Who will sign Sasaki? 2 division rivals appear to have big edge
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
Caleb Durbin highlights
Yanks get pitching prospect, int'l pool money from Red Sox for Narvaez
DALLAS -- The Yankees concluded an eventful Winter Meetings by reaching a trade with the Red Sox on Wednesday, acquiring Minor League right-hander Elmer Rodriguez-Cruz and international signing bonus pool money in exchange for catcher Carlos Narvaez. It is the second consecutive Winter Meetings to feature a trade between the
Here's an early look at the top 2025 Rookie of the Year candidates
With Paul Skenes and Luis Gil taking home their leagues' respective 2024 Rookie of the Year Awards, it's time to turn our attention to 2025.
8 stats to remember from the 2024 Arizona Fall League
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
Here's the 2024 All-Arizona Fall League Team
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
8 prospects who stood out in the AFL Championship Game
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
Here are the 2024 Fall League award winners
For six more weeks again this year, some of the best prospects in baseball shined in the Arizona Fall League, the game’s most elite prospect circuit. Now it’s time to give out some hardware. The Fall League annually awards the Joe Black MVP Award to its top performer, and since
Pipeline Inbox: Where would Ethan Holliday rank today? More prospect projections
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
Running circles around AFL, Durbin sets all kinds of stolen-base records
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Caleb Durbin made a valiant run at the Arizona Fall League’s single-season stolen base record last year, only to come up three short with 21. He wouldn’t be denied in his return. The Yankees sent Durbin back to the AFL this year to get more at-bats after
These Fall League prospects are vying for 40-man spots
Call it a last-chance saloon in the middle of the desert. The Arizona Fall League provides more than just an opportunity to see some of the game’s top prospects in one spot. It’s also the final place certain Minor Leaguers can prove they are deserving of a 40-man roster spot
Arizona Fall League Week 5 top performers
Here are the top performers from the fifth week of AFL action:
Yanks prospect Martin wins Fall League Home Run Derby
MESA, Ariz. -- Home run prowess from slugging outfielders has become commonplace for Yankees fans at the big league level over the past few seasons. Prospect Garrett Martin etched out his own homer lore with a scintillating final round that earned him 2024 Arizona Fall League Home Run Derby winner
Yankees prospect trying to swipe his way to 40-man spot
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The Arizona Fall League has never seen a base stealer like Caleb Durbin. The Yankees prospect added another notch to his stolen-base prowess during Salt River's 8-3 win over Mesa at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick on Saturday afternoon. By virtue of three stolen bases, Durbin
Here are the Arizona Fall League's top Statcast performers
This fall, for the first time, the majority of Arizona Fall League stadiums are outfitted with Statcast technology. That enables us to peek under the hood and get a better sense of how some of the game’s best prospects are performing on the annual elite prospect circuit. With that in
Durbin, Acuna earn AFL Week 3 honors
Week 3 of the Arizona Fall League featured another spate of strong performances from some of baseball’s best prospects. These two stood out from the rest. Salt River infielder Caleb Durbin (Yankees) sprinted his way to AFL Hitter of the Week honors and Glendale right-hander Jose Acuna (Reds) used an
How the World Series teams were built
Before this year, the Dodgers last made the World Series in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, when they vanquished the Rays in six games. Los Angeles stood out with more homegrown talent than any of the postseason clubs that fall, including stars such as Cody Bellinger, Clayton Kershaw and Corey Seager.
Dodgers-Yankees: Who would win an all-prospect World Series?
Who would win a Dodgers-Yankees World Series ... all-prospect version? This week on the MLB Pipeline Podcast, prospect gurus Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo (along with host Jason Ratliff) chewed on that hypothetical courtesy of longtime listener and mailbag contributor "Blah Blah."
As Yankees' bullpen flourishes, is their next dominant reliever currently in the AFL?
The Yankees are headed to the World Series for the first time since 2009, and the bullpen is a big reason why. Luke Weaver’s emergence as closer has been one of the stories of the postseason. Chase Holmes has settled in nicely in a new role and 34-year-old Tim Hill
Watch out for these 10 rookies in the postseason
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
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
Judge hits 57th as Domínguez deals with learning curve
NEW YORK -- Jasson Domínguez ranged toward the left-field line in the top of the first inning, tracking Colton Cowser’s slicing bases-loaded drive. A moment too late, the Yankees' top prospect realized he had miscalculated, lunging in vain as the ball fell behind him for a two-run single. That misplay,
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The Martian is back! Yanks call up top prospect Domínguez
NEW YORK -- The Martian has landed back in the Bronx. Jasson Domínguez returned to the Yankees on Monday, in the thick of the playoff race. The Bronx Bombers called up the 21-year-old outfielder -- their No. 1 prospect and the No. 16 prospect in baseball -- before their series
No. 6 prospect Hampton keeps big picture in perspective
This story was excerpted from Bryan Hoch’s Yankees Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. NEW YORK -- Chase Hampton’s introduction to Major League camp this spring came with a hearty helping of barrel-chested swagger, as the hard-throwing right-hander