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It’s not just the holiday season right now; it’s also sort of Draft season at MLB Pipeline, after we just unveiled our 2024 Draft Top 100 on Wednesday evening. The Guardians won’t actually exercise the No. 1 overall selection for another seven months, but that doesn’t prevent us from having a full-blown case of Draft

Teams looking for high-end talent in the 2024 Draft are going to have to go back to college. That’s especially true of those teams picking at the top of the first round. MLB Pipeline’s new 2024 Draft Top 100 is extremely college-heavy at the top, with only one high schooler cracking the top 10. There

For those looking to check in on prospects each spring, you’re typically best served heading to the backfields of the Spring Training facilities across Arizona and Florida or sticking around for the latter innings of Cactus and Grapefruit League games for a few stray pitches or at-bats. But what if the next generation got the

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This story was excerpted from Jason Beck’s Tigers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. One by one on Friday evening, the kids and their parents walked up to the small crowd at the Meijer store on Grand River Avenue in Detroit and were

This story was excerpted from Jason Beck’s Tigers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. Jeff Greenberg has largely been behind the scenes since becoming the Tigers’ general manager a few months ago. President of baseball operations Scott Harris remains the face and the voice of Detroit’s

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tigers filed out of the Winter Meetings without any major deals, though they still stole the headlines when Jim Leyland was elected to the Hall of Fame on Sunday night. President of baseball operations Scott Harris and general manager Jeff Greenberg both noted how unusually quiet the Meetings had gone. “There’s

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris was asked Tuesday about the clubhouse mix with Miguel Cabrera retired, he offered an observation: Yes, they’re young with Miggy gone, but they have a chance to turn that into a strength. “I’ve been around a lot of teams in my career. Sometimes the

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum today announced the eight-person ballot that will be considered by its Contemporary Baseball Era Committee for Managers/Executives/Umpires for Hall of Fame election for the Class of 2024. The Contemporary Era Committee will meet on Dec. 3 at baseball’s Winter Meetings in Nashville, Tenn. Four managers, two executives

Stats help tell the story of baseball. Those are all iconic numbers tied to the best of the best in the game, and the pursuits of them give us storylines to follow as the seasons roll along. That’s no less true in the Minors than it is in the Majors. There may be significantly fewer

This story was excerpted from Jason Beck’s Tigers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. DETROIT — The first prospect Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris mentioned in his end-of-season remarks two weeks ago wasn’t sweet-swinging Colt Keith or Jace Jung, both of

The 2023 Rawlings Gold Glove Award finalists are being announced on X (the social media platform formerly known as Twitter), with winners to be unveiled on ESPN’s “Baseball Tonight” on Sunday, Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m. ET. All of the finalists will be listed below as they are announced by Rawlings. There are three finalists

It seems like on an almost annual basis, we wind up talking about how the current rookie crop was one of the best in baseball history. That’s true again in 2023. Gunnar Henderson and Corbin Carroll entered the year ranked 1-2 on MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Prospects list and likely will end it as the

Here’s a look at Saturday’s top performers from the Arizona Fall League, including four Top 100 prospects. Blue Jays: Ricky Tiedemann, LHP (MLB No. 31), Surprise SaguarosThe top-ranked Blue Jays prospect put together another strong outing for Surprise, pitching three innings and allowing one run on three hits with five strikeouts. Through three starts, Tiedemann

Here’s a look at Thursday’s top performers from the Arizona Fall League, including two Top 100 prospects. Rangers: Liam Hicks, C (Unranked), Surprise SaguarosHicks is hot. The 24-year-old followed up his six-hit performance on Tuesday with three more hits — all coming in succession — giving him nine consecutive knocks. Only 13 MLB players since

Here’s a look at Wednesday’s top performers from the Arizona Fall League, including two Top 100 prospects. Cubs: Kevin Alcántara, OF (MLB No. 71), Mesa Solar SoxAfter starting the Fall League 4-for-23, the Cubs’ No. 4 prospect finally hit his stride. The 21-year-old outfielder clubbed a three-run homer the other way in the third inning

The honorees include 14 members of MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Prospects list, including Holliday (No. 1), Rays third baseman/shortstop Junior Caminero (No. 6) and Nationals outfielder James Wood (No. 7). Brewers right-hander Carlos Rodriguez is the lone repeater from our 2022 winners. All 60 players were members of our organization Top 30 lists at some

This story was excerpted from Jason Beck’s Tigers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris met with reporters last week to review Detroit’s season. He spent as much or more time talking about the farm system. As

DETROIT — Latin Americans for Social and Economic Development (LA SED), the oldest Hispanic advocacy agency in Southeastern Michigan, is led by its board. That board is led by Jane C. Garcia. Garcia is a Detroit native and by her own label, “a social worker at heart.” She has been an advocate, volunteer and community

Here’s a look at Monday’s top performers from the Arizona Fall League, including a pair of Top 100 prospects. A’s: Royber Salinas, RHP (No. 24), Mesa Solar SoxThe 22-year-old righty proved difficult to hit in his best start yet in Arizona. He struck out six across three strong innings, with his lone run allowed being