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Have a cow with this club on Ghosts of the Minors
Welcome to the silent edition of Ghosts of the Minors, adapted from the segment from The Show Before the Show Podcast that asks you to identify a historical Minor League team hidden among two phonies. Here, we skip the quiz element and speed headlong into the past for a quick → Read More
Explore the Mets' Minor League ballparks
The Minor League Ballpark Guides series spotlights each stadium across baseball’s affiliated ranks. Each edition provides ballpark highlights, from concessions to seating options to in-game entertainment to mascots. Ballpark Guides also take travelers through each facility’s surrounding area, encompassing the best places in town to eat or drink, nearby tourist → Read More
Explore the Padres' Minor League ballparks
The Minor League Ballpark Guides series spotlights each stadium across baseball’s affiliated ranks. Each edition provides ballpark highlights, from concessions to seating options to in-game entertainment to mascots. Ballpark Guides also take travelers through each facility’s surrounding area, encompassing the best places in town to eat or drink, nearby tourist → Read More
Explore the Orioles' Minor League ballparks
The Minor League Ballpark Guides series spotlights each stadium across baseball’s affiliated ranks. Each edition provides ballpark highlights, from concessions to seating options to in-game entertainment to mascots. Ballpark Guides also take travelers through each facility’s surrounding area, encompassing the best places in town to eat or drink, nearby tourist → Read More
Single-A award winners and All-Stars
Minor League Baseball has revealed the end-of-season award winners and All-Star teams for the three Single-A circuits, based on votes cast by league managers. Highlighting the winners for the California League were the Angels' Edgar Quero, who took home MVP honors, Pitcher of the Year Joseph Hernandez of the Mariners → Read More
The year after Jackie, Ritchey integrated PCL
John Ritchey never wanted to make history."He just wanted to play baseball and be judged on his ability and not the color of his skin," baseball historian Bill Swank said. In a better time or in a better world, he may have gotten his wish. But Ritchey was an African-American man → Read More
Visit John Thurman Field Home of the Modesto Nuts
Welcome to John Thurman Field, where the Modesto Nuts keep the parent-club Mariners rooted in the mainland, the fans celebrate their agricultural roots and mascots Al, Wally and Shelly never get too salty. Modesto Nuts (Affiliate of the Seattle Mariners since 2017) Established: 1946 (as the Modesto Reds in the California League) Ballpark: John Thurman Field (opened 1955, as Del Webb Field)… → Read More
Scouting report: Royals' Asa Lacy
MiLB.com's new Scouting Report series spotlights players who are just starting their professional careers, focusing on what the experts are projecting for these young phenoms. Here's a look at third-ranked Royals prospect Asa Lacy. For more player journeys on The Road to The Show, click here. → Read More
Scouting report: Marlins' Max Meyer
MiLB.com introduces a new series spotlighting players who are just starting their professional careers, focusing on what the experts are projecting for these young phenoms. Here's a look at third-ranked Marlins prospect Max Meyer. For more player journeys on The Road to The Show, click here. → Read More
Smith, Young power up for D-backs
The ball was flying at Nationals Park on Thursday night, and two D-backs prospects took center stage. Arizona's No. 15 prospect Pavin Smith and No. 30 Andrew Young each belted homers -- Young's a grand slam -- and drove in a combined six runs as the D-backs took down the → Read More
Dalbec, Brown lift teams to victory
A pair of rookies helped put their teams in the win column on Tuesday as Bobby Dalbec and Seth Brown each came through with go-ahead hits in the eighth inning for their respective clubs. → Read More
The Road to The Show™: Sam Huff
Each week, MiLB.com profiles an elite prospect by chronicling the steps he's taken to reach the brink of realizing his Major League dream. Here's a look at Texas Rangers prospect Sam Huff. For more player journeys on The Road to The Show click here. There was a time not so → Read More
Hayes, Carlson kick off ROY race on Day 1
There's really only one thing Ke'Bryan Hayes or Dylan Carlson could have done in their respective first plate appearances of 2021 to build any more excitement for the rookie-year campaigns that began Thursday. They both did it. Pittsburgh's Hayes, the No. 9 overall prospect, and St. Louis' Carlson, No. 13, → Read More
Top prospects pop off at camp
Marlins prospect Jazz Chisholm and Red Sox prospect Bobby Dalbec could each add some power to a big league lineup during the regular season this year, but why wait? On Wednesday, Chisholm slugged his second homer of Spring Training, and Dalbec belted his second grand slam. Chisholm, the No. 66 → Read More
Mets net trio of arms from Jays for Matz
A little over a week after the Mets parted with a handful of prospects to acquire big league hurler Joey Lucchesi, a trio of young arms are fortifying the system. The Blue Jays announced a trade Wednesday night sending No. 26 Toronto prospect Yennsy Diaz, No. 27 Josh Winckowski and → Read More
Reports: Padres ink South Korean star Kim
Hours after settling a deal that will bring Blake Snell to San Diego, the Padres agreed to terms with South Korean shortstop Ha-seong Kim on Monday, according to multiple reports. The 25-year-old slugger is widely regarded as the top available international free agent of the offseason, as well as one → Read More
After baseball, Johnson making mark on canvas
In 2013, Micah Johnson led all of professional baseball with 84 stolen bases. In 2015, he batted .315 in 78 Triple-A games and got his first big league experience. In 2017, he reached the Major Leagues for the third time. More than any other season, though, 2016 was the year → Read More
In Jersey City, statue marks Jackie's triumph
Sy Hart, an African-American Jersey City resident in his late 20s, walks by the 14-foot statue of Jackie Robinson at the Journal Square PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson) Station almost every day, and he often thinks about why it's there."Jackie Robinson started off with the Brooklyn → Read More
Multi-focused Montgomery earns industry honor
For the last few years, Belicia Montgomery has been working to improve the lay of the land in Minor League Baseball and beyond. On Monday, she was recognized for her vision and imprint by the Sports Business Journal as part of its 10th annual class of Game Changers, recognizing women → Read More
Minors seeking to be leaders on disability inclusion
The cancellation of the 2020 Minor League season delayed a lot of things: Wander Franco stepping in for his first Double-A at-bat; MacKenzie Gore's followup to a breakout campaign; a lifelong fan's first game with her grandchildren; a puppy's first bark in the park. But #MiLBUnlimited, an industry-wide initiative designed → Read More