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Yankees Prospect Was Turning Heads As 'Best Player' at MLB Futures Game

The young Yankees shortstop made a strong impression during the MLB All-Star Futures Game.

Sports Illustrated

Orioles call up 2021 first-round pick Colton Cowser; outfielder will make major league debut vs. Yankees

The Orioles’ strong start to the season came with a pair of prospects pounding on the door to make their respective debuts. In a little more than a week’s time, both will have arrived in the majors.

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Masyn Winn's confidence high after sublime camp with Cardinals: 'I think I belong up here'

JUPITER, Fla. — Dynamic, athletic and with his own distinct swagger, Cardinals prospect and potential shortstop of the future Masyn Winn came into his first big-league spring training camp expecting a unique learning experience. The Cardinals' decision-makers similarly expected a great opportunity to learn.

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Tom Krasovic: Padres' bold efforts in Latin America have driven key trades, delivered scouting access

SAN DIEGO — This week the Padres announced they signed a teenage catcher from Venezuela, Ethan Salas, who is Baseball America's top-ranked prospect in this year's international amateur class.

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'Building something special': Padres sign top international prospect Ethan Salas for $5.6 million

The Padres are coming off their third NLCS berth in franchise history. They walked away from the hot-stove season with one of the top free agents available. Their commitment to the foundation is as strong as ever, too, as they signed top Venezuelan catching prospect Ethan Salas as the 2023…

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David Murphy: Phillies have raised their floor in free agency. Their ceiling will depend on three familiar faces.

PHILADELPHIA — A lot of scouting directors will roll their eyes when you talk about Top 100 prospects. There’s a good reason for that. Back when Baseball America first popularized the genre, an organization could mostly take pride whenever one of its minor league hopefuls earned national accolades. It was…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Pirates prospect Quinn Priester, a Cary-Grove grad, wants to emulate Marlins’ Alcantara

In an era in which strikeouts are rising, Priester said he’s more inclined to induce contact earlier in counts to help his chances of pitching deeper and to alleviate the workload of his relievers.

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Spend big (Phillies) or replenish the system (Astros)? The Cubs can find a roster-building balance in the World Series teams.

Financially investing in a roster can serve as a postseason separator for major-league teams.

Chicago Tribune

Orioles promote Gunnar Henderson, MLB’s No. 1 prospect, for playoff push

BALTIMORE — For the second time in 2022, the Orioles have promoted baseball’s No. 1 prospect to the majors.

Tribune News Service

Project Birmingham: White Sox promoting numerous prospects to Double-A

Colson Montgomery is top name among Sox prospects headed to Birmingham on Tuesday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Orioles’ farm system ranked No. 1 in baseball after trade deadline and draft acquisitions

BALTIMORE — Even without rookie catcher Adley Rutschman leading Major League Baseball’s top prospect lists, the Orioles have the best farm system in the sport.

Tribune News Service

John Romano: Hey, Rays still can get Juan Soto. You just need to wait until he’s 35.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — When you have a center fielder hitting .147, you obviously need to upgrade.

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Austin Voth throws five scoreless innings but bullpen falters as Orioles drop series with 3-2 loss to Reds

CINCINNATI — The splitter has been nearly untouchable this season for right-hander Félix Bautista, but at a certain point, even the best pitches can be clobbered. The Orioles reliever had thrown three straight elevated fastballs to Cincinnati Reds first baseman Brandon Drury, so ahead in the count, Bautista tried to…

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Outfield prospect Oscar Colas doesn’t suffer concussion

Colas, the organization’s sixth-best prospect, according to Baseball America, tested negative for a concussion after getting hit by a pitch playing for Double-A Birmingham.

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2022 MLB draft, Day 3 tracker: Orioles close final day by taking seven pitchers, including a 7-foot left-hander

The Orioles completed the 2022 Major League Baseball draft Tuesday with their picks in the 11th through 20th rounds.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cubs draft Oklahoma righty Cade Horton with 7th overall pick

Horton struck out 49 in his last 31 innings for the Sooners, including a 13-strikeout performance against eventual champion Mississippi at the College World Series.

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KC Royals select Virginia Tech outfielder Gavin Cross with No. 9 pick in MLB Draft

The Kansas City Royals selected Virginia Tech outfielder Gavin Cross, a 6-foot-3 210-pound left-handed hitting Tennessee native, with the ninth pick in the MLB Draft on Sunday night.

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Confident Termarr Johnson excited for 'amazing' experience of joining Pirates

LOS ANGELES — Termarr Johnson doesn’t lack for confidence. Not in a cocky way or anything like that, but there’s a clear belief in himself, the type of swagger that leads one to say this after the Pirates made him the fourth overall pick on Sunday at the MLB draft.

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Family business: Why Rangers have their eye on sons of former pros ahead of MLB draft

As family businesses go, baseball certainly is a weird one. It’s not like father and son spend all day together over the fire at Ye Olde Baseball Shoppe, first in apprenticeship and then in partnership, forging out careers side-by-side until one day the dad turns over the shoppe keys to…

Los Angeles Times

Bill Shaikin: Dodgers' Dave Roberts calls out MLB for reducing opportunities for Black players

LOS ANGELES — The word Dave Roberts kept coming back to was "uncomfortable."

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Understandably, Braves’ farm system isn’t what it used to be

The Braves are reigning World Series champions largely thanks to their farm system that developed stars such as Austin Riley, Ozzie Albies, Max Fried, Ronald Acuna and Ian Anderson, among many others. While the Braves wouldn’t have engineered their unforeseen October run without a historically great trade deadline, the core…

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First Joey Bart, now Heliot Ramos: SF Giants’ future is arriving right now

SAN FRANCISCO — As he walked into the Giants clubhouse a little after 10 a.m. Sunday, Heliot Ramos ran into veteran Joc Pederson, who brought the young outfielder in for a hug. In other words, one newcomer welcoming another.

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Two surgeries later, one-time top pick Brendan McKay is healthy again

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — At this point two years ago, Brendan McKay was a sensation. A two-way player who was the No. 2 prospect in the Rays farm system and the No. 14 prospect in the game, according to Baseball America’s rankings.

Tribune News Service

Nathan Ruiz: Orioles are fourth in Baseball America’s farm system rankings. What do the top three teams have that they don’t?

BALTIMORE — Another first for the Orioles’ developing farm system came Wednesday, with Baltimore coming in fourth in Baseball America’s latest organizational rankings.

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Mariners remain No. 1 farm system in MLB according to Baseball America

The Mariners' climb up from the bottom of Baseball America's overall farm system rankings was steady if not supersonic, taking almost four years to reach the highest possible point.

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