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Giants' top pitching prospect Whisenhunt hangs tough in debut

July 29, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO -- The last 48 hours were quite nerve-wracking for Carson Whisenhunt. The Giants’ No. 3 prospect was slated to start for Triple-A Sacramento on Saturday, but he ended up being scratched at the last minute. The 24-year-old left-hander initially feared he’d been traded, though he eventually learned he

Giants call up top pitching prospect Whisenhunt for MLB debut

July 28, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants are planning to call up left-hander Carson Whisenhunt, the club’s No. 3 prospect per MLB Pipeline, to make his Major League debut in Monday night’s series opener against the Pirates at Oracle Park.

Here are Sunday's top prospect performances from the Minors

July 28, 2025

With the Trade Deadline looming later this week, prospects around Minor League Baseball are playing under as much of a microscope as they will all year. Who will switch organizations by week's end as part of a deadline deal? Now's the time prospects can make an impression without even knowing

Here are Friday's top prospect performances from the Minors

@MavalloneMiLB
July 26, 2025

Samuel Basallo kicked off the weekend in style in a game full of achievements. The slugging backstop reached the 20-homer plateau for a second time, collected a career-high five hits and fell a triple shy of the cycle. Basallo wasn't alone, as fellow Top 100 prospects Bryce Eldridge, Alex Freeland

Luis De La Torre highlights

July 24, 2025

Here are Wednesday's top prospect performances from the Minors

@JesseABorek and @MavalloneMiLB
July 24, 2025

From leadoff homers to walk-off homers, the stars were out across the Minors on Wednesday. On the same night MLB Pipeline provided updates to our club Top 30 lists, many of the game’s biggest names put their best foot forward. It’s a hectic time down on the farm with the

Here are Tuesday's top prospect performances from the Minors

@MavalloneMiLB
July 23, 2025

The first full week of second-half action kicked off with a number of impressive offensive performances. Top 50 prospect Owen Caissie (Cubs) moved within two homers of equaling his career high while Jhostynxon Garcia (Red Sox) left the yard twice. Ben Kudrna (Royals) showed out for pitchers with one of

Carlos Gutierrez highlights

July 21, 2025

Alberto Laroche highlights

July 21, 2025

Here are Giants' Draft picks from Day 2

July 14, 2025

A clear theme emerged for the Giants at the top of the 2025 MLB Draft. After taking Tennessee shortstop Gavin Kilen in the first round and Rutgers outfielder Trevor Cohen in the third round on Sunday, the Giants showed their affinity for contact-oriented hitters who can play premium positions up

Giants excited to get SS Kilen at No. 13 in Draft

July 14, 2025

The Giants kicked off the 2025 MLB Draft -- their first under new president of baseball operations Buster Posey -- by selecting Tennessee infielder Gavin Kilen with the 13th overall pick on Sunday.

Posey, Giants look to spark dynasty in 2025 Draft

July 11, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO -- Seventeen years ago, the Giants made the franchise-altering decision to take Buster Posey with the fifth overall pick of the 2008 MLB Draft. Now that the three-time World Series champion is calling the shots as the club’s president of baseball operations, he’ll have a chance to handpick

Here are Tuesday's top prospect performances from the Minors

@MavalloneMiLB
July 9, 2025

The final week before Minor Leaguers join their Major League counterparts in an All-Star Break reset has already been full of excitement. Owen Caissie's multihomer binge continued while Emmanuel Rodriguez returned to Triple-A with thunder after missing more than a month of action. Not to be outdone were Mets prospects

Keyner Martinez highlights

July 6, 2025

Giants' No. 2 prospect Whisenhunt selected for Futures Game

July 2, 2025

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Here are Sunday's top prospect performances from the Minors

@allisonmast13
June 29, 2025

Any given Sunday, there’s plenty of MiLB action to go around, but this week’s edition featured yet another home run in a series finale by Carson Williams (Rays), the second multihomer game of the week by fellow shortstop Colson Montgomery (White Sox) and some near-perfect pitching by Connelly Early (Red

Seymour's scoreless MLB debut a bright spot in his return to South Side

June 29, 2025

CHICAGO -- As a kid, Carson Seymour used to travel across the country with his dad, Brian, to try to visit a new ballpark every year. Their most memorable trip was to Rate Field (née U.S. Cellular Field), where a 10-year-old Seymour happened to be in the stands for Mark

Giants call up No. 20 prospect Seymour for debut, option Hjelle

June 27, 2025

CHICAGO -- The Giants dipped into their farm system on Friday to provide a boost for their bullpen, recalling right-hander Carson Seymour from Triple-A Sacramento and optioning Sean Hjelle ahead of the club’s series opener against the White Sox at Rate Field. Seymour, who is ranked the Giants’ No. 20

Top prospect Eldridge out 3-4 weeks

June 24, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants announced Tuesday that first baseman Bryce Eldridge, the club’s No. 1 prospect per MLB Pipeline, has a moderate right hamstring strain and will spend the next three to four weeks rehabbing in Arizona. Eldridge suffered the injury in the fifth inning of Triple-A Sacramento’s 9-3

Argenis Cayama highlights

June 22, 2025

How will Devers' arrival impact Eldridge's future fit with Giants?

June 21, 2025

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Here are Thursday's top prospect performances from the Minors

@MavalloneMiLB
June 20, 2025

Some of the game's most well-known and talented prospects came through with big-time performances during a busy day of Minor League action. From Lazaro Montes' ongoing power display to Jordan Lawlar's rocket double to Kevin McGonigle's unrelenting hitting prowess, offense was well represented. But Carlos Lagrange made sure pitching prospects

Here are Tuesday's top prospect performances from the Minors

@MavalloneMiLB
June 18, 2025

The hitters came to play as another week of Minor League action took flight. Up and down the farm, prospects swung the heavy lumber and a number of Top 100 prospects did the heavy lifting. More roundtripper hijinks by Jordan Lawlar and Samuel Basallo plus a four-hit performance by Owen

5 intriguing prospects from the NL West, 1 from each team

June 10, 2025

As the baseball season's halfway point approaches, the sample sizes for prospects continue to expand. The MLB Pipeline crew is taking the opportunity to dig a little deeper to highlight players who are balling out, but might still be flying under-the-radar. On the latest MLB Pipeline Podcast, Jim Callis and

Harris emerging as undrafted gem for Giants

June 7, 2025

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