Konnor Griffin got off to a quick start at Single-A Bradenton last year and was promoted to High-A on June 10. The way things are going for fellow first-rounder Seth Hernandez, he might be on an even faster timeline.

The No. 2 Pirates prospect tossed <a href="https://www.milb.com/gameday/marauders-vs-tarpons/2026/04/17/820292/live?affiliateId=mlbcom-milb"

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – In a game deemed the MLB Pipeline Prospect Showcase, Justin Crawford (PHI No. 3/MLB No. 45) certainly put his best foot forward, acting as the ideal leadoff man one step away from the Majors in the Phillies system.

Crawford reached in all four of

WILMINGTON, Del. -- Travis Sykora has heard the comps plenty, and honestly, you could do a lot worse if you tried to build a Nolan Ryan clone in a lab.

It isn’t perfect, of course. The 6-foot-6 Sykora has 4 inches on the 6-foot-2 Ryan. The Hall of Famer also has

Power wins games. As MLB Network insider Tom Verducci has noted, the last six World Series champions have ranked first, third, fourth, third, third and second in regular-season home runs.

When a pitcher throws 103 mph, you’re likely to shoot up in your chair. Even in this era of elevated velocity, that isn’t a reading you see very often, especially in the Minor Leagues. Only 15 Major Leaguers have touched such a number in the Statcast era (since 2015), and

MLB Pipeline will reveal its 2026 Top 100 Prospects list at 8 p.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 23, with a one-hour show on MLB Network and MLB.com. Leading up to the release of the Top 100, we'll examine baseball's top 10 prospects at each position.

Rerank season is right around the corner.

The playoff races and the Trade Deadline are heating up, and so are several position prospects. Yankees outfielder Spencer Jones has been the hottest hitter in the Minors over the past month, slashing .427/.477/.987 with 12 homers in 18 Triple-A games entering Wednesday. That performance could get him promoted to

Since the Arizona Fall League started in 1992, it has sent more than 3,000 players to the big leagues, including Hall of Famers Roy Halladay, Todd Helton, Derek Jeter and Mike Piazza. The developmental circuit, which begins its 33rd season on Oct. 6, also has produced current stars such as

NORTH PORT, Fla. -- Drake Baldwin acts like a north star in North Port.

The Braves’ farm system is notably pitching-heavy, especially at the top. Ten of Atlanta’s top 13 prospects in MLB Pipeline’s rankings are hurlers. But the prospect story of the spring has been one of the

The 2025 No. 1 overall pick is headed to full-season club No. 1.

The Nationals are promoting Eli Willits to Single-A Fredericksburg, a source told MLB.com on Wednesday. The 17-year-old shortstop is expected to make his Minor League debut Thursday against Fayetteville. The team has not confirmed the news, which was

The 2025 Draft saw 615 picks made across 20 rounds over just two days earlier this week.

As we at MLB Pipeline have taken some time to let the dust settle, some picks continue to stand out more than others. It could be that an organization got the best possible talent

It's all but impossible to reach the postseason, let alone win a World Series, without identifying and signing future stars via the Draft.

This year's Draft begins Sunday in Atlanta, with the Nationals holding the No. 1 overall pick. That makes this a great time to review each team's biggest Draft

When you’re in the prospect business, predicting is a big part of the gig. Ranking the top prospects, after all, is all about projecting who we think will be the best big leaguers in the future.

We're always looking ahead here at MLB Pipeline, and we're gazing even further into the future with this projection of who will rank as each organization's No. 1 prospect on Opening Day 2027.

A lot has changed since we undertook this exercise at the beginning of February: differing degrees

Now that the Minor League season has concluded, MLB Pipeline is announcing its choices for each system's hitting and pitching prospects of the year.

Pirates outfielder Konnor Griffin and Mets right-hander Jonah Tong headline our selections. Griffin, who ranks No. 1 on our Top 100 Prospects list and won [the Minor

We’ve gotten a taste of Major League callups in recent days, and as always, we’d like some more.

Late August can be a prime time for prospect promotions as it becomes guaranteed that prospects won’t exceed 45 days of service time this season, thus preserving their rookie status for another year.

With the Minor League season in the rearview mirror and a new year on the horizon, we took a look at how some of the top prospects performed in 2025.

SARASOTA, Fla. – The Orioles have developed their franchise cornerstone catcher in Adley Rutschman. They’ve developed a top-two shortstop in baseball in Gunnar Henderson and a former No. 1 overall prospect at second base in Jackson Holliday. They’re developing big boppers Samuel Basallo (BAL No. 1/MLB

While much of the baseball world turns its focus to the Major League postseason this week, those who follow the land of prospects closely are in a quieter period between the end of the Minor League season and the start of the Arizona Fall League.

That makes it a good time

It’s been a long summer. With each level of the Minor Leagues only weeks away from the end of its regular season, pitchers may be losing steam as they close in on innings limits or face general late-year fatigue.

Not these guys.

It’s moving season across the Minor Leagues.

The 11 full-season circuits are coming up on the end of their first halves, and after two-plus months of the season, organizations are looking for new challenges for their top talents. We’ve already seen Top 100 prospects Noah Schultz, Thomas White and

Every Minor League season features its share of pleasant developments.

Dodgers outfielder Mike Sirota is topping the Minors in slugging (.745) and OPS (1.214) in his pro debut. Royals outfielder Asbel Gonzalez is challenging for the Minor League lead in steals (35 in 37 games) in his first extended taste of

Mark your calendars. Spring Breakout is back.

The official dates and times of this year’s Spring Training prospect showcase were announced by Major League Baseball on Thursday. The Red Sox and Rays will begin this year’s edition on Thursday, March 13, in Port Charlotte, Fla., and the Reds and Brewers will

To this day, the No. 2 overall prospect in baseball, Kevin McGonigle thinks his best hitting coach was his first.

“It was always just me and my dad going to the local field and just working on some things,” he said on the MLB Pipeline Podcast. “I