LOS ANGELES -- The Mets' 2021 Draft didn't work out as planned. New York manipulated its bonus-pool money to be able to afford a $6 million bonus for No. 10 overall pick Kumar Rocker, but didn't have a backup plan for utilizing the savings after not signing the Vanderbilt right-hander

In most years, the quickest draftee to reach the big leagues arrives via the mound. A pitcher beat a hitter to the Majors in 17 of the previous 21 Drafts, though Austin Hays (2016), Nico Hoerner (2018) and Andrew Vaughn (2019) are recent exceptions, Garrett Crochet (2020) became the first

LOS ANGELES -- If the 2022 MLB Draft’s first round made you feel old, rest assured you weren’t alone. Looking solely at some of the last names, one might mistake Sunday’s pick proceedings for a redraft from an earlier -- but not all that distant -- era. Matt Holliday’s son

Paul Skenes is trying to remove any doubt that there's a better college pitcher -- or Draft prospect -- in the nation. The LSU right-hander turned in one of his best starts of the year on Friday night against Mississippi State as he struck out 11 of the first 14

I've completed my first full first-round projection for 2023 and my 2013 redraft, so I'm fully immersed in the Draft now. And I'm loving it! Let's tackle some Draft questions ...

Three players separated themselves from the rest in the 2013 Draft. Stanford right-hander Mark Appel had been a first-rounder the year before but declined to sign with the Pirates. San Diego third baseman Kris Bryant outhomered 223 of the 296 NCAA Division I teams all by himself. Oklahoma righty Jon

There's a reason MLB Pipeline's Jim Callis has called LSU right-hander Paul Skenes the best collegiate pitching prospect since Stephen Strasburg more than a decade ago. And if anyone needed any more convincing, Skenes obliged with a masterpiece against Auburn on Friday night at Plainsman Park. The 6-foot-6, 235-pound Skenes

Our first full first-round projection of the year features more certainty than it typically does this early, more than nine weeks before the Draft begins on July 9 in Seattle. The consensus top two prospects are Louisiana State outfielder Dylan Crews and right-hander Paul Skenes, who are bidding to become

It seems these days that people’s prospect interests are somewhat split, and for good reason. Our Draft Top 150 is out, and even though