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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

How the Rule 5 Draft impacted 12 teams' Top 30 Prospects lists

@SamDykstraMiLB
December 11, 2024

MLB Pipeline gives our organizational Top 30 prospect rankings complete refreshes twice per calendar year (once in spring, once in-season) and provides other live updates as graduations and other transactions necessitate them. In the latter category, two dates in particular are our busiest for Top 30 updates: the Trade Deadline

Road to The Show™: Padres’ Salas

MLB.com's No. 19 overall prospect flashes cornerstone potential
@Gerard_Gilberto
December 10, 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 top Padres prospect Ethan Salas. For more stories about players on The Road to The Show, click here. Ethan Salas has been among the most important players

Here are 8 prospects standing out in winter ball

November 25, 2024

Now that the Arizona Fall League has crowned a new champion and MLB's awards season is winding down, the baseball world in the United States is preparing to turn its attention to the Hot Stove. But that doesn't mean baseball isn't being played. There are plenty of exciting and talented

Padres shield 3 top prospects, all pitchers, from Rule 5 Draft

November 19, 2024

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres added three Minor League pitchers to their 40-man roster on Tuesday, ahead of the deadline to protect prospects from next month's Rule 5 Draft. Right-handers Henry Baez and Ryan Bergert and lefty Omar Cruz had their contracts selected, bringing the San Diego 40-man roster to

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

De Vries youngest to homer in Arizona Fall League since Harper

@JesseABorek
October 31, 2024

Leodalis De Vries hasn't completed a full year as a professional yet, but he has already amassed an astounding list of firsts and the “youngest-to” designations in 2024. During Peoria’s 12-5 loss to Surprise on Thursday afternoon at the Peoria Sports Complex, he added another: Youngest player to homer in

Padres' Salas providing exciting spring preview in Fall League

@JesseABorek
October 29, 2024

PEORIA, Ariz. -- When the Padres break spring camp at the Peoria Sports Complex in February, Ethan Salas will be among the Major League group for the second time, an astounding feat considering he’ll be just 18 years old. While it would be a significant development if Salas were to

Padres prospects poised for big things in '25

October 24, 2024

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

Hailed as 'mastermind' at catcher, 18-year-old Salas leads Padres' AFL cohort

@JesseABorek
October 22, 2024

The first thing you hear about Ethan Salas the ballplayer is how incredibly advanced he is for his age. There seldom are 18-year-olds in big league Spring Training camp or at the Arizona Fall League, but San Diego has handled Salas’ development with one ethos in mind: Push the gifted.

Padres teen prospects Salas and De Vries growing up in Fall League

@JesseABorek
October 17, 2024

MESA, Ariz. – Ethan Salas and Leodalis De Vries have been inextricably linked to begin their pro careers, having been the respective No. 1 overall international prospects in 2023 and ‘24, both choosing to sign with the Padres. Top prospects of rebuilding clubs who come with extreme promise and impact

'I'm just getting back to me': Salas finding footing in Fall League

@SamDykstraMiLB
October 14, 2024

PEORIA, Ariz. -- The season is meant to be measured in growth. In many ways, Ethan Salas has been just trying to get back to equilibrium. He appears to be getting there. Need proof? Look at one statistic in particular. “I’ve been like that my whole life ever since I

Padres' De Vries excited for Fall League experience after first pro season

October 12, 2024

MESA, Ariz. -- The Padres aren't afraid to challenge elite young prospects. They sent Ethan Salas, the top player in the 2023 international class, to Double-A at age 17 last summer. They had Leo De Vries, the best player in this year's international crop, spend all of this season as

Watch out for these 10 rookies in the postseason

@SamDykstraMiLB
October 1, 2024

It felt like everywhere you looked in 2023, rookies were making key contributions. Johan Rojas was covering acres of ground for the Phillies. Corbin Carroll and Brandon Pfaadt were speeding around the bases and making clutch starts respectively for the D-backs. And perhaps most famously, Evan Carter was on the

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

'Dreams come true': Machado, Caminero swap jerseys

Rays' top prospect reunites with Padres' star and inspiration for wearing No. 13
August 31, 2024

ST. PETERSBURG -- Junior Caminero could hardly keep the smile off his face or the emotion out of his words. About a decade after meeting one of his baseball idols, one of the reasons he now wears a No. 13 jersey for the Rays, baseball’s top prospect got to share

Padres prospect De Vries sidelined by shoulder injury

August 19, 2024

SAN DIEGO -- Leodalis De Vries' breakout first professional season may be coming to an early end. The Padres' 17-year-old shortstop prospect -- MLB Pipeline's top-ranked international signing in the current class -- suffered a strained right shoulder while diving for a ball on Sunday. Per team sources, De Vries'

Salas, De Vries hold steady atop Padres' new Top 30 prospects list

August 13, 2024

SAN DIEGO -- Here we go again. The Padres traded away a treasure trove of prospects, and the baseball world is wondering how quickly they can revamp a depleted farm system. Sound familiar? Judging by recent evidence, we should know the answer. Under general manager A.J. Preller, the Padres are

3 big themes of Padres' fascinating farm system

@SamDykstraMiLB
August 12, 2024

This story was excerpted from AJ Cassavell’s Padres Beat newsletter. Sam Dykstra filled in for this edition. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

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

@BensBiz
August 11, 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 July, features intra-organizational no-nos, wild romps, unexpected mound dominance and, of course, much more. Keeping track of this type of thing is a team effort, so get

Manuel Castro highlights

August 8, 2024

Cobb Hightower highlights

August 6, 2024

Clark Candiotti highlights

August 5, 2024

Tyson Neighbors highlights

August 5, 2024

Kale Fountain highlights

August 5, 2024