Happy New Year! 1 prediction for each team in 2025
As the calendar flips to the new year, it's a time for everyone to set new goals and make predictions for the months ahead -- and MLB teams are no different. With that in mind, each of our beat reporters was asked to make one prediction for their respective team
One potential breakout prospect for each organization in 2025
Every year as the calendar flips, we at MLB Pipeline gaze into crystal balls and turn our collective attention to potential breakout prospects for the coming season. Last year in this space, we listed Josue De Paula (Dodgers), Bryce Eldridge (Giants), Kevin McGonigle (Tigers), Jacob Melton (Astros), Lazaro Montes (Mariners),
Each team's breakout player for 2025
Each Major League season is a stage for players to raise their game to previously unseen heights. Perhaps a blossoming star becomes unquestionably elite. Or perhaps a big league newcomer makes the most of his opportunity. Regardless, these types of breakout seasons can help turn an under-the-radar club into a
Fully healthy, Luzardo excited to start Phils tenure
PHILADELPHIA -- Jesús Luzardo’s 2024 season in Miami ended after just 12 starts due to a stress reaction in his lower back. But that issue is behind him, according to Luzardo. “I feel 100 percent,” Luzardo said on a Zoom call with reporters Monday. “I’ve felt 100 percent the whole
One prospect to watch for each team in 2025
A new season brings new opportunities for every player in a team’s system. This is especially true for a team’s Minor League prospects, who look to build on the previous season’s accomplishments and continue to make a name for themselves as they forge a path to the Majors. Here’s a
1 (realistic) free-agent target to fit every team
At this point in the offseason, every team could still use some help -- and plenty of top free agents remain available. But taking into account age, position, skill set and projected cost, who is the perfect fit for each club? To answer that question, we enlisted the help of
Flurry of moves has Phils feeling confident about '25
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Phillies' injury updates & roster moves
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1 stat for every team to marvel at from 2024 season
Part of what makes baseball the best are the feats and amazing stats accruing left and right, every single day. We chronicle them throughout the year, but there’s no better time than before the calendar flips to take a look back. It’s hard to pick just one per team after
Everything to know about Phillies tickets for 2025 season
PHILADELPHIA – Before Bryce Harper hit the “Bedlam at the Bank” homer to make the 2022 World Series, the Phillies’ season ticket base hovered around 10,000. It has doubled to 20,000 since then, spurring 47 sellouts and 60 games with more than 40,000 fans at Citizens Bank Park in 2024.
The 30 most exciting endings of 2024
From stunning rallies and memorable walk-offs to game-saving defensive plays, the 2024 Major League Baseball season was packed with exciting endings that kept fans on the edge of their seats all year long. As part of its year-end countdown highlighting the best moments of 2024, MLB Network took a look
Every team's longest home run of 2024
At the end of the day, a home run's distance has no impact on its usefulness. From the shortest (which, in 2024, traveled 318 feet) to the longest (480 feet), it's still just a run on the board, give or take a few baserunners. But let's be real -- moonshots
Each team's prospect whose stock improved most in '24
Kristian Campbell entered 2024 as a supplemental fourth-round pick the previous July who had fashioned a nice pro debut. He ended it as the No. 10 prospect on MLB Pipeline's Top 100 Prospects list, not to mention its Hitting Prospect of the Year and the MiLB Breakout Player of the
Phils add to pitching depth with 1-year deal for Joe Ross
PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies continued to bolster their pitching depth on Monday, signing veteran right-hander Joe Ross to a one-year deal.
Phillies get Luzardo for 2 prospects in trade with Marlins
PHILADELPHIA – The Phillies added further depth to one of the strongest rotations in baseball on Sunday, acquiring left-handed starter Jesús Luzardo and Minor League catcher/outfielder Paul McIntosh from the Marlins in exchange for two prospects. Shortstop Starlyn Caba (Phillies' No. 4 prospect) and outfielder Emaarion Boyd (Phillies' No. 23
Predicting every team's No. 1 prospect a year from now
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Revisit one signature win for every MLB team from 2024
From stunning comebacks to thrilling walk-offs to dominant pitching performances, every team had its share of memorable triumphs in 2024. But what was each club’s signature win of the season?
Every team's best single-game performance of 2024
There was no shortage of storylines in the 2024 season, which featured some of the best individual seasons and performances that baseball has ever seen -- we're looking at you Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge. Which single-game performances were the best? We asked each of our 30 beat writers which
What's next for the Phillies this offseason?
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Kepler, signed to 1-year deal, expected to be Phils' everyday LF
PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies have acquired a new corner outfielder -- and they expect him to be their everyday left fielder. The club announced on Friday that it has signed longtime Twins outfielder Max Kepler to a one-year contract. Multiple sources have told MLB.com that it's a $10 million deal.
Needle pointing up for 8 breakout stars of 2024
Every season brings unexpected breakouts. We don’t mean rookies such as Paul Skenes or Colton Cowser -- can’t-miss prospects who, when they made it to the Majors, did not, in fact, miss. We’re talking about players who were either flying under the radar before reaching the big leagues or who
Current Phillies pitchers have had mojo vs. Soto
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3 recently traded players who could have become Phillies
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