PITTSBURGH -- Paul Skenes hasn’t had a chance to watch Bubba Chandler pitch this year. He doesn’t know how many hits he has allowed so far offhand or what the scouts are saying right now. But is Skenes excited about the prospect of having Chandler join the Pirates’ rotation? Well,

The Washington Nationals are on the clock. OK, not quite yet, but they do have the No. 1 pick in this year’s Draft, and MLB Pipeline has an updated and expanded Draft Top 150, ranking the players all 30 teams are criss-crossing the country to see to line up their

Could the AL East have five teams finish .500 or better? Is the NL East a two-way tussle between the Mets and Phillies or will the Braves find a way to make it a three-legged race? And in the NL West, the Dodgers are the favorites to win the division,

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LOS ANGELES -- As the Pirates seek to improve their offense across the board, getting designated hitter Andrew McCutchen going will be a major factor. And McCutchen wrapped a strong road trip with his best offensive showing so far this year, going 4-for-4 with a homer in Pittsburgh’s 9-2 loss

LOS ANGELES -- Oneil Cruz and the leadoff spot are looking as though they were meant for each other. That was clear from pitch one on Saturday night at Dodger Stadium. With yet another game-opening home run, a hard-hit RBI single and a walk, Cruz’s bat stayed blazing in the

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The prospect performances that stood out Sunday across the Minor Leagues involved big names (like Marcelo Mayer and Matt Shaw) going yard and big arms (like Jacob Misiorowski) racking up a lot of strikeouts. Not to mention Arjun Nimmala, who has put a little home run streak together at High-A.

A new season is upon us, and MLB.TV – the best way to watch every out-of-market game all season long – has never been better. That’s because MLB.TV is now giving you even more baseball with the addition of 24/7 access to MLB Network (available in U.S. only). Here is

It was windy and chilly at the Betty Carr Recreation Site in Wellsburg, W. Va., on Saturday morning. However, the atmosphere was festive, nonetheless, as the Pirate Parrot led a parade of approximately 60 youngsters into the facility for the Wellsburg Baseball and Softball Association’s Opening Day festivities. As recently

LOS ANGELES -- The eyes of the baseball world were on Dodger Stadium on Friday night, where two of the game’s premier arms were going up against each other. And Paul Skenes, for his part, more than lived up to the hype in outmatching Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Skenes was

Weather wreaked havoc on more than a few Minor League games, but there was still plenty of highlights. Top 100 prospects (and teenagers) Konnor Griffin, Jesús Made and Arjun Nimmala flexed their muscles, while Chase Burns took the mound for his Double-A debut in just his fourth professional start. Oh,

Some of baseball's most well-known prospects stood out on Friday, including a trio of hurlers that finds itself among the Top 100 in Bubba Chandler, Thomas White and Trey Yesavage. Over in the batter's box, Jordan Lawlar continues to put last season's injury-plagued season further and further in the rearview

ANAHEIM -- Matt Gorski and his Indianapolis Indians (Pirates Triple-A affiliate) teammates were starting to put two and two together when manager Chris Truby made some late lineup changes and Gorski was missing. He’d been on the precipice of the Majors for years, but when arguably the hottest hitter is

ANAHEIM -- Oneil Cruz couldn’t remember who the last catcher to throw him out was. After a beat, this reporter told him it was the Brewers’ William Contreras. Cruz followed up and asked if it was in 2022. No, but it was over a year ago, on April 22, 2024.

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When discussing the fastest prospects (and frankly, all players) in baseball, there’s the Rays’ Chandler Simpson and then there’s everyone else. Now in the big leagues, Simpson has led scouts to say that he should get at least a 90 run grade on the 20-to-80 scouting scale. Watching him do

It’s been two weeks since our first Starting Pitcher Power Rankings of the regular season, and a lot can change in that time. While the rankings, based on a formula constructed by MLB.com’s data team, consider pitchers’ performance over the past 365 days, more weight is placed on recent performance.

The Nationals own the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 Draft, which comes with a record assigned value. But the Mariners, who jumped from No. 15 to No. 3 in the Draft Lottery, own the largest overall bonus pool. MLB released the slot values and bonus pools to teams

ANAHEIM -- It was the type of swing the Pirates had seemingly been searching for most of the season. And when they’ve needed a swing like that for the better part of two decades, it’s usually been Andrew McCutchen who has delivered. Up 2-1 in the fourth inning Tuesday at

The Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday sent email communication to all fans who entered PNC Park on Saturday, April 19, after the initial allotment of 20,000 bobbleheads were distributed. The Pirates are working to ensure that all fans who attended Saturday’s game and did not receive a bobblehead at the gate

ANAHEIM -- Paul Skenes had walked the outfield dirt of Angel Stadium before, on Little League day growing up. He had caught batting-practice home runs in the right-field bleachers. He made plenty of trips to watch games, including in that window in 2023 between winning a College World Series and