Good news for the Indians' Danny Salazar and the Mets' Zack Wheeler, plus injury updates on the Braves' J.R. Graham and the Royals' Jorge Bonifacio.
Minor League Transactions: May 9-16
Three Strikes: Week 14
Top 25 Tracker: May 20
College Top 25 Chat With Aaron Fitt (May 20)
Google+ Hangout: College Top 25 Talk With John And Aaron
PHILADELPHIA—Righthander Justin De Fratus didn’t cry in his green beer after being sent to minor league camp on St. Patrick’s Day. He heeded big league pitching coach Rich Dubee’s words, [...]
BOSTON—When the Red Sox drafted Sean Coyle, they saw a player with the bat speed to impact the ball in a fashion that belied his 5-foot-8 frame. The team projected [...]
OAKLAND—With less than a year of professional experience, Max Muncy is already learning one of the toughest lessons of pro ball: you have to adjust, and fast. “I try as [...]
WASHINGTON—At age 19, catcher Pedro Severino has been adjusting nicely to full-season baseball, with one possible exception. He had to learn how to prepare for the weather in Hagerstown, Md., [...]
On Thursday, Cincinnati announced that coach Brian Cleary would be relieved of his duties at the end of the season. The Bearcats sent Cleary out by playing spoiler against Notre [...]
Official minor league transactions, conveyed to us by Major League Baseball, for the period May 9-16. Arizona Diamondbacks Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Anthony Meo Reinstated from DL: OF Mark [...]
Strike One: Something Old, Something New . . . FULLERTON, Calif.—Carlos Lopez, a fifth-year senior who arrived at Cal State Fullerton in the fall of 2008, had never hit a [...]
In a pair of excellent articles at Baseball Prospectus in the fall of 2011, Rany Jazayerli studied the correlation between a hitter’s age out of the draft and his success [...]
1. VANDERBILT Last Week: 3-1. Overall: 48-7, 26-3 in SEC. (11-1 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 14-0. Vanderbilt took two of three from Alabama to set a new record for [...]
Aaron Fitt will answer your college baseball questions beginning at 3:30 p.m. ET. To ask your questions or see what Fitt is saying, click here.
Neither Jonathan Gray (Oklahoma) nor Mark Appel (Stanford) had one of their best outings of the spring over the weekend, but they remain the leading candidates to go to the [...]
North Carolina’s run as college baseball’s No. 1 team ended (at least temporarily) this week. The Tar Heels lost a weekend series at Georgia Tech and have dropped four of [...]
CHICAGO–Until a few minutes before the 2012 draft began, Mark Appel looked certain to go to the Astros as the No. 1 overall pick. Multiple sources say Houston was willing [...]
We’re putting the finishing touches on our first of our two Draft Preview issues, which means that our steady flow of draft information will become an avalanche by week’s end, [...]
CHICAGO–Jurickson Profar-for-Oscar Taveras trade talks are like Jason Voorhees in the “Friday The 13th” movie series. They don’t really exist, yet they refuse to die. The Rangers and Cardinals haven’t [...]
It’s no surprise that the beginning of the minor league season delivered plenty of action. What would be shocking is if it didn’t. No, what was surprising was that the [...]
Welcome to the new BaseballAmerica.com! We like to give the site a fresh look every seven years or so, whether it needs it or not. This redesign has been in [...]
The World Baseball Classic has always been right in Baseball America's wheelhouse. No one covers the game around the globe like we do, and we always viewed a world cup-style tournament for baseball as a great engine for the game's growth.
You know, we will never figure out a perfect way to do the Top 100 Prospects list, because there's no way for us to know with certainty which players are going to fall by the wayside due to poor performance or misfortune. But I like to think we have become significantly better over the years at building our list, which is why it continues to be regarded as the best ranking of its kind in the industry.
It's college baseball season again, which means it's time for the annual wave of college marketers gone wild.
DENVER–Miguel Cabrera has established himself as one of the premiere players in the game, and he can build on his impressive resume this year. The American League MVP of 2012, [...]
PEORIA, Ariz.—As far back as he can remember, Mike Zunino was hanging around ballparks, tagging along with his father Greg, a scout with the Marlins back then. “He was always [...]
Twenty-four players were picked in the first round of the 2009 draft before the Angels selected Mike Trout. Randal Grichuk was one of the 24. Not only was Grichuk one pick ahead of Trout, but he, like Trout, was selected by the Angels and is also an outfielder. The two became friends as teammates in the Rookie-level Arizona League in 2009.
Tracy Ringolsby checks in after the BBWAA failed to elect a player to the Hall of Fame for just the eighth time ever, the first time since 1996 and second time since 1971. It's a shame, because the ballot was full of qualified candidates this year and will only get more crowded. One of the players whose candidacy will be harmed the most figures to be Jack Morris.
After 27 years of planning for the future, the Royals finally decided the future is now.
Dick Cooke had just hired three new assistant coaches for his Davidson program in September. He hadn’t had the chance to go over details of how his first fall practice [...]
Most teams do not want the pressure that can come with ranking No. 1 in Baseball America’s Top 25 college rankings. If it’s feeling any pressure, North Carolina has a [...]
SAN FRANCISCO—The Dominican Republic won the third World Baseball Classic, but there’s more to the WBC than just who was wearing gold medals and plantains when the tournament ended. I [...]
Towson isn’t a big-name baseball program. It plays in the Colonial Athletic Association, the fourth conference it has competed in since Mike Gottlieb became head coach in 1988. Gottlieb, a [...]
What do you do when you stay home from work? If you're Scott Goode, you come up with a ranking system for international baseball.
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