Entering spring training, Jonah Tong knew he was ready to take a step forward. After working over the offseason to add velocity and improve the quality of his changeup, Tong was about to unleash a ...

Welcome to our offseason scouting series for the 2026 draft class. In this series we’ll examine some of the top players in the class and get into the weeds with video, data and reporting as we prepare ...

On this week’s Hot Sheet Show, J.J. Cooper, Geoff Pontes and and Scott Braun are joined by a very special guest: 2025 Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year Konnor Griffin. We talk to the ...

MLB will implement the ABS challenge system full-time beginning in 2026, the league announced. Here’s everything to know. After a breakout season in which he led the minors with 179 strikeouts and ...

Josue De Paula and Zyhir Hope played side by side at High-A Great Lakes and went to the Futures Game together. Mike Sirota put up a 1.068 OPS in 59 games at a pair of Class A stops but missed more ...

Henry Bolte grew up in Northern California rooting for the Athletics, so it was meaningful to the Palo Alto High product when his hometown team drafted him in the second round in 2022. Bolte’s ...

Outfielder Raudi Rodriguez had little fanfare on Opening Day. He was a 19th-round prep pick in 2023 who signed for $100,000 and was sharing playing time to start the season with Low-A Inland Empire.

It did not take much time for shortstop JJ Wetherholt to make an impression on the major league staff, and that was before he even took a swing. “You notice it pretty quickly into any conversation you ...

Brody Hopkins played both ways as a college junior, but his professional position has been pitcher ever since the Mariners drafted him in the sixth round in 2023. The righthander shined at Low-A for ...

Lazaro Montes had something to prove coming into this season. Could he continue to rocket through the Mariners’ minor league system after a breakout 2024, where he hit 21 homers with 105 RBIs in 117 ...

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For the Baseball America Prospect Handbook, BA authors speak to hundreds of scouts over the course of the year to report on prospects and write the scouting reports enclosed. While none of the authors ...