Jonathan Mayo

Last Saturday marked 50 years since the IRA's infamous Guildford pub bombings that left five dead. With hundreds injured that year, Jonathan Mayo tells the story of the IRA's year of terror...

The Arizona Fall League is often called a showcase circuit or prospect graduating school – a place where the Minors' top talents gather for six weeks in the Valley of the Sun to compete before putting their stamps on the Majors. But the six AFL rosters aren't loaded with Top 100 overall and Top 30 organizational prospects alone. There are under-the-radar names playing in the desert too, hoping to make a name for themselves both within their own systems and across the industry at large. Or at least they're under the radar for now. Here is one prospect ranked outside…

The O's top two picks from the 2021 Draft are already big leaguers, with first-rounder Colton Cowser an American League Rookie of the Year Award candidate and second-round pick Connor Norby now with the Marlins (by way of the Trevor Rogers trade). Both of those guys were taken out of

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- By now, Phillies infield prospect Bryan Rincon understands that fulfilling his dream of becoming a big leaguer isn’t going to be a walk in the park, that sacrifices will have to be made. He committed to his first big one with his family in Venezuela a few

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The fact that Khristian Curtis is throwing from any mound at all is somewhat amazing. That he's doing it now in the Arizona Fall League is almost hard to fathom. But here he was on Monday night firing four shutout innings for Scottsdale in an eventual 3-1 loss to Salt River. It's something the Pirates' No. 27 prospect does not take for granted given the injury adversity he has been forced to work through to get to this point. It all started during Curtis' freshman year at Texas A&M in 2021, when he missed the entire year…

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- After missing the entirety of the 2024 season following left shoulder surgery, Matt McLain needed at-bats. Even though the Reds infielder had 365 big-league at-bats in 2023 and received Rookie of the Year votes, he opted to come back to the Arizona Fall League, where he played as a prospect in 2022.

MESA, Ariz. -- The “local kid done good” plot is an age-old storyline that everyone loves. But it can be easier said than done, with the expectations coming with it being too much for a young player to shoulder.

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- The Andrew Painter comeback tour continued on Wednesday afternoon. The fourth Arizona Fall League start for the No. 32 prospect in baseball delivered similar results to the Phillies phenom’s previous outing: three scoreless innings, three strikeouts, no walks and one step closer to being ready for a

GLENDALE, Ariz. – One reason why teams send players to the Arizona Fall League is because a decision has to be made about putting them on the 40-man roster or leaving them exposed to December’s Rule 5 Draft. This last stretch of performances, and how a player responds to the

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Creed Willems had a chance to play hero, coming to the plate with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning and two out, the score tied, 6-6. Instead, he beat one into the ground to end the inning and send Saturday night’s Peoria-Surprise Arizona