Players are eligible if they have not exceeded 130 MLB at-bats, 50 innings pitched or 30 pitching appearances. Service time does not play a role in whether players are eligible for this ranking.
Our first Top 100 Prospect video could only get through the Top 10 Prospects in 45 minutes. So, we’re back for Part II, and now, we’re focused on everything other than the Top 10. In part two ...
The 2025 Top 100 Prospects list is here. Today is one of our favorite days of the year, and a culmination of months of reporting and conversations with evaluators for our annual Prospect Handbook.
In recent years evaluation of prospects has evolved, and with the onset of advanced data, we have more precision in how we measure certain skills and characteristics. Years ago, the idea of ...
On this week’s Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Ben Badler, Geoff Pontes and Scout Braun welcome Orioles prospect Coby Mayo. We also dive into new Dodgers phenom Roki Sasaki’s comparison to Shohei ...
Roki Sasaki is the headliner of the Dodgers’ 2025 international signing class, but the team made history with the signing of another pitcher. The Dodgers signed 17-year-old righthander Joseph ...
We’re thrilled to release the 36th edition of our flagship preseason list. Now, we’d love to talk prospects with you. Baseball America staffers will answer questions in a mailbag-style chat ...
In our latest organizational deep dive, Geoff Pontes and J.J. Cooper take an in-depth look at the St. Louis Cardinals farm system. They look at the team’s farm system, what it’s produced ...
A year ago, I used some of the under-the-hood data we now have on college players to explore fastball quality for top college starters in the 2024 class. It was a fun, and hopefully informative ...
In the first of 30 organizational deep dives, Carlos Collazo and J.J. Cooper take an in-depth look at the Atlanta Braves farm system. They look at what the Braves have produced lately, why they ...
At the end of a mid-January bullpen session, righthander David Sandlin casually pumped a 101 mph four-seam fastball as he concluded his session. Huge velocity is certainly a head-turning aspect ...
During his 14 years as a pro, including four big league stints, Justin Lehr lived many of the different experiences a pitcher can have. His career, however, predated the game’s data revolution ...