Tim Dierkes’ MLB Mailbag: Skenes, Soto, Mets, White Sox
2024/05/tim-dierkes-mlb-mailbag-skenes-soto-mets-white-sox.htmlAccording to Matt Eddy of Baseball America, "Foreign professionals are ineligible for Prospect Promotion Incentive draft picks."…
Brewers Designate Thyago Vieira For Assignment, Promote Bradley Blalock
2024/05/brewers-dfa-thyago-vieira-promote-bradley-blalock-mlb-debut.htmlEntering the 2024 season, Blalock ranked 13th among Milwaukee farmhands at FanGraphs, 17th at MLB.com and 22nd at Baseball America.
Guardians Designate Ramon Laureano For Assignment
2024/05/guardians-dfa-ramon-laureano-promote-johnathan-rodriguez-prospect.htmlThe Guardians obliged, hoping that Laureano would provide a boost down the stretch as they tried to keep pace in the American League Central.
Injury Notes: Garcia, Bradford, Pagan, Chandler
2024/05/injury-notes-garcia-bradford-pagan-chandler.htmlChandler was a third-round pick for the Bucs in the 2021 draft, and he is ranked 57th by Baseball America and 66th by MLB Pipeline in their current lists of the sport's top prospects.
Cardinals To Promote Ryan Loutos
2024/05/cardinals-to-promote-ryan-loutos.htmlAs Geoff Pontes of Baseball America wrote in a 2022 interview with the right-hander, "the Cardinals coveted Loutos as much for his potential fit as a front office candidate as they did for his skill as a baseball player." Loutos is a computer science major who has already been working with the Cardinals' analytics department.
Cubs Promote Luis Vazquez
2024/05/cubs-to-promote-luis-vazquez.htmlThis breakout year led the Cubs to put Vazquez on their 40-man roster last November in advance of the Rule 5 Draft, and for some extra attention from the pundits --- MLB Pipeline has Vazquez ranked as the 13th-best prospect in Chicago's farm system, while Baseball America has him 14th.
MLB Hires Nelson Cruz In Special Advisor Role
2024/05/mlb-hires-nelson-cruz-in-special-advisor-role.html"Cruz will serve as a liaison for MLB on a range of issues," the press release states, "focusing primarily on…
Cubs Recall Porter Hodge For MLB Debut
2024/05/cubs-recall-porter-hodge-for-mlb-debut.htmlHe entered the season ranked 19th among Cubs prospects at Baseball America and 24th at both FanGraphs and MLB.com.
Ken Waldichuk Undergoes Tommy John Surgery
2024/05/ken-waldichuk-to-undergo-elbow-surgery-as-to-select-aaron-brooks.htmlHe posted a 2.79 ERA in Korea and then came back to North America to sign with the Cardinals for 2022.
Orioles Claim Corbin Martin, Recall Kyle Stowers
2024/05/orioles-claim-corbin-martin-waivers-brewers.htmlEntering that 2019 season in which he was traded, Martin ranked 78th and 81st on the respective top-100 prospect lists published by Baseball America and MLB.com.
Pirates Designate Roansy Contreras, Place Ke’Bryan Hayes On 10-Day IL
2024/05/pirates-designate-roansy-contreras-place-kebryan-hayes-on-10-day-il.htmlIt wasn't long ago that Contreras was a notable prospect in his own right, checking into the back end of top-100 lists from Baseball Prospectus, Baseball America, and MLB Pipeline prior to the 2022 season.
Brewers Acquire Mitch White From Giants
2024/05/brewers-acquire-mitch-white-from-giants.htmlHe was once a notable prospect with the Dodgers, with Baseball America ranking him one of their 20 best prospects in five straight years starting in 2017.
Pirates Acquire Daulton Jefferies From Giants
2024/05/pirates-acquire-daulton-jefferies-from-giants.htmlBaseball America ranked Nolasco the #27 prospect in the Pirates' system last year, giving his power a 70 grade on the 20-80 scale, though noting that he'll have trouble getting to that power if he keeps getting punched out so often.
Sean Burroughs Passes Away
2024/05/sean-burroughs-passes-away.html1 overall draft pick, two-time All-Star, and 1974 American League MVP Jeff Burroughs, Sean clearly had baseball in his DNA.
Brewers Promote Robert Gasser
2024/05/brewers-expected-to-promote-robert-gasser.htmlBaseball America ranked him the club's #5 prospect coming into the year while FanGraphs had him at #8 and Keith Law of The Athletic at #7.
Athletics Outright Lázaro Armenteros
2024/05/athletics-outright-lazaro-armenteros.htmlBaseball America ranked him as one of the club's top 30 prospects in five straight years after he entered the system.
Angels Sign Drew Ellis To Minor League Deal
2024/05/angels-sign-drew-ellis-to-minor-league-deal.htmlBaseball America ranked him 66th in that year's draft class and pegged him as high as ninth in Arizona's system at one point, touting his plus power, athleticism and solid skills at the hot corner.
Pirates To Promote Paul Skenes
2024/05/pirates-to-promote-paul-skenes.htmlBaseball America, MLB.com and FanGraphs all give him credit for a plus-plus (70-grade) fastball on the 20-80 scale, with MLB.com even pegging as an 80-grade pitch.
Rangers Acquire Robbie Grossman, Designate Kolton Ingram
2024/05/white-sox-trade-robbie-grossman-rangers.htmlWhile Hoopii-Tuionetoa hasn't cracked the Rangers' top-30 prospect lists at Baseball America or MLB.com, he's breezed through Double-A opposition thus far, rattling off 12 1/3 shutout innings with a hefty 34% strikeout rate against a solid 8.5% walk rate.
Yankees Outright Taylor Trammell
2024/05/yankees-outright-taylor-trammell.htmlHe was selected 35th overall by the Reds in 2016 and cracked Baseball America's top 100 list in three straight years from 2018 to 2020.
MLB Mailbag: Go, Arraez, Mariners, Red Sox, Braves
2024/05/mlb-mailbag-go-arraez-mariners-red-sox-braves.htmlBaseball America viewed Abreu as a potential everyday player, and I think this platoon will continue to work.
Giants To Promote Mason Black
2024/05/giants-to-promote-mason-black.htmlMLB Pipeline rates Black as the seventh-best prospect in the San Francisco farm system, while Baseball America puts the him in the eighth spot.
Guardians Promote Kyle Manzardo, Place Steven Kwan On 10-Day Injured List
2024/05/guardians-to-promote-kyle-manzardo-place-steven-kwan-on-10-day-il.htmlKwan is hitting .353/.407/.496 over 145 plate appearances, leading the American League in both batting average and hits (47).
Marlins President Peter Bendix Discusses Luis Arraez Trade
2024/05/marlins-president-peter-bendix-discusses-luis-arraez-trade.htmlBoth Head and Marsee rank in the top 10 on lists of top Padres prospects from both Baseball America and MLB.com, though Go is an established professional on a two-year, $4.5MM deal with seven KBO seasons under his belt despite not yet having made his big league debut.
White Sox Promote Bryan Ramos, Place Danny Mendick On 10-Day IL
2024/05/white-sox-to-promote-bryan-ramos.htmlBaseball America and MLB Pipeline both rank Ramos as the fourth-best prospect in Chicago's farm system, citing his power potential and hard-contact tendencies, even if breaking pitches remain a challenge.
