Prospect Pipeline

  1. Analyzing Chicago Cubs' Top Options for the No. 2 Pick in the 2013 MLB Draft

    Owning the second overall pick in the 2013 First-Year Player Draft in June, the Chicago Cubs will have the opportunity to land one of the top amateur talents on the board yet again...

    Mike Rosenbaum Written by Mike Rosenbaum about 1 month ago 7,856 reads 23 comments

  2. Breaking Down Pittsburgh Pirates' Prospect Gerrit Cole's 1st Start of 2013

    The Player Gerrit Cole, RHP , Pittsburgh Pirates The Background No. 1 overall pick to Pittsburgh in 2011 MLB draft; 6'4", 240 pounds; Previously drafted by the New ...

    Adam Wells Written by Adam Wells about 1 month ago 5,493 reads 0 comments

  3. MLB Prospects Update: Hottest, Coldest Hitters at Every Minor League Level

    Even though the 2013 Minor League Baseball season just began last Thursday, there have already been countless standout performances by top prospects across all levels...

    Mike Rosenbaum Written by Mike Rosenbaum about 1 month ago 4,370 reads 2 comments

  4. Stock Up, Stock Down on MLB's Top 10 Prospects After Week 1

    The prospect watch for 2013 has begun as the minor league season got underway last Thursday. Fans and analysts have their eyes locked on what the future stars of the game will be doing for the next five months...

    Adam Wells Written by Adam Wells about 1 month ago 2,565 reads 3 comments

  5. Assembling the Most Unhittable Pitching Prospect, Piece by Piece

    With the Minor League Baseball season now underway, prospect hounds will finally have a chance to observe the game’s top pitching prospects on a regular basis...

    Mike Rosenbaum Written by Mike Rosenbaum about 1 month ago 7,024 reads 9 comments

  6. 10 Pitching Prospects to Watch This Weekend in MiLB Games

    With most baseball fans still consumed with the start of the 2013 MLB season, I feel as though it’s my duty as Lead Writer to inform the Prospect Pipeline readers that the minor league season is now underway...

    Mike Rosenbaum Written by Mike Rosenbaum about 1 month ago 2,195 reads 1 comments

  7. Predicting the First 10 Minor League Hitters Who Will Be Promoted to MLB

    Even though prospects such as Jackie Bradley Jr., Jedd Gyorko and Aaron Hicks cracked their respective team’s Opening Day roster, the game’s best young hitters will open the 2013 season in the minor leagues...

    Mike Rosenbaum Written by Mike Rosenbaum about 1 month ago 4,387 reads 5 comments

  8. Pros and Cons of a Jurickson Profar for Oscar Taveras Blockbuster Trade

    The St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers both have glaring needs on their big league roster. And some have suggested they can fix this with a simple phone call between general managers John Mozeliak and Jon Daniels...

    Adam Wells Written by Adam Wells about 1 month ago 21,297 reads 50 comments

  9. 2013 Predictions for Top 25 MLB Prospects Who Cracked Opening Day Rosters

    With 25-man rosters set and the 2013 season now underway, there’s no question that this year’s extra-long spring training helped a large contingent of prospects break camp in the major leagues...

    Mike Rosenbaum Written by Mike Rosenbaum about 1 month ago 3,064 reads 0 comments

  10. Predicting the First 10 Minor League Pitchers Who Will Be Promoted to MLB

    While Shelby Miller and Julio Teheran both won a spot in their teams' starting rotation, the majority of the game’s top pitching prospects are set to open the 2013 season back in the minor leagues...

    Mike Rosenbaum Written by Mike Rosenbaum about 1 month ago 5,947 reads 2 comments

  11. Dylan Bundy: How Scared Should the Orioles Be about Their Phenom's Elbow Injury?

    Any news that involves Dylan Bundy and an “elbow injury” is never good. According to Steve Melewski of MASN , Bundy , who’s widely regarded as baseball’s ...

    Mike Rosenbaum Written by Mike Rosenbaum about 1 month ago 7,141 reads 6 comments

  12. What Does Huge Elvis Andrus Extension Mean for Jurickson Profar's MLB Future?

    Although unanimous top-prospect Jurickson Profar is ready for an everyday role in the major leagues, the Texas Rangers simply have nowhere to play him...

    Mike Rosenbaum Written by Mike Rosenbaum about 1 month ago 6,535 reads 27 comments

  13. MLB Player Comparisons for Top Marlins Prospect Jose Fernandez

    Sunday was a busy day for the Miami Marlins . Seemingly out of nowhere, two of the team’s starting pitchers, Nathan Eovaldi and Henderson Alvarez, were both placed on the disabled list with respective shoulder injuries...

