There is no singular established path to farm system improvement. The best organizations do it internally. They take the players already in the pipeline and help them get the most out of their tools or, in a best-case scenario, improve the tools already in their profiles. That takes a good

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There’s no denying that the 2024 Arizona Fall League season was historic. There was a little bit of everything in the desert, with record books being rewritten during the 32nd year of prospects putting their skills on display. It’s always difficult to gauge just how significant six weeks' worth of

Season No. 32 of the Arizona Fall League is in the books, with the Salt River Rafters beating the Surprise Saguaros, 3-2, in the Championship Game on Saturday. It was another fall full of top prospects and top performances. Below is the 2024 MLB Pipeline All-AFL Team. This is based

DENVER -- In a late-season cameo with Triple-A Albuquerque, MLB Pipeline's No. 83-ranked prospect Zac Veen had a simple goal once he shed the maddening hand injuries -- season-ending left wrist surgery in 2023, and a ruptured flexor tendon in his right thumb this April -- that had wiped out

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 second-ranked Rockies prospect Chase Dollander. For more stories about players on The Road to The Show, click here. Chase Dollander’s candidacy for the best pitching prospect in

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- And just like that, the curtain has fallen on the 2024 Fall League campaign. The Salt River Rafters thwarted the Surprise Saguaros’ attempt at a three-peat in unconventional fashion as the road club in their home park (by virtue of Surprise finishing with the regular season’s best

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

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Defense is increasingly becoming a young man’s game. From 1957, the year they were first handed out, to 2012, only nine rookies won Rawlings Gold Glove Awards. The same number have captured the game’s top defensive prize since 2013, including six in the past three seasons alone. Red Sox right

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Niwot, Colorado, boasts a population just north of 4,000 residents, a figure that has remained largely unchanged since the turn of the century. Named for a 19th-century Arapaho tribal leader, the historic town that sits just off Highway 119 was where Skyler Messinger plied his craft on

Coming out of the University of Kentucky, Ryan Ritter had a reputation as a glove-first shortstop who could really defend at the next level, but there were questions about his impact at the plate after hitting .280/.350/.423 in two seasons with the Wildcats. The Rockies thought there was enough there

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Charlie Blackmon is now one of the best hitters in all of baseball, with a batting title, four All-Star appearances, a pair of Silver Slugger Awards and a career OPS+ of 116 on his resume. But once upon a time, he was coveted for his left arm much more than

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DENVER -- Rockies first-round Draft pick and MLB Pipeline No. 10 prospect Charlie Condon has dealt with high-profile settings. He starred in the Southeastern Conference at Georgia, and in the first few weeks of his pro career was part of High-A Spokane’s club that took the Northwest League Championship Series

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For the first time since 2008, the Spokane Indians took home the Northwest League title after a back-and-forth Championship Series against the 2023 victors, the Vancouver Canadians. After three one-run games, Game 4 followed the same script. Knotted at 1 after nine innings, Vancouver struck first in the top of

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Good pitching can be hard to find -- look at the flurry of activity at the Trade Deadline for evidence -- so clubs that can develop talents on the mound themselves can get a considerable leg up on the competition. Think of where the Phillies would be without homegrown talents

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Last week, we looked at the top farm systems based on infield talent. This week, let’s go from the dirt to the grass. Below is a ranking of the top 10 organizations when it comes to those who patrol the outfield, using a combination of top-end Top 100 talent and

This week on the MLB Pipeline Podcast and in Jonathan Mayo’s inbox, the question came up: Is right-hander Chase Dollander the best pitching prospect in Rockies history? With the way he's pitching, there might not be much time left for the debate to rage on. But no matter where you