Jonathan Mayo

Several members of the 2025 Draft class are wasting no time tearing up pro ball. No. 1 overall pick Eli Willits (Nationals) already has hit his way to High-A at age 18. No. 3 selection Kade Anderson (Mariners) leads the Minor Leagues with a 43 percent strikeout rate and a 10.9 K/BB ratio after heading straight to Double-A, while No. 6 choice Seth Hernandez (Pirates) tops the Minors with 83 whiffs in just 49 2/3 innings. Another first-rounder, Tate Southisene (Braves), paces the Minors with 37 steals. Third-rounder Anthony Eyanson (Red Sox) has dominated so much on the mound that…

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The whole point of having good prospects in a system is to get them to the big leagues. In a perfect world, teams amass a pool of talent in Triple-A, the proverbial phone call away, to be able to readily call up reinforcements when needed. If the idea of seeing

On the four episodes of the MLB Pipeline Podcast preceding the 2026 Draft, Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo will be looking at each demographic in the class: College pitchers, college hitters, high school pitchers and high school hitters. The series kicks off with a deep dive into the top college

It’s moving season in the Minor Leagues. It’s around this time of the season that sample sizes are big enough and organizations can recognize without much doubt which of their prospects deserve new challenges at higher levels, like the Nationals did last week with Eli Willits’ move to High-A at

It's moving season in the Minor Leagues. It's around this time of the season that sample sizes are big enough and organizations can recognize without much doubt which of their prospects deserve new challenges at higher levels, like the Nationals did last week with Eli Willits' move to High-A at just 18 years old or the White Sox did in recent days with Caleb Bonemer's jump to Double-A in just his second full season. There's always the looming Major League debut as clubs fill needs at the top level and reward deserving young talents with the chance they've always dreamed…

It’s moving season in the Minor Leagues. It’s around this time of the season that sample sizes are big enough and organizations can recognize without much doubt which of their prospects deserve new challenges at higher levels, like the Nationals did last week with Eli Willits’ move to High-A at

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Throughout the past two months, in preparation for the MLB Draft on July 11 and 12, MLB Pipeline's Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo have alternated weekly with new mock drafts based on fresh intel. This week, the duo is on site in Phoenix for the Combine, and they're joining forces. On the most recent edition of the MLB Pipeline Podcast, Callis and Mayo took turns making each club's first pick and giving reasoning based on what they're hearing from clubs. Here is a breakdown of that segment, structured in the form of a draft with each player's rank in parentheses.…