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MLB Pipeline will reveal its 2025 Top 100 Prospects list at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 24, 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.

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For talented amateur ballplayers from across the globe, there is no day on the calendar quite like Jan. 15. Signaling the opening of the international signing period, it’s the day in which years of hard work and perseverance make dreams come true. Most often, it’s the first step on a

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Walking around the complex at Tempe Diablo Stadium for MLB's eighth annual DREAM Series, it’s easy to be drawn into the sounds of baseball permeating the grounds. The pops of catcher’s gloves during bullpen sessions or the shouts when nice plays are made during infield and outfield

The most intriguing free agent of the offseason will wear Dodger Blue to begin his big league career. Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki has agreed to sign with the Dodgers, he announced in a post on Instagram on Friday afternoon. The club has not confirmed the deal.

Once upon a time, second base was not often seen as a position that would provide a ton of offensive impact. Boy, have times changed.

ST. LOUIS -- Admittedly, standout Cardinals left-handed pitcher Quinn Mathews is a bit quirky and quite different from most of his baseball peers. To him, at least, that’s a good thing and something he fully embraces along his journey to Major League Baseball. While most of the prospects around him

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

It's that prospect-ranking time of year again. For the 21st consecutive year, prospect rankings are coming to MLB.com, with 2025's set of lists locked in and ready to be unveiled. By the time we're done, we'll be heading into the 2025 season with an entire new roster of rankings: the

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

The Athletics made waves to kick off the 2025 international signing period, adding to their burgeoning farm system by agreeing to deals with shortstop Ayden Johnson (MLB.com’s No. 12 international prospect) and outfielder Darwing Ozuna (No. 16) to headline their international class. The club also landed two-way Japanese star Shotaro

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The Dodgers have been in the news recently, in case you hadn’t noticed. In October, they won their first full-season World Series title in 36 years. The following month, they signed two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell to a five-year, $182 million contract. Since then, they’ve made other big

CHICAGO -- When the Cubs acquired star outfielder Kyle Tucker last month, they shipped a pair of third basemen -- big leaguer Isaac Paredes and Top 100 prospect Cam Smith -- to the Astros as part of the blockbuster trade. Matt Shaw, ranked by MLB Pipeline as Chicago’s top prospect,

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TEMPE, Ariz. -- During the morning sessions of the 2025 DREAM Series, where 80 top Black and Latino high school players descend upon Tempe Diablo Stadium to participate in a full-scale development experience, an almost perfect metaphor unfolds in the corner of one of the backfields. Away from the boisterous

The 2024 Cy Young Awards were announced in November, and Chris Sale and Tarik Skubal are great. But the next Cy Young Award winner could be on his way. That's because Roki Sasaki, the Monster of the Reiwa, is coming to Major League Baseball after announcing he will be signing

Mike González was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1890. Elected to the Cuban National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955, the catcher became the first Latin-born player in Braves franchise history when he suited up for the club (then located in Boston) in 1912. One hundred and thirteen years later,

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