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 | These 10 pitchers made the biggest leaps forward in 2017, with some not even on the Top 100 prospects list to start the year.
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 | What if the talents of both a top pitcher and a top hitter could somehow come in the form of one single player? How would it work? That's what teams considering bidding on Japanese phenom Shohei Ohtani are trying to figure out now that it seems certain he'll be posted this offseason.
More»Mayo on Japanese prospect Shohei Ohtani |
 | The 10 hitters listed made the biggest jumps forward in 2017, with many not even on the Top 100 prospects list to start the year rankings, but now all firmly on the list, from the top 10 on down.
More»Mayo breaks down most improved hitting prospects |
 | Jonathan Mayo answers questions about Angels prospects ascending into the Top 100, Alex Jackson's success with Atlanta, top Draft prospects and more in this week's Pipeline Inbox.
More»Mayo on which Angels prospects could make Top 100 |
 | The power-speed combination has been one long sought after by front offices, with the ability for one player to impact the game in more than one way obviously a hot commodity. One quick way to measure this multi-facetedness, of course, is the home run-stolen base combination, where crossing the 20-20 plateau is certainly seen as badge of honor. Here are the 10 prospects who did reach the 20-20 plateau in 2017
More»Mayo on the 20/20 players in the Minors from 2017 |
 | For playing across three levels of Atlanta's system and finishing with a 20-40 season to go along with a combined .325/.374/.522 line, Braves top propect Ronald Acuna is MLBPipeline.com's choice for 2017 Hitting Prospect of the Year.
More»Acuna chosen as offensive prospect of the year |
 | There have been four players born in Brazil to play in the big leagues. All have come from between 2012 and 2017, with three of the four seeing time at the highest level this season. When lefty Luiz Gohara starts for the Braves on Tuesday night, he will become Brazilian No. 5.
More»Braves prospect Gohara makes debut |
 | There were 15 players taken in the first round of the 2013 Draft ahead of J.P. Crawford -- eight college players and seven from the high school ranks. Seven of them have reached the big leagues, including a pair of prepsters who reached the highest level this season. The 22-year-old Crawford, who is being called up to the Phillies on Tuesday, will become the third high schooler from the class to make his Major League debut.
More»Phillies' fourth-ranked prospect Crawford makes debut |
 | Don't wait for the future. Pick it up today and reap the rewards of winning with baseball's top fantasy prospects.
More»Zinkie names best pitchers with two starts this week |
 | It's a fun week in the world of MLBPipeline.com. First, the were announced. And Friday was the first day big league rosters could expand, meaning many prospects are on their way up to the big leagues as September callups.
More»Mayo compares hitting of top prospects Senzel, Hiura |
 | Ever since Cody Bellinger got called up, there's been the question of when the Dodgers' next best hitting prospect, Alex Verdugo, would follow. Obviously, there had to a need or a spot, and that finally will happen when rosters can expand on September 1 and the outfielder is summoned to the big leagues.
More» Alex Verdugo, OF, Dodgers |
 | The Cardinals continued their pitching youth movement when they traded Mike Leake to the Mariners and announced that prospect Jack Flaherty would come up and make his Major League debut on Friday. It's a well-earned promotion for Flaherty, the 2014 first-round pick who won't turn 22 years old until mid-October.
More»Flaherty set to make his MLB debut Friday |
 | Top 10 Prospects Victor Robles, Ronald Acuna and Kyle Tucker stand out on the preliminary rosters for the 26th edition of the Arizona Fall League, which begins on Oct. 10.
More»A look at the Arizona Fall League rosters |
 | MLBPipeline.com's Prospect Team of the Week honors the best performances in the Minor Leagues from the previous seven days. Any player on an organization Top 30 Prospects list on our Prospect Watch is eligible.
More»Mayo breaks down MLB Pipeline's Team of the Week |
 | Jonathan Mayo answers questions from fans in this week's edition of the Pipeline Inbox.
More»Mayo gives Reds credit for drafting well, their farm |
 | Jonathan Mayo unveils the top 10 high school prospects heading into the 2018 Draft.
More»Mayo on high school players having big summers |
 | When the Rays drafted Brendan McKay, he was announced as a first baseman. It was always thought the two-way star from Louisville would need to focus on one craft eventually and it sounded like Tampa Bay wanted him to hone his hitting skills long-term.
More»Mayo on the progress of Rays prospect Brendan McKay |
 | In an ideal player development world, every prospect earns, and gets, an in-season promotion up a level. That prospect Shangri-La doesn't happen very often, but in the Astros farm system in 2017, it's been pretty close. The most recent example of this was the movement of two talented young arms up to Double-A Corpus Christi, No. 2 prospect Forrest Whitley and No. 10 Cionel Perez. Perez, the 21-year-old Cuban lefty, had a rough introduction to the Texas League on Wednesday. Whitley, the Astros' first-round pick in 2016, is just 19 and makes his debut at the level on Thursday.
More»Mayo on progress of Astros' prospects Whitley, Perez |
 | For years, the Perfect Game All-American Classic has been the exclamation point on the long summer showcase circuit for high school prospects for the following year's Draft class. This year was no different, with many of the top prepsters on hand at PETCO Park on Sunday to put a bow on what has been a very busy summer.
More»Mayo recaps the Perfect Game All-Star Classic |
 | Jonathan Mayo breaks down what to expect from the Mets' No. 2 prospect Dominic Smith in the big leagues.
More»Mets to call up second-ranked prospect Dominic Smith |
