Sam Dykstra
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Flexing: Each team's top power-hitting prospect
Last week, we covered the best pure-hitting prospect in each system, noting that it’s almost impossible to be a Major League regular if you can’t hit. Do you know what’s another way to put yourself over the top? Hit the ball hard. Power can make a .250 hitter into a → Read More
These clubs have the most Top 100 prospects
MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 preseason prospect ranking \-\- now in its 20th edition after it began as a Top 50 in 2004 -- is meant to be a series of individual assessments. We evaluate each player for who they’ve been, who they are and who they could be as Major → Read More
Here are the Top 10 SS prospects for 2023
MLB Pipeline will reveal its 2023 Top 100 Prospects list at 7 p.m. ET on Thursday, Jan. 26, with a one-hour show on MLB Network and MLB.com. Leading up to the release of the Top 100, we'll examine baseball's top 10 prospects at each position. Every year, the shortstop position → Read More
Here are the Top 10 1B prospects for 2023
MLB Pipeline will reveal its 2023 Top 100 Prospects list at 7 p.m. ET on Thursday, Jan. 26, with a one-hour show on MLB Network and MLB.com. Leading up to the release of the Top 100, we'll examine baseball's top 10 prospects at each position. And now we turn our → Read More
Bradley, Manzardo shine brightest for Rays
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 Tampa Bay Rays. 2022 Organization Summary Triple-A Durham: 86-64 → Read More
Here's each team's top 2023 ROY candidate
MLB witnessed an unusually strong rookie class in 2022. Julio Rodríguez became the quickest player ever to reach 25 homers and 25 steals while Michael Harris II posted the third-highest WAR (5.3, per Baseball-Reference) of any rookie age 21 or younger in the last 40 years. And that's just the → Read More
Tigers' Carpenter, Meadows reach new heights
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 Detroit Tigers. 2022 Organization Summary Triple-A Toledo: 87-63 Double-A → Read More
Garcia, Gentry wore crowns for Kansas City
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 Kansas City Royals. 2022 Organization Summary → Read More
Here are the '22 Fall Stars top performers
MESA, Ariz. -- Over the past five weeks, some of the game’s top prospects have spread across the Valley of the Sun, exhibiting why they could be the faces of Major League Baseball’s next generation. On Sunday, they got to share one field. The National League bested the American League, → Read More
Champlain finds peace in Field of Dreams win
DYERSVILLE, Iowa -- There isn’t much mention of pitching in “Field of Dreams.” Shoeless Joe Jackson takes his batting practice. Moonlight Graham gets his one plate appearance. The closest the audience gets is seeing Eddie Cicotte hit his spots when he aims near young Archie’s noggin to send a lesson. → Read More
Best Draft prospects at each position
We broke them down by tools. We broke them down by state. Now, what would it look like if we had all of the best talents on the same field? Let’s look at the best 2022 Draft prospects at each position. The first team is relatively balanced with six high-school → Read More
Toronto talents took off during flights north
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
Wiemer, Small offer reasons for Brewers' cheers
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. The Brewers' system is trending up. Usually when we say that, the implication → Read More
Princely trio of sluggers ready to become Royals
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. The Royals are coming ... the Royals are coming! The backbone of Kansas → Read More
Torkelson, Greene earn stripes for Tigers
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. Matters could be at a turning point in the Motor City. It's no → Read More
Vote for Fall Stars Game Final 2
November is a month of voting. This week, that extends to the Arizona Fall League. Following Wednesday's unveiling of the Fall Stars Game rosters, fans can vote on the last pair of players who will head to the prospect showcase. Six Final 2 candidates were announced, three from each of → Read More
Minor League stat leaders down the stretch
For the majority of the 120 full-season Minor League teams, the 2021 regular season comes to an end on Sept. 19. After going a year without Minor League Baseball at all in 2020, it feels like the 2021 season has flown by, meaning we only have a few weeks to → Read More
New name at top of Rookie Power Rankings
A new king sits atop the Rookie Power Rankings throne. Reds second baseman Jonathan India climbs to the top spot in MLB Pipeline’s Rookie Power Rankings this week. He unseats Marlins left-hander Trevor Rogers, who had sat at No. 1 for six straight editions of the RPR dating back to → Read More
Marlins, Nats pitching prospects match up
Put it in neon. The future of the NL East will be on display Wednesday night in Miami. The Marlins have already announced that they plan to give No. 30 overall prospect Edward Cabrera his Major League debut that night at loanDepot park. It just so happens that the Nationals → Read More
Mets' Alonso recalls award-worthy 2018
The last time Peter Alonso played in Las Vegas, he was clinching the Joe Bauman Award in dramatic fashion, hitting a two-run walk-off home run for what ended up being the last play in Cashman Field history. On Monday, he was back to accept the prize in → Read More