GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The Arizona Fall League playoffs started a day early on Thursday, with the matchup between the Scottsdale Scorpions and Glendale Desert Dogs at Camelback Ranch serving as a de facto play-in game to Friday’s semifinal contest. Riding back-to-back homers from Adrian Pinto (Blue Jays) and Jacob Reimer

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The Arizona Fall League has been host to a who’s who of baseball royalty that cut their teeth in pro ball early in their careers -- future Rookies of the Year and Most Valuable Players Bryce Harper, Mike Trout and Ronald Acuña Jr., to name a few.

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

Rich Hill, the ageless wonder, started the game on the mound. Forty-four years old and coaching his son's Little League team just a few short months ago, Hill was called upon to face rival Mexico in a must-win game if the United States wanted to advance to Tokyo for the

Mets No. 2 prospect Jett Williams sprained his right ankle in the Arizona Fall League regular-season finale on Thursday, but he appears to have avoided a major injury. Although there’s been no word on the severity of Williams’ ankle sprain, Mets officials are optimistic it won’t have a significant impact

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For all 30 Major League teams, some of the biggest decisions of the offseason must be made by the Nov. 19 deadline for setting their 40-man rosters. Any player who is eligible for the Rule 5 Draft and not added to his organization’s roster by Tuesday at 6 p.m. ET

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- When the Arizona Fall League season got underway on Oct. 7, it offered participants a chance to hit reset on their Minor League statistics. For Evan Justice, that was a welcome reprieve on a year where not much went right on the hill. But nearly everything went

PITTSBURGH -- Paul Skenes turned in a historic rookie performance in 2024, setting a franchise record for strikeouts by a rookie and finishing with an ERA that no rookie since the Dead Ball Era has boasted. The league -- and its fans -- took notice, and Skenes was named to

Roki Sasaki burst onto the scene in Japan as a 19-year-old in 2021, posting a 1.84 ERA over 16 starts. He bounded onto the world stage when he joined a star-studded Japanese rotation that included Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto in the 2023 World Baseball Classic. Now it looks like

Tune into the Arizona Fall League and the Dominican Winter League (LIDOM) to watch some of baseball's brightest young stars. You can see MLB's top prospects in action, with AFL matchups streaming for free on both MLB.com (here and on the AFL site) and MLB.TV. LIDOM games are included as

MESA, Ariz. -- Three years into his Major League career, Bobby Witt Jr. has already had 2,035 regular-season plate appearances. That’s a lot of chances to make an impression. But when it comes to your wedding, you only get one chance to hit it out of the park.

Just 22 years old and Travis Bazzana already has a lifetime's worth of accomplishments: He was the MVP of the Cape Cod League in 2023 and was named the Pac-12 Player of the Year for his performance with Oregon State last year. He was the No. 1 overall pick in

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

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SURPRISE, Ariz. – Mission accomplished. Andrew Painter arrived in the Arizona Fall League six weeks ago, having not pitched in game action since he sprained his elbow during a Spring Training appearance on March 1, 2023. He tried to rehab the injury before having Tommy John surgery that July, and

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. --Nick Kurtz's bat got him selected by the A’s fourth overall this year, and his bat has the first baseman ranked No. 45 overall by MLB Pipeline. Where will he land on the other side of the ball? Well, at the very least, he's broadened his horizons in

We're in the Arizona Fall League homestretch and the MLB Pipeline Podcast crew has you covered. Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff break down last weekend's AFL festivities from the Home Run Derby to the Fall Stars Game, looking at top performers before hearing from one directly as Callis

We rarely see a player enter the Major Leagues and immediately establish himself as one of the very best hitters at his position. But it happened in 2024 with Padres rookie outfielder Jackson Merrill, who received a Silver Slugger Award on Tuesday night. Only 16 rookies have earned a Silver

PEORIA, Ariz. – When the Braves selected Adam Maier in the seventh round of the 2022 Draft out of the University of Oregon, they handed a hurler with just 34 2/3 collegiate innings under his belt a massive overslot amount of $1.2 million to forego his remaining eligibility and begin

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