Jim Callis

It's decision time. Clubs have until 6 p.m. ET Tuesday to add players to their 40-man rosters and protect them from the Rule 5 Draft, which will take place Dec. 11 at the Winter Meetings in Dallas. We've listed every organization's ranked prospects who are Rule 5-eligible here. There are four Top 100 prospects who require protection — Cubs outfielder Owen Caissie, White Sox shortstop Colson Montgomery, Cardinals right-hander Tink Hence and Rockies outfielder Zac Veen — and they'll all join 40-man rosters before the deadline. But many other calls won't be nearly as easy. We have identified a player…

Though the quality of pitching in the Arizona Fall League continued to decline, the developmental circuit's best prospect did his work on the mound. Phillies right-hander Andrew Painter returned to competition after missing the entire 2023 and 2024 seasons and quickly re-established himself as the most promising young arm in

Though the quality of pitching in the Arizona Fall League continued to decline, the developmental circuit's best prospect did his work on the mound. Phillies right-hander Andrew Painter returned to competition after missing the entire 2023 and 2024 seasons and quickly re-established himself as the most promising young arm in the game. Painter was one of 15 Top 100 prospects to crack our AFL Top 30 prospects rankings below — though just one of two pitchers. The Fall League featured a bumper crop of first basemen that included baseball's four best prospects at the position (Jac Caglianone, Bryce Eldridge, Nick…

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A year ago, we provided one Rookie of the Year candidate for every team. How'd we do? We nailed the NL top rookie (Paul Skenes) and also picked out two others who received votes (Jackson Chourio and Mason Miller). That's a good enough success rate to try the whole exercise again. We discussed who we thought were the overall favorites on a recent episode of the MLB Pipeline Podcast and you can read about it here. Below is a prospect for each team we think has the chance to bring in next year's ROY hardware, all with the caveat that…

The Scout of the Year program celebrated its 40th anniversary Wednesday evening at the Winter Meetings in Dallas, honoring evaluators and administrators for their contributions to the game.

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Kristian Campbell entered 2024 as a supplemental fourth-round pick the previous July who had fashioned a nice pro debut. He ended it as the No. 10 prospect on MLB Pipeline's Top 100 Prospects list, not to mention its Hitting Prospect of the Year and the MiLB Breakout Player of the

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While no prospect boosted his stock more than Campbell last season, seven others on the list below improved enough to join him on the season-ending Top 100 after missing the preseason list. We highlight the players who have raised their profiles the most in each system during the last 12 months: Blue Jays: Jake Bloss, RHP (No. 3) Ranked No. 11 in the Astros system to begin 2024, the 2023 third-rounder out of Georgetown climbed from High-A Asheville all the way to the Majors in his first full season by showcasing three above-average pitches out of the gate. Sure, his…