Bill Mitchell

Every month during the season, Baseball America updates our Top 100 rankings. Beyond the list itself, we also like to explain the reasons why players moved up, down, in and out.

On this week’s Prospect Podcast, Josh Norris, Ian Cundall and J.J. Cooper discuss some of the players who made significant moves in our June Top 100 Prospects update.

The Arizona and Florida Complex Leagues are more than a month into their seasons, so it’s time for Baseball America to start the work of identifying the top talent in both circuits. With that in mind, I’m headed on the road for two weeks, starting on June 9, to surveil both states.

On this week’s Prospect Podcast, Geoff Pontes, Ian Cundall and J.J. Cooper talk about a pair of farm systems that have impressed in the first two months of the season, as the Braves and Dodgers have both seen multiple players move up or join the Top 100.

The Royals consistently search for hidden gems in the draft, especially targeting raw athletes with good makeup traits that they can mold into winning ballplayers.

The Arizona and Florida Complex Leagues have been going for roughly six weeks, and interesting prospects have begun to emerge.

Baseball America regularly publishes an organization report for each of the 30 MLB clubs.

Every Monday morning, we highlight 10 players who stood out to us based on their underlying Statcast metrics. Data will usually be through Saturday of that week, but may include some data from Sunday games. These are not full scouting reports, but often serve as good early indicators of prospects who might be ready to break out or are demonstrating MLB-ready skills.

Ever since Triple-A adopted the split-schedule format for playoff purposes, all MiLB full-season leagues operate on a first half/second half format. And Sunday marked the end of the first half across the minor leagues.

The MLB Draft combine annually presents an opportunity for the top players in the class to take part in on-field workout activities including batting practice and bullpen sessions.