Michael Avallone
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Pelicans deliver their second no-no in 10 months
As Hall of Famer Yogi Berra once said, it was "déjà vu all over again." For the second time in less than a year, Single-A Myrtle Beach tossed a no-hitter. And for good measure, it came against the same opponent. Three Cubs prospects combined on the franchise's third no-no with → Read More
Priester, Rodriguez pack a punch for Pirates
Each offseason, MiLB.com goes position by position across each organization and honors the players -- regardless of age or prospect status -- who had the best seasons in each farm system. Next up in our 2022 Organization All-Stars series are the Pittsburgh Pirates. → Read More
Complex League award winners and All-Stars
Minor League Baseball revealed its end-of-season award winners and All-Stars for each of the Rookie-level Complex Leagues. While the Arizona Complex League, Dominican Summer League and Florida Complex League are all of the short-season variety, their value to a player's development is no less important. In the ACL, Milwaukee's Jace → Read More
Outman gives new meaning to 'bi-cycle'
Triple-A Oklahoma City won't go another 11 years between cycles. In fact, it didn't even go one week. James Outman saw to that ... again. In a season that is shaping up to be magical, the No. 13 Dodgers prospect hit for the cycle for the second time in four → Read More
Stowers, Gorski, Nootbaar tally trifecta of trifectas
With hockey playoffs in full swing, it's only appropriate baseball put together its own version of a hat trick. Or more appropriately, a hat trick of a hat trick. Kyle Stowers, Matt Gorski and Lars Nootbaar all homered three times Sunday, turning their respective contests into their own personal home → Read More
Cardinals of the future ready to take flight
Each offseason, MiLB.com goes position by position across each system and honors the players -- regardless of age or prospect status -- who had the best seasons in their organization. Click here to locate your favorite club. → Read More
Busch, Pages take center stage in Dodgers system
Each offseason, MiLB.com goes position by position across each system and honors the players -- regardless of age or prospect status -- who had the best seasons in their organization. Click here to locate your favorite club. → Read More
Baz twirls five perfect frames
An uneven first month of the season now behind him, Shane Baz appears to have found his groove. MLB's No. 76 overall prospect struck out six over five perfect innings to lead Double-A Montgomery past visiting Birmingham, 4-2, on Wednesday night. Baz earned his second consecutive victory after losing all → Read More
Langeliers homers three times in 4-hit night
A slow start has become something different for Shea Langeliers. Much different. MLB's No. 59 overall prospect homered three times and equaled his career high with four hits to power Double-A Mississippi past Pensacola, 9-4, on Wednesday night. It was Langeliers' second multi-homer performance of the season and his fourth → Read More
HR trifecta, 7 RBIs for rehabbing Jackson
If there was any question of Alex Jackson's health, he let his bat answer for him. Emphatically. On rehab assignment after injuring his left hamstring earlier this month, Atlanta's young backstop erupted for three homers and seven RBIs to lead Triple-A Gwinnett past visiting Memphis, 14-2, Thursday night. → Read More
Baddoo, Garcia light it up in Lone Star State
The stars of today and of tomorrow morphed into one Monday night at Minute Maid Park. Detroit's Akil Baddoo continued what has been as surreal start to his Major League career while Houston's Luis Garcia provided further evidence he's ready for prime time. Playing in his seventh big league game, → Read More
Rays' Arozarena a hit in postseason play
Randy Arozarena might have been a relative unknown to Tampa fans even a month ago. That's not the case anymore. The No. 19 Rays prospect homered, singled twice and scored two runs, but it wasn't enough to overcome the four Yankee home runs that propelled the Bronx Bombers to a → Read More
Murphy rewriting report card for Athletics
Sean Murphy entered Monday night on the verge of losing his status as a prospect. He made sure to celebrate that graduation in style. The now-former top A's prospect homered for a second straight game, singled and drove in a season-high three runs to help down the Astros, 6-0, at → Read More
Youth is served with Garcia's home run
With apologies to actor Bernie Mac of "Mr. 3000" fame, Luis Garcia has first dibs on "Mr. 2000." The No. 2 Nationals prospect slugged his first Major League homer in his first at-bat of Monday's 7-6 loss to the Braves at Truist Park. Garcia's two-run blast off right-hander Touki Toussaint → Read More
Romano sharp as Majors return to Buffalo
The wait was well worth it. Hosting a Major League game for the first time in 105 years, Triple-A Buffalo’s Sahlen Field experienced a little bit of everything Tuesday night. With a number of former Bisons competing in their former home, the Blue Jays bounced back from a late Marlins → Read More
Robert celebrates his birthday in style
A seemingly never-ending flow of young talent continues to infiltrate the White Sox lineup. Luis Robert is among them, although his early results seem more reminiscent of a perennial All-Star. Chicago’s top prospect celebrated turning 23 by reaching base three times, scoring twice and stealing two bases in Monday night's → Read More
Waful left lasting impression in Central New York
It was a life well lived and one that touched tens of thousands in the Syracuse area. When Don Waful died last September at the age of 103, he left a legacy of charity, friendship and charm that will far supersede his century on this Earth. Born in Newark, New → Read More
Cream of the crop opening 2020 in the Majors
The kids are all grown up. Some of the best and brightest prospects baseball has to offer will find their way onto Major League rosters for the opening of the 2020 season. In a sport in which players are conditioned to pace themselves for a six-month marathon, the 60-game schedule → Read More
Bees create a buzz in Corpus Christi
There was a definite buzz on Sunday night at Whataburger Field, but it was anything but sweet. In fact, the sting was such that it caused an 85-minute delay in the game between Double-A Corpus Christi and Northwest Arkansas. Who knew bees were such baseball fans? → Read More
Prospects in the Mariners' 2020 player pool
As part of the new rules for the 2020 Major League season, each of the 30 organizations will maintain a 60-man player pool for the duration of the campaign. Some members of the player pool will feature on the active Major League roster while others will work out at an → Read More