Top Prospect List
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Chicago Cubs 2025 Top 20 Prospects List

The Chicago Cubs Top 20 Prospects

Chicago Cubs 2025 Top 20 Prospects List
2025 MLB Draft, MLB Draft
Prospects Live Staff
College Daily Sheet: Opening Weekend (02/16)

College Baseball’s Best: Weekend’s Top Performers Shine with Power, Dominance, and Clutch Moments

College Daily Sheet: Opening Weekend (02/16)
2025 MLB Draft, MLB Draft
Prospects Live Staff
College Daily Sheet: Opening Weekend (02/15)

The college baseball season is off to a roaring start, with towering home runs, record-breaking performances, and dominant pitching duels stealing the spotlight. From clutch bombs to electric strikeouts, these opening weekend stars wasted no time making their presence felt on the diamond.

College Daily Sheet: Opening Weekend (02/15)
2025 MLB Draft, MLB Draft
Prospects Live Staff
College Daily Sheet: 2025 Opening Day (02/14)

Opening Day delivered everything we love about college baseball: dominant pitching, explosive bats, and jaw-dropping moments. From future MLB Draft stars to breakout performers, here’s who stole the show on Day One!

College Daily Sheet: 2025 Opening Day (02/14)
2025 MLB Draft, College Baseball, Staff
Brian Switzer
College Baseball 2025: Preseason Top 25 Rankings

College baseball is back, and the 2025 season is shaping up to be one for the ages! With powerhouse programs reloading through the transfer portal, elite draft prospects returning for another shot at glory, and championship ambitions fueling every pitch, this year’s Preseason Top 25 is stacked with talent and storylines that will define the road to Omaha.

College Baseball 2025: Preseason Top 25 Rankings

This Week in Baseball Cards - 11/21 - 11/27

This Week in Baseball Cards - 11/21 - 11/27

Covering the major product releases and news in the baseball card hobby for the week of November 21st through November 27th, 2022. Releases include 2022 Bowman Chrome and 2022 Topps Heritage Minor League Baseball.

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Arizona Fall League Observations Part 1

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Arizona Fall League Observations Part 1

Matt Thompson was out in the AFL gathering intel and updating his reports on several big name players. These are his takeaways.

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Fallout from Rookie of the Year voting for Mariners, Braves, Orioles, Guardians and Cardinals

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Fallout from Rookie of the Year voting for Mariners, Braves, Orioles, Guardians and Cardinals

The new CBA saw significant changes for teams and players. So what exactly does it mean for the Mariners and Braves, as well as the Orioles, Guardians, and Cardinals? Will anybody get another first round pick or an additional year of service time?

Really Good Minor League Breaking Balls

Really Good Minor League Breaking Balls

Breaking ball usage keeps on going up, and their quality is better every year. Breaking ball spam has slowly started to take over the league, and that is not something that will go away. There are a number of variants of breaking balls- but I’ve identified five of the most common and some minor leaguers who have dominant versions.

This Week in Baseball Cards - 11/14 - 11/20

This Week in Baseball Cards - 11/14 - 11/20

Covering the major product releases and news in the baseball card hobby for the week of November 14th through November 20th, 2022. Releases include 2022 Topps Allen & Ginter, 2022 Topps Black & White Baseball, 2022 Topps Mini, and 2022 Topps Cosmic Chrome Baseball.

The Best Fastball Hitters in The Minors

The Best Fastball Hitters in The Minors

The Fastball is the most commonly used pitch so being able to hit is mandatory to find success in the major leagues. Here are five minor leaguers who demolish the fastball- and not just any fastball, but MLB caliber ones.

The Best Fastballs in the Minors

The Best Fastballs in the Minors

The Fastball is the most important pitch in a pitcher’s arsenal. How we define a good fastball today is not the same way we used too. Raw velocity is no longer enough. Here are five pitchers with truly elite fastballs that go beyond just velocity or movement, but truly do everything.

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2024 MLB Draft - Top 100 Prospects

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2024 MLB Draft - Top 100 Prospects

The 2024 MLB Draft projects well, especially in terms of college talents. Guys like Vance Honeycutt, Thatcher Hurd and Chase Burns, not to mention high school bluechips like Konnor Griffin and Derek Curiel, have scouts excited.

Rookie League Arms with Outlier Stuff

Rookie League Arms with Outlier Stuff

Every year we tend to ignore the most dominant rookie ball players to our detriment, or overvalue some for the wrong reasons. Here is five players in rookie league who deserve a lot more attention than they are getting because they have off the charts pitch traits.

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2024 MLB Draft - Top 100 College Prospects

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2024 MLB Draft - Top 100 College Prospects

The 2024 college crop of players for the MLB Draft is headlined by Vance Honeycutt, but the class appears extremely talented AND deep on the college pitching side. Guys like Thatcher Hurd, Chase Burns and Ben Hess excite scouts.

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2024 MLB Draft - Top 50 High School Prospects

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2024 MLB Draft - Top 50 High School Prospects

The 2024 high school draft class is anchored by two supreme talents at the top of the class in Konnor Griffin and Derek Curiel, but the bat speed and wheels behind them is gaudy as well.

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Is Jackson Merrill The #1 Prospect in Baseball?

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Is Jackson Merrill The #1 Prospect in Baseball?

The computer’s data based Top 1000 Prospects Ranking has Jackson Merrill as the best prospect in baseball. Is there any validity to that claim? How close is he to eventually claiming the top spot?

Introducing the *NEW* Prospect Hitter Comps Tool

Introducing the *NEW* Prospect Hitter Comps Tool

We’ve created a database of all players who accumulated 120 plate appearances at a MiLB level in any season since 2007. Using some calculations, the tool finds the closest results “match” (in descending order) from all players at the same minor league level and age.

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Evan Gates and The Leaning Tower of Pitches

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Evan Gates and The Leaning Tower of Pitches

Evan Gates dominated the minors in 2022 despite lacking impressive velocity, movement, or just general stuff. His command was also arguably below-average. So how is it that Evan Gates was so dominant for the Giants?