Padres Select Graham Pauley
2024/03/padres-to-select-graham-pauley.htmlBaseball America and The Athletic's Keith Law each ranked him 11th among San Diego prospects this winter, praising his advanced offensive ability.
Jackson Chourio To Make Brewers’ Opening Day Roster
2024/03/jackson-chourio-to-make-brewers-opening-day-roster.htmlChourio ranked second or third on Top 100 lists from Baseball America, FanGraphs, ESPN, The Athletic and MLB Pipeline this offseason.
Offseason In Review: Chicago White Sox
2024/03/offseason-in-review-chicago-white-sox-16.htmlComing into the 2023 season, Baseball America rated Fletcher as a 40-grade prospect with a strong glove and a "line-drive swing with average bat speed." Projection systems suggest Fletcher's bat is not currently MLB-caliber, despite his brief success in '23.
Padres To Name Jackson Merrill Opening Day Center Fielder
2024/03/padres-to-name-jackson-merrill-opening-day-center-fielder.htmlProspect evaluators around the game are unanimous in their belief in Merrill's talent, with Baseball America lauding him as a future middle-of-the-order threat who figures to have the power for 30 homers a year while Fangraphs describes him as having "one of the prettiest swings in the minors" with excellent contact abilities.
Cardinals Notes: Gray, Middleton, Center Field
2024/03/cardinals-notes-gray-middleton-center-field.html83 prospect in baseball, according to both Baseball America and FanGraphs.
Offseason In Review: Miami Marlins
2024/03/offseason-in-review-miami-marlins-12.htmlBaseball America currently ranks them 27th out of the 30 teams in the league, FanGraphs 26th, The Athletic 28th while MLB Pipeline and ESPN both have them at 29th.
Padres Acquire Dylan Cease
2024/03/padres-finalizing-deal-for-dylan-cease.htmlBaseball America ranked all three between fifth and ninth in the San Diego system.
Nationals Outright Carter Kieboom
2024/03/nationals-outright-carter-kieboom.htmlBaseball America ranked him #41 in the majors in 2019 and then #15 in 2020.
Padres, White Sox Have Recently Discussed Dylan Cease Trade
2024/03/dylan-cease-trade-rumors-padres-white-sox.htmlEach of MLB.com, ESPN and Baseball America rank the Padres among the sport's top six farm systems, due largely to strong drafting and international scouting, in addition to replenishing some of their lost depth in the trade that sent Soto and Trent Grisham to New York.
Report: Yankees Make New Offer For Dylan Cease
2024/03/yankees-trade-rumors-new-offer-dylan-cease-white-sox-gerrit-cole-injury.htmlCease, the 2022 American League Cy Young runner-up, is earning $8MM this season and is controllable through the 2025 season via arbitration.
Rays Option Junior Caminero
2024/03/rays-option-junior-caminero.htmlBaseball America, FanGraphs, The Athletic's Keith Law and ESPN's Kiley McDaniel all rank him among the sport's five most talented prospects.
Braves Option AJ Smith-Shawver
2024/03/braves-option-aj-smith-shawver.htmlBaseball America ranks him as the game's No.
Emmet Sheehan To Begin Season On Dodgers’ Injured List
2024/03/emmet-sheehan-to-begin-season-on-dodgers-injured-list.htmlSheehan has yet to pitch this spring due to some shoulder discomfort and what Roberts described as general body soreness earlier this week, though Roberts initially indicated a few days ago that Sheehan could be ready for the Dodgers' first game in North America on March 28.
Rangers Claim Jose Barrero Off Waivers From Reds
2024/03/rangers-acquire-jose-barrero.htmlIt wasn't long ago that Barrero was seen as a building block prospect, with Baseball America ranking him as the 33rd-best minor leaguer in the sport prior to the 2022 season.
Giants Notes: Cobb, Hjelle, Black
2024/03/giants-notes-cobb-hjelle-black.htmlBaseball America recently ranked him the #8 prospect in the organization, crediting him with a plus sinker/slider combination and fine…
Nathaniel Lowe Questionable For Opening Day
2024/03/rangers-nathaniel-lowe-oblique-strain-opening-day-injured-list.htmlHernandez ranks 18th among Rays farmhands at Baseball America and isn't in the team's top 30 at MLB.com.
Offseason In Review: Washington Nationals
2024/03/offseason-in-review-washington-nationals-13.htmlHe's a career .239/.302/.369 hitter -- about 23% worse than average, by measure of wRC+, which weights for the hitter-friendly home park in which Senzel has spent his entire career to date (Cincinnati's Great American Ball Park).
Mike Zunino Announces Retirement
2024/03/mike-zunino-announces-retirement.htmlHe secured a $4MM signing bonus and, just a few months later, Baseball America ranked him the #1 Mariners' prospect and the #17 prospect in all of baseball going into 2013.
Red Sox Sign Brayan Bello To Extension
2024/03/red-sox-brayan-bello-in-advanced-talks-on-extension.htmlBaseball America had him in the 15-20 range of their list of the top 30 Red Sox prospects in 2020 and 2021, then vaulted him up to #5 going into 2022.
Pirates’ Trade Talks For Rotation Help Have Slowed
2024/03/pirates-trade-rumors-marlins-pitchers-slowed-down-focused-in-house.html74 on Baseball America's top 100 list) is firmly in the mix.
Luis Medina Diagnosed With Grade 2 MCL Sprain; Freddy Tarnok Shut Down
2024/03/athletics-luis-medina-grade-2-mcl-sprain-knee-injured-list.htmlBaseball America ranked Tarnok 25th among Oakland prospects this season, noting that a lack of durability and sub-par command point more to a future in the bullpen than the rotation ceiling that looked viable earlier in the righty's minor league tenure.
Paul Skenes Won’t Make Pirates’ Opening Day Roster
2024/03/paul-skenes-wont-make-pirates-opening-day-roster.htmlTo combat service time manipulation, the current collective bargaining agreement allows a player to earn a full year of service regardless of when they were called up if they have less than 60 days of MLB service coming into the season, placed on at least two preseason Top 100 prospect lists at Baseball America, ESPN or MLB Pipeline and then finish in the top two in Rookie of the Year balloting.
Cubs Notes: Tauchman, Imanaga, Taillon
2024/03/cubs-notes-tauchman-imanaga-taillon.htmlImanaga will be looking to make the transition from Japan, where pitchers often throw once a week, to the five-day cycle in North America.
NL East Notes: Braves, Lile, McNeil, Garrett, Rogers
2024/03/nl-east-notes-braves-lile-mcneil-garrett-rogers.htmlA second-round pick in the 2021 draft, the 21-year-old Lile missed all of the 2022 season recovering from Tommy John surgery, and is ranked by Baseball America as the 11th-best prospect in Washington's farm system.
White Sox Acquire Bailey Horn From Cubs
2024/02/cubs-trade-bailey-horn-white-sox-matt-thompson.htmlBaseball America ranked him 28th among Cubs farmhands this season, touting a fastball that sits 94-96 mph and a pair of potentially above-average breaking balls (a plus slider and a solid curveball).