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Roster protection deadline: Owen Caissie, Tink Hence, Zac Veen and other notable additions
1 month ago

Roster protection deadline: Owen Caissie, Tink Hence, Zac Veen and other notable additions

New York Times  

Tuesday was the deadline for teams to add Rule 5 draft-eligible prospects to the 40-man roster to protect them from being selected in that process, which will take place during the Winter Meetings in Dallas next month. Garcia, 21, had a huge season, hitting.286/.356/.536 with 23 home runs while moving from Low A to Double A. Dobbins, 25, was the …

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Arizona Fall League season in review: How Josue Briceño, Andrew Painter and others fared
1 month ago

Arizona Fall League season in review: How Josue Briceño, Andrew Painter and others fared

New York Times  

Five weeks ago, the Arizona Fall League kicked off and we previewed the prospect showcase by highlighting at least one player to watch from each organization. Other notable performer: Eriq Swan, RHP Although Swan’s ERA was 5.19 in 8 2/3 innings, he was considered one of the breakout stars on the pitching side this fall. Other notable performer: Landon Harper, …

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‘Feel like myself.’ How embattled Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler is salvaging his season
3 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Feel like myself.’ How embattled Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler is salvaging his season

LA Times  

Three weeks ago, Mark Prior decided it was time to rip the Band-Aid off. “It’s just crazy,” Buehler said, “how little things can click and make such a big difference.” If Buehler has looked like a different pitcher since then, giving up four earned runs while striking out 10 batters in his last two starts, it’s because he’s felt like …

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Inside the Yankees’ scouting and development of Luis Gil
7 months ago

Inside the Yankees’ scouting and development of Luis Gil

New York Times  

NEW YORK — Travis Chapman, now the New York Yankees’ first-base coach, wrote two separate scouting reports on only one opposing player when he managed the organization’s 2017 Dominican Summer League team: then-Minnesota Twins pitching prospect Luis Gil. “We had pretty good players on that team,” Chapman said, “And the way they were taking swings on his fastball was totally …

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Inside young Clayton Kershaw’s fight to save his career and learn a unique pitch
7 months, 1 week ago

Inside young Clayton Kershaw’s fight to save his career and learn a unique pitch

LA Times  

On a May 2009 afternoon in Philadelphia, seven weeks after he turned 21, Clayton Kershaw walked into the visiting manager’s office at Citizens Bank Park. “I’ve always thrown my curveball one way,” Kershaw said. “You’re going to be a reliever.” After meeting with Torre, Honeycutt, and Mattingly after several weeks of getting pounded, Kershaw understood the stakes. “The slider’s going …

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Tyler Glasnow adds SoCal cool to Dodgers. Will he help his hometown team win a title?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Tyler Glasnow adds SoCal cool to Dodgers. Will he help his hometown team win a title?

LA Times  

There is a certain “it” factor that many professional athletes, movie stars and musicians possess, qualities that fuel their celebrity and attract legions of fans but are often hard to define. “I love him — he’s an awesome dude,” said new Angels reliever Robert Stephenson, a teammate of Glasnow’s with the Rays last season. “I think he wants to make …

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Mets notes: Tough call in bullpen, Tylor Megill makes rotation, Christian Scott impresses
9 months ago

Mets notes: Tough call in bullpen, Tylor Megill makes rotation, Christian Scott impresses

New York Times  

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Many teams need to make hard decisions soon regarding a final reliever spot or two, but the New York Mets’ bullpen situation appears extra compelling. Given the Mets’ expectations — making the playoffs qualifies as a good season, team officials have said — might it be better to go with the pitcher with the most …

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Houston Astros 2024 top 20 prospects: Jacob Melton, Luis Baez lead the way
10 months, 1 week ago

Houston Astros 2024 top 20 prospects: Jacob Melton, Luis Baez lead the way

New York Times  

The Astros’ system remains at a low point thanks to the trade for Justin Verlander, draft positions at the end of the first round or later every year, and some injuries to a few promising names. 1 Astros 2024 top 20 prospects Height: 6-3 | Weight: 210 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Seasonal age in 2024: 23 The …

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Top 40 MLB free agents for 2023-24: Contract predictions, team fits for Ohtani, Yamamoto, more
1 year, 1 month ago

Top 40 MLB free agents for 2023-24: Contract predictions, team fits for Ohtani, Yamamoto, more

New York Times  

Read Jim Bowden’s look at the Top 100 MLB free agents for 2025. Josh Hader, LHP Age: 29 HT: 5-11 WT: 180 2023 : 2.4 WAR Career: 11.7 WAR Agent: CAA Sports 2023 salary: $14.1 million One of the game’s most dominant closers, Josh Hader put together a strong free-agent walk year, recording a 1.28 ERA and 33 saves with …

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Guardians ace Shane Bieber keeps reinventing himself as a pitcher
1 year, 6 months ago

Guardians ace Shane Bieber keeps reinventing himself as a pitcher

New York Times  

Three starts ago, Shane Bieber allowed 12 hits to the White Sox, the most he has ever surrendered in a major-league outing. Bieber’s annual strikeout rate 2018: 24.3 percent 2019: 30.2 percent 2020: 41.1 percent 2021: 33.1 percent 2022: 25.0 percent 2023: 16.8 percent Strikeouts aren’t everything. Bieber's pitch usage by year Year Fastball Slider Curveball Cutter 2018 57.4 22.7 …

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Tylor Megill, David Peterson provide Mets with capable depth options
1 year, 8 months ago

Tylor Megill, David Peterson provide Mets with capable depth options

New York Times  

MIAMI — Near the mound, Tylor Megill repeatedly slapped the back of his glove in appreciation. Before Lindor’s impressive defense, manager Buck Showalter stood near the steps of the Mets dugout, contemplating removing Megill from the game with his club clinging to a two-run lead. The Marlins drove Megill’s pitch count over 90 in the fifth inning and posed a …

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Astros top 20 prospects 2023: Keith Law ranks Houston’s minor league farm system
1 year, 10 months ago

Astros top 20 prospects 2023: Keith Law ranks Houston’s minor league farm system

New York Times  

This system is badly depleted from years of trades and lost draft picks — they didn’t have a first-round pick in 2020 or 2021, or a second-round pick in the latter year. Pedro Leon, OF/2B Age: 25 | 5-10 | 170 pounds Bats: Right | Throws: Right International signing in 2021 Leon is probably the best pure athlete in the …

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Minnesota Twins top 40 prospects for 2023, led by Brooks Lee and Royce Lewis
1 year, 11 months ago

Minnesota Twins top 40 prospects for 2023, led by Brooks Lee and Royce Lewis

New York Times  

This is a dramatically different Twins farm system than it was 12 months ago, as 11 of last year’s top 25 prospects — including five of the top 10 — are either no longer prospect eligible or no longer in the organization. David Festa, SP Born: 2000 | Throws: Right | Acquired: 2021 draft David Festa had a solid college …

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St. Louis Cardinals prospect rankings: Listing the top 10 minor-leaguers in the system
3 years ago

St. Louis Cardinals prospect rankings: Listing the top 10 minor-leaguers in the system

New York Times  

It was an encouraging year for the top prospects in the Cardinals’ farm system. Nolan Gorman Age: 21 Position: 2B/3B Draft year: 2018, Round 1 Expected to debut: 2022 A breakout season across two levels, combined with a nearly seamless position change from third base to second base, brings much optimism and excitement for Gorman’s future with the Cardinals. Matthew …

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How Craig Kimbrel’s fixes work into his unique plan of attack for the White Sox
3 years, 3 months ago

How Craig Kimbrel’s fixes work into his unique plan of attack for the White Sox

New York Times  

OAKLAND, Calif. — Staying behind the ball and not getting rotational are both standard pitching fixes, especially in today’s slightly abating age of seemingly everyone touting a hard four-seam fastball that they want to ride at the top of the zone. “I’m still trying to get on top of the ball, everybody is,” Craig Kimbrel said. It’s just everyone gets …

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Top 50 MLB prospects: Jim Bowden ranks the game’s best in tiers, from future MVPs to everyday guys
3 years, 3 months ago

Top 50 MLB prospects: Jim Bowden ranks the game’s best in tiers, from future MVPs to everyday guys

New York Times  

From Spencer Torkelson of the Tigers to Jordan Groshans of the Blue Jays, here is my annual top 50 MLB prospects list — at long last. Robert Hassell III, OF, San Diego Padres Age: 20 Bats: L Throws: L Height: 6-2 Weight: 195 Scouting Grades: HIT: 60 PWR: 50 RUN: 55 ARM: 55 FLD: 55 Hassell can flat-out hit as …

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Giants minor-league notebook: Matt Frisbee dominating for Richmond; Caleb Kilian nearly perfect for Eugene
3 years, 7 months ago

Giants minor-league notebook: Matt Frisbee dominating for Richmond; Caleb Kilian nearly perfect for Eugene

New York Times  

It would have been easy for Matt Frisbee to grow complacent in 2020 when he returned home to North Carolina after the cancellation of the minor-league season. In seven innings, he’s allowed just one run on five hits and two walks while striking out 12. Notable transactions: The River Cats’ pitching staff has had plenty of changes of late. In …

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Atlanta’s 2021 prospect rankings: Keith Law on the team’s top 20
3 years, 10 months ago

Atlanta’s 2021 prospect rankings: Keith Law on the team’s top 20

New York Times  

Atlanta’s pipeline of talent is finally starting to slow, thanks in no small part to the penalties that have kept them out of the international free-agent market for the last several cycles. Tucker Davidson, LHP Davidson has the highest floor of Atlanta’s cadre of pitching prospects after Anderson, as he throws strikes with a four-pitch mix, although he doesn’t really …

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Rangers 2021 prospect rankings: Keith Law on Texas’ top 20
3 years, 10 months ago

Rangers 2021 prospect rankings: Keith Law on Texas’ top 20

New York Times  

Although the Rangers don’t have many top-end, high-ceiling prospects, landing just one guy on my top 100 and another on my list of dozen guys who just missed, they have substantial depth in their low minors in pitching, middle infielders and corner bats, enough that a year of health and actual games for development could see the whole system improve …

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Top 100 MLB prospects for 2021: Keith Law’s rankings are here, with Wander Franco at No. 1
3 years, 10 months ago

Top 100 MLB prospects for 2021: Keith Law’s rankings are here, with Wander Franco at No. 1

New York Times  

Welcome to this year’s ranking of the top 100 prospects in baseball. CJ Abrams, SS, San Diego, Age: 20 Abrams, the sixth overall pick in the 2019 draft out of a Georgia high school, rose significantly in the industry’s eyes after his strong pro debut that year, and reports from this past summer and fall have been even more glowing …

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Who will assume the role of Reds closer?
4 years ago

Who will assume the role of Reds closer?

New York Times  

Reds manager David Bell was asked last week about the departure of closer Raisel Iglesias and didn’t come out and say he had a new closer — or a closer at all. I’m just going to go and take it.” Barring an addition of an experienced closer — something that seems unlikely considering the team has already traded away Iglesias …

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White Sox instructional league: Progress for Andrew Vaughn, Jake Burger and more
4 years, 1 month ago

White Sox instructional league: Progress for Andrew Vaughn, Jake Burger and more

New York Times  

It’s a weird time for the White Sox to say the least, but minor league player development is doing its best to maintain normalcy. “You’re concerned how players are going to show up, what are they going to look like, but I was pleasantly surprised,” player development director Chris Getz said in a phone call with The Athletic. “This is …

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