We'll unveil MLB Pipeline's 2025 Top 100 Prospects list on Friday, Jan. 24, with a one-hour show broadcast on MLB Network and MLB.com at 7 p.m. ET. Between now and then, we'll release one positional Top 10 Prospects list per weekday.
So now what? Roki Sasaki was the Padres' Plan A this winter. They hoped desperately to woo the ace Japanese right-hander as an anchor of their starting rotation for years to come. They made that much known from the moment he was posted last month.
The San Diego Padres have announced their Player Development and Minor League coaching staffs for the 2025 season.
In the wake of Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki announcing he'll be signing with the Dodgers, the baseball world will anticipate with excitement the arrival of the star right-hander in the Major Leagues. Given what we know about Sasaki's arsenal,
Another year, another pair of impact signings on international signing day for the Cubs. The club has signed shortstops Juan Cabada (MLB Pipeline’s No. 10 international prospect) and Wilfri De La Cruz (No.
The Guardians have a storied history of discovering backstop talent from Venezuela. Look to 1996, when the organization signed a switch-hitting catcher from Ciudad Bolívar, Victor Martinez. After three All-Star seasons and 900 hits with Cleveland,
Manny Machado ranks fourth on MLB Network's Top 10 Third Basemen Right Now list after recording 105 RBIs during the 2024 season
Inside the halls of 25 Main Street, Cooperstown, N.Y., sits the Hall of Fame plaque of Minnie Minoso, the most storied Cuban player to ever suit up for the White Sox. He forever has etched into his hat the club’s interlocking logo.
Julio Rodríguez in 2017. Noelvi Marte in 2018. Lazaro Montes in 2022. Felnin Celesten in 2023. The Mariners are back at it again, having landed a potential aircraft carrier signee on the first day of the international signing period.
For 19 seasons, Dave Concepción dazzled in Cincinnati. The club’s primary shortstop for the majority of his run, he won five Gold Gloves at the premium spot and was named a National League All-Star nine times.
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To say that Nieves Izaguirre is from a baseball family would be an understatement. Philadelphia has signed the 17-year-old Venezuelan shortstop, who is ranked as the No. 44 prospect in the 2025 international class per MLB Pipeline.