Pirates second baseman Nick Yorke hit his first major league home run on Sunday, as he hit a 412-foot blast off of Reds’ reliever Fernando Cruz. It was Yorke’s first extra-base hit in his six ...
In addition to picking an overall 2024 MiLB Player of the Year, Baseball America selects a Player of the Year for each of the 30 MLB organizations. For this award, we look primarily at production ...
While the Detroit Tigers have conducted an impressive late-season playoff run at the major league level, the team has also claimed the crown of having the most successful minor league season, as ...
Expectations were high coming into the season for 19-year-old outfielder Lazaro Montes. He met—or surpassed—them all. Montes is a 6-foot-3, 210-pound lefthanded hitter whose big-time power ...
Baseball America celebrates the top performances by prospects at every position by naming a Minor League All-Star team at the conclusion of each season. This year’s team was selected by BA staff.
A right shoulder strain ended Leodalis De Vries’ first professional season in mid August. A left shoulder injury slowed his onboarding at Low-A Lake Elsinore in May. What occurred in between ...
Almost from the time Colby Thomas first swung a bat, he has not just played baseball—he has attacked baseball. Thomas plays hard. His outfield style is aggressive, and his work shows a young ...
When third baseman Cam Collier homered on Aug. 31, he became just the second Reds minor leaguer since 1968 to reach the 20 home run mark as a teenager. It hadn’t happened since Wily Mo Pena hit ...
After Blake Mitchell’s first foray into pro ball started slowly, there was a bit of concern. The sample was small in the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League, but the catcher didn’t perform to ...
It is barely noticeable compared to the changes of past years, but the time needed for a standard nine-inning game continued to drop across Major and Minor League Baseball this season. On average ...
When Kristian Campbell arrived in Fort Myers, Fla., after the 2023 season, he not only began the first offseason of his professional life but a metamorphosis. In one year as a second baseman at ...
A little more than a year after the Nationals drafted Louisiana State outfielder Dylan Crews with the second overall pick, he showed he was ready for the big leagues. The 22-year-old starred for ...