Just a few days into camp and Craig Counsell has already lauded Nico Hoerner's defense and his ability to "make adjustments very quickly," but the first-year Cubs manager couldn't have imagined anything like this.
Leave it to a Gold Glover to turn what looked like a routine play into anything but.
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Following Brooks Lee’s first full professional season, during which he catapulted all the way up to Triple-A and put himself in position to make his MLB debut in 2024, he went right back to San Luis Obispo, Calif., where he fell back into the easy routine of working alongside his dad at Cal Poly.
If Alberto Rios fails to reach the big leagues, it won’t be for a lack of grit and determination.
Drafted as an outfielder out of Stanford in the third round last year, Rios focused on catcher at instructional league and will head into 2024 trying to make it at the position.
So you think you know an immaculate inning when you see one, eh? Ha. We now live in a world where a guy can’t even be sure he knows an immaculate inning when he’s just thrown one.
Just ask Rays reliever Robert Stephenson. Oh, wait. I did that.
BALTIMORE — When Evan Phillips walked into Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Monday, he took a moment to reflect. This was the ballpark he went to as a kid.
Haniger went 3-for-5 with two doubles, two RBI and two runs scored in Monday's 14-4 win over the Pirates.
Sometimes, Brooks Lee still provides brief glimpses of the fact that he has only been a professional for just more than seven months now, with all of 31 Minor League games under his belt.
The MLB Pipeline crew likes to start each new year by projecting prospects poised to break out in the upcoming season.
These are our picks for Hitting and Pitching Prospects of the Year for each of the 30 Minor League organizations.