 2024 season is halfway over! After USWNT star Alex Hugo led her team to victory in Fort Wayne, a local love story overshadowed the performance of newcomers and former MLB stars Ryan Zimmerman and Manny Ramirez in Albuquerque. Now, the homer-bashing show is on the road again, coming

Our latest edition of Starting Pitcher Power Rankings has familiar faces at the top and the bottom, but a lot of shuffling in between. While the top two slots remain unchanged, featuring a pair of left-handers primed to win their first Cy Young Award, there are three hurlers on the

CHICAGO -- The celebration could be heard from outside the Rangers’ clubhouse postgame. Inside, Texas players were still watching one of, if not, the greatest plays of the 2024 MLB season. At the least, Travis Jankowski knows where his game-saving grab in the ninth inning of the Rangers’ 4-3 win

Perhaps with just a little bit of good karma from Taylor Swift, a Wild Card berth that once appeared to be in the Cubs' wildest dreams is suddenly not so far-fetched. It had been a cruel summer for the North Siders up until the past two weeks, when their change

When Rhett Lowder was taken No. 7 overall by the Reds in 2023 -- the second pitcher taken after Paul Skenes went 1-1 -- the thinking was that he fit the prototype of the really advanced college pitcher who could get to the big leagues in a hurry. This was

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Topps announced Thursday that it has partnered with Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani on an exclusive global trading card deal. The agreement between Ohtani and Topps, which was acquired by Fanatics Collectibles in 2022, includes cards featuring autographs and game-used memorabilia, as well as moments and achievements from Ohtani's

WASHINGTON – Nationals No. 1 prospect Dylan Crews was moved up to the leadoff spot on Wednesday night to face Yankees left-hander Carlos Rodón. The result: Crews belted his first Major League home run two pitches into his at-bat in the Nationals’ 5-2 win as they took the series against