    Mike Rosenbaum Written by Mike Rosenbaum about 1 month ago 3,393 reads 2 comments

  14. Is Astros' 'Piggyback' Pitching Structure Brilliant Innovation or Idiocy?

    After losing more than 100 games in each of the last two seasons, the Houston Astros are relocating from the National League Central to the American League West, where they’ll likely lose more than 100 games once again...

    Mike Rosenbaum Written by Mike Rosenbaum about 1 month ago 3,319 reads 13 comments

  15. 7 MLB Prospects Whose Power Will Jump the Furthest in 2013

    After hitting 27 home runs over his first three minor league seasons, Wil Myers exploded for 37 home runs last year in 134 games between the Royals’ Double-A and Triple-A affiliates...

    Mike Rosenbaum Written by Mike Rosenbaum about 1 month ago 9,238 reads 7 comments

  16. Grading Every MLB Team's No. 1 Prospect in Spring Training

    The end of spring training gives us one last chance to look back at what baseball's best prospects managed to do when they were given the task of competing against big leaguers in a very informal setting...

    Adam Wells Written by Adam Wells about 1 month ago 8,582 reads 15 comments

  17. Bleacher Report's Updated Top 50 MLB Prospects After Spring Training

    With an accelerated start to spring training due to the participation of MLB players in the 2013 World Baseball Classic, many of baseball’s top prospects have received extensive playing time in major league camp...

    Mike Rosenbaum Written by Mike Rosenbaum about 1 month ago 114,245 reads 97 comments

  18. Determining Long-Term Risk of Dealing High-Upside Prospects for Established Star

    This past offseason featured an unprecedented number of blockbuster trades involving top-ranked prospects...

    Mike Rosenbaum Written by Mike Rosenbaum about 1 month ago 5,387 reads 4 comments

  19. How Shelby Miller Winning a Rotation Spot Shakes Up NL Rookie of the Year Odds

    As the long, winding road towards the regular season approaches, all 30 Major League Baseball teams are making final decisions that will include some of the top prospects in the game getting a well-deserved spot on the 25-man roster...

    Adam Wells Written by Adam Wells about 1 month ago 4,029 reads 0 comments

  20. 15 MLB Prospects Who Gained the Most from Their Spring Training Experience

    If spring training stats don't matter—for the record, they don't—there are certain things that you can look for to measure, at least to some degree, progression from a prospect that you may not have noticed before...

    Adam Wells Written by Adam Wells about 1 month ago 13,154 reads 13 comments

  21. Is Cardinals' Oscar Taveras Ready to Skip Triple-A, Chase Rookie of the Year?

    If there’s one young hitter capable of making a successful jump from Double-A to the major leagues, it’s Oscar Taveras . After batting .386/.444/.584 with 40 extra-base hits in 78 games for Low-A Quad Cities in 2011, the St...

    Mike Rosenbaum Written by Mike Rosenbaum about 1 month ago 5,627 reads 7 comments

  22. Big-Name MLB Prospects in Danger of Being Labeled "Four-A Players"

    Hearing the term "Four-A" player is supposed to be a nice way of saying that someone is a bust, but when you really stop to think about it, it actually comes off sounding worse...

    Adam Wells Written by Adam Wells about 1 month ago 2,521 reads 15 comments

  23. 10 Prospects with the Most on the Line in Spring Training's Final Week

    Although most top prospects originally invited to big league camp have since been cut, there’s still a rather large collection of young talent fighting for a spot on an Opening Day roster...

    Mike Rosenbaum Written by Mike Rosenbaum about 1 month ago 971 reads 0 comments

  24. 10 MLB Prospects Who Will Take the Largest Leaps Forward in 2013

    One of the big buzz words you will hear about when it comes to prospects, especially those at the lower levels of the minor leagues prior to the start of the season, is "leap...

    Adam Wells Written by Adam Wells about 1 month ago 2,977 reads 0 comments

  25. Final Predictions for Prospects Making Every MLB Team's 25-Man Roster

    With spring training gradually winding down, teams have been busily cutting players (mostly prospects) from big league camp as they come closer to finalizing a 25-man roster. As a result, battles for remaining roster spots have finally taken shape...

    Mike Rosenbaum Written by Mike Rosenbaum about 1 month ago 11,232 reads 10 comments