Now that the Arizona Fall League has crowned a new champion and MLB's awards season is winding down, the baseball world in the United States is preparing to turn its attention to the Hot Stove. But that doesn't mean baseball isn't being played. There are plenty of exciting and talented

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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

Despite being initially overshadowed by other high-profile Minor League players acquired by the Cardinals at the Trade Deadline in 2023, right-handed closer Matt Svanson has made such a favorable impression with his growth over the past two seasons that he earned a spot on the club’s 40-man roster on Tuesday.

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Here are the top performers from the fourth week of AFL action:

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Late in the 2024 season, Thomas Saggese had an illuminating conversation with Cardinals right-hander and 2021 AL All-Star Andrew Kittredge about the young infielder’s approach at the dish. “He was telling me he has good command, and sometimes to him, that means he can throw strikes when

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With the Cardinals shifting toward a youth movement and restructuring their player development system in 2025, several of the organization’s top prospects are about to become major focal points in the season ahead. Will 2025 be the year when electrifying but oft-injured right-handed pitcher Tink Hence breaks through to the

Here are the top performers from the second week of AFL action:

Matt Svanson wasn’t the biggest-marquee name acquired at the 2023 Trade Deadline, but his move from the Blue Jays’ organization to the Cardinals in a deal that sent infielder Paul DeJong the other way was the most impactful for Double-A Texas League batters who were consistently thwarted from mounting late-game

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The Sugar Land Space Cowboys were crowned Triple-A National Champions on Saturday night, marking the final game of the 2024 Minor League season. While baseball in the Minors is over for the year, prospect-related discourse is far from it. On the latest episode of the MLB Pipeline Podcast, Jim Callis,

The second annual MiLB Awards Show aired on MLB Network on Monday night, with hardware handed out to the best of the best in the Minor Leagues during the 2024 season. If you missed the show, we’ve got you covered. Here is a rundown of the finalists and winners for

Quinn Mathews knows how to make adjustments, both physically and mentally. MLB Pipeline's No. 80 overall prospect made them when the 2022 Draft didn’t go his way as a Stanford junior and he went back for his senior year. And he made them repeatedly in an outstanding first full season

SAN FRANCISCO -- Having already impressed the Cardinals with his baseball smarts and his moxie in big moments, Michael McGreevy elevated how he’s seen within the organization with another heady decision during an eight-inning gem on Sunday afternoon at Oracle Park. Not only did McGreevy repeatedly pounce off the mound

At 9 p.m. ET on Monday, Sept. 30, MLB Network will air the second annual MiLB Awards Show, with host Matt Vasgersian handing out a slew of honors, recognizing some of the best prospects, performances and moments of the 2024 season. The three finalists for MiLB Pitching Prospect of the

DENVER – Years ago, when they were starring together at Single-A Peoria and Double-A Springfield – and even a few times last season when they were paired up again at Triple-A Memphis – shortstop Masyn Winn and outfielder Jordan Walker would openly dream about the days when they would be

As Quinn Mathews puts the finishing touches on an exceptional rookie campaign, he also joined some elite company. MLB's No. 80 overall prospect reached the 200-strikeout plateau with his third punchout and finished with five over six innings for Triple-A Memphis on Thursday night. The Redbirds fell to visiting Durham,

Not even Mother Nature could wash away the Palm Beach Cardinals this season. The Cardinals' Single-A affiliate claimed the Florida State League championship with a 6-4 victory over the Lakeland Flying Tigers on Wednesday at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium. But six batters into the winner-take-all Game 3, the two clubs

TORONTO -- Thomas Saggese can’t say this is just how he pictured it. The truth is he hadn’t pictured it in a while. Everything about Saggese’s first career home run was picture perfect: a no-doubt solo blast to tie the game in the eighth inning. That was after a pair

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JJ Wetherholt turned 22 on Tuesday and celebrated by mashing a home run in his first taste of postseason ball since turning pro. It was the first dinger that the No. 7 overall pick in this year's Draft has ever hit on his birthday, and it set the table for

ST. LOUIS -- Thomas Saggese’s first sign that something might be in the works came when Triple-A Memphis athletic trainer Dan Martin messaged him on Sunday and asked if he had his passport with him. Then, after a few nervous minutes, Memphis manager Ben Johnson called Saggese with word that