Tales of ballplayers who arrive on United States shores from across Latin America are well documented. A teenage player from a baseball hotbed signs a contract or heads to school and makes his way to the Draft. He journeys to far-flung destinations with the ultimate goal of big league ball

Orelvis Martinez has been hitting homers at a prodigious pace all season. Now, it's led him to the record books.

Baseball’s No. 73 overall prospect crushed his 28th home run of the year to set a new single-season mark for Double-A New Hampshire in a 6-1 win at

Gavin Cross’ final college season came to an end on June 12, meaning the Virginia Tech product had to wait 35 days until he was selected ninth overall in the 2022 MLB Draft. It was another 18 days until his first professional game. With the waiting over, Cross

The last time the Springfield Cardinals had a player hit for the cycle, Matt Koperniak was 13 years old.

Only four days into his Double-A tenure, Christian Encarnacion-Strand is holding himself to a high standard.

“Today, honestly, the focus was just honestly to have a better day than I did yesterday,” Encarnacion-Strand said. “Yesterday, I didn’t have really good day, didn’t have any hits yesterday, so today I

The Tennessee Smokies had to wait nearly nine full years between their last two no-hitters. The wait for their next wasn’t even two months.

Starting pitcher Anderson Espinoza set the tone, and relievers Samuel Reyes, Bryan King and Nicholas Padilla combined to go

On May 1, Matt Russell got off to a good start. Six weeks later, he finished the job.

In a quirk of scheduling, Russell got to pick up his own outing from a weather-suspended game and nearly went the distance -- combining for a wild line in the box

Isaac Bellony punched a single back up the middle in his first at-bat. He instantly knew it would be a good day.

The Baltimore outfield prospect amassed a natural cycle in his first four at-bats, adding a walk and another single late to lead Single-A Delmarva’s big offensive day in a

Ryan McKenna hadn’t put one over the wall through 18 big league games or six back at Triple-A this season. On Wednesday night, he liked being reintroduced to the feeling so much, he did it three times.

McKenna belted his first three homers of the season and drove in

Before most of the country could even finish Mother’s Day brunch, the Double-A Bowie Baysox put themselves in the franchise record book.

Baltimore prospect Garrett Stallings went six stellar innings, and Morgan McSweeney was perfect in the seventh, as the duo combined to no-hit visiting Harrisburg in

Trash Pandas fans should want to get to Toyota Field for Brett Kerry’s starts just based on his early season success. They might get to take part in something sudsier too.

For the second time in his three home starts this year, a foul ball off a Kerry pitch resulted in

“We mark the time with numbers,” Pat Dillon said.

This week's digits add up to something special and unique.

As High-A Everett hosted Spokane on Wednesday night at Funko Field, AquaSox radio voice Dillon was behind the mic for his 2,000th game. That's a milestone for any broadcaster, let alone someone who

The Pacific Coast League’s hallowed name is back, and with it comes an all-new look.

Along with the return of the historic league names across the Minors for 2022, the reborn PCL unveiled a new logo that pays tribute to its nearly 125-year history and the places it calls

Triple-A baseball has counted Norfolk, Virginia, among its ranks since 1969. But the Norfolk team's identity predates that by nearly a decade.

After a six-year absence following the folding of the Piedmont League in 1955, professional baseball returned to Norfolk in 1961 with an entrant into the South Atlantic League. Like

Baseball in Tulsa existed under one name almost exclusively for the first three quarters of the 20th century. Sure, the Tulsa Railroaders (Western Association, 1911), Terriers (Oklahoma State League, 1912) and Producers (Western Association, 1915-17) came and went, but for baseball fans in Tulsa, one name reigned supreme: Oilers.

When Tulsa

Sugar Land’s baseball team is now home on the range and among the stars.

The Astros' Triple-A club will enter its second year in affiliated ball with a new identity -- Sugar Land Space Cowboys -- which team officials unveiled Saturday afternoon at their home of Constellation Field, located some 20

Rachel Balkovec has made history throughout her career. In 2022, she’ll do it again.

Balkovec is set to be named manager of the Tampa Tarpons, the Low-A affiliate of the New York Yankees. The initial report from Lindsey Adler of The Athletic was confirmed by Balkovec late Sunday night. The 34-year-old

The Aberdeen IronBirds are going back to the future.

Entering their 20th season, the High-A IronBirds unveiled a new look for 2022 that takes a page from the franchise’s original identity while creating a fresh image for the next generation of Aberdeen baseball.

“We call him Ace the Jet, and he is

Of all the teams in the Double-A Central, the Midland RockHounds sported the oldest look in 2021. Starting next season, the circuit’s old dogs will have some new tricks.

For the first time in over two decades, the RockHounds will take the field with a fresh set of logos.

“We knew the

Trent Palmer had the kind of night pitchers dream of on Aug. 19 for Low-A Dunedin.

Less than a month later, he had another one.

The right-handed Toronto prospect tossed his second seven-inning no-hitter in four weeks, striking out nine while walking just two as Dunedin <a href="https://www.milb.com/gameday/threshers-vs-blue-jays/2021/09/15/648627#game_state=final,game_tab=,game=648627" target="_blank"

Every week on The Show Before The Show, _the official podcast of Minor League Baseball, MiLB.com’s Josh Jackson explores little known teams from the game’s colorful history in his segment “Ghosts of the Minors.” Periodically, we’ll explore these teams more in-depth here on MiLB.com. Be sure to

No-hitters happen with some frequency in Minor League Baseball. During the last full season in 2019, teams across the game combined for 31 of them, the vast majority going nine innings or even longer. Over the Sacramento River Cats' entire history dating back to 2000, the franchise

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Christian Koss entered Thursday night with six homers for the season. He’ll head into Friday with 50 percent more.

The Boston infield prospect belted three long balls out of the leadoff spot, accounting for all his team’s runs as High-A Greenville blanked visiting Rome, 4-0.

“I think the big

Alex Destino had seven home runs through the season’s first two months. After a monster night on Thursday, he’s got more than that in July alone.

The White Sox outfield prospect posted the first three-homer game of his career as part of a 4-for-5 night with four RBIs as High-A Winston-Salem