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MLB Pipeline gives our organizational Top 30 prospect rankings complete refreshes twice per calendar year (once in spring, once in-season) and provides other live updates as graduations and other transactions necessitate them. In the latter category, two dates in particular are our busiest for Top 30 updates: the Trade Deadline

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.

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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

The Nationals selected the contracts of a pair of top prospects on Tuesday as protection from the 2024 Rule 5 Draft. Outfielder Robert Hassell III (the Nats’ No. 13 prospect, per MLB Pipeline) and right-hander Andry Lara (No. 17) were added to the 40-man roster, which now stands at 38.

With the World Series over and the Arizona Fall League wrapping up, now is a good time to take stock of an exciting year in prospectdom. In October, MLB Pipeline released its updated Top 100 Prospects list, which featured several big changes at the top, but we're going to take

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

Defense is increasingly becoming a young man’s game. From 1957, the year they were first handed out, to 2012, only nine rookies won Rawlings Gold Glove Awards. The same number have captured the game’s top defensive prize since 2013, including six in the past three seasons alone. Red Sox right

There are prospects who can flash the leather, and then there are these guys: the cream of the crop. Now they own some hardware for defensive excellence. Two Top 100 prospects – including baseball's top overall prospect – headlined the nine-player crop of 2024 Minor League Gold Glove Award winners,

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SCOTTSDALE -- For Robert Hassell III, it’s all about confidence. The Nationals’ No. 13 prospect is making the most of his third stint in the Arizona Fall League, launching his second homer in eight games for the Salt River Rafters in a 4-2 win over Scottsdale on Sunday night to

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Robert Hassell III hopes the third time is the charm. It’s right there in his name. The Nationals’ No. 13 prospect is in his third Arizona Fall League campaign this autumn (this time with Salt River), each of which has come after he joined the Washington organization in the 2022

The 32nd season of the Arizona Fall League is a week old, and already, there are top prospects standing out amid the field of, well, top prospects. Here are the top performers from the first week of AFL action:

Each week, MiLB.com profiles an elite prospect by chronicling the steps he's taken toward achieving his Major League dream. Here's a look at fourth-ranked Nationals prospect Jarlin Susana. For more stories about players on The Road to The Show, click here. There are signs that hang in the bullpen at

Before DJ Herz made his Major League debut on June 4 and became a member of the Nationals' starting rotation, he joined the team in Spring Training as a big league hopeful. Take a look back on this Q&A, where we went off the mound to talk his connection to

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WASHINGTON – Right-hander Cade Cavalli entered Spring Training hoping 2024 would be his comeback season from Tommy John surgery. His return will have to wait until ‘25, but he is heading into the offseason feeling healthy and embracing the path to getting back to starting form. “I just feel like

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

WASHINGTON -- The Nationals honored standout performances on Tuesday with the announcement of their 2024 Minor League awards. This year’s recipients were recognized in an on-field ceremony prior to the Nationals’ 1-0 extra-inning loss to the Royals at Nationals Park. While award winners Dylan Crews and Darren Baker prepared for

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- The Nationals' Single-A affiliate has a new entry in its history book. Fredericksburg took home its first Carolina League title since relocating from Potomac in 2020. After rain postponed Game 2 on Tuesday, the FredNats hosted Kannapolis in a seven-inning doubleheader for the championship on Wednesday. After

WASHINGTON -- When shortstop CJ Abrams was scratched from the starting lineup on Friday because of left shoulder soreness, manager Dave Martinez bumped up the batting order and tabbed right fielder Dylan Crews in the leadoff spot. Crews, ranked as the No. 1 prospect by MLB Pipeline, quickly got the

Good pitching can be hard to find -- look at the flurry of activity at the Trade Deadline for evidence -- so clubs that can develop talents on the mound themselves can get a considerable leg up on the competition. Think of where the Phillies would be without homegrown talents