When most players and parents go searching for the “hottest bats” or “baseball bats with the most pop,” they often expect a simple list of models that promise jaw-dropping exit velocities. Indeed, a few quick swings in a cage can suggest one bat has the most pop or that another is...
2.MacKenzie Gore, LHP, Padres(MLB'sNo. 83 prospect) Gore’s remarkable rebound/debut season rolls on. He has yet to allow more than three runs in a start, and his last time out against the Cubs was his first start without walking anyone. The left-hander has 25 strikeouts against just...
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Tatum has had a difficult time staying on the field since turning pro as a 16th-rounder out of North Carolina State in 2021, drawing a 50-game suspension for amphetamines last summer and injuring an ankle in the Arizona Fall League. He's getting at-bats and making the most of them in ...
“It’s awesome,” manager Dave Martinez said. “It’s a lot of fun right now to watch him work at-bats, it really is. He’s staying on the ball, he’s hitting the ball up the middle, he’s using the whole field. When he gets like this, we’ve seen it before, he can carr...
The top pitching prospect in baseball continues to do top-pitching-prospect kinds of things, with a 3.04 ERA, 0.97 WHIP and a 14.1 K/9 rate over his last five starts as a 21-year-old in Double-A. Perhaps he’s saving his best for last as his first start this month, on Sept. 3...
Dubbed “The Professor'' for his baseball IQ, the 5-foot-10 shortstop has discovered an immense power stroke over the past month. The switch-hitter has a season total of 10 home runs, with seven coming over the course of his last 17 games for Double-A Akron. Additionally Rocchio has ...
The top pitching prospect in baseball continues to do top-pitching-prospect kinds of things, with a 3.04 ERA, 0.97 WHIP and a 14.1 K/9 rate over his last five starts as a 21-year-old in Double-A. Perhaps he’s saving his best for last as his first start this month, on Sept. 3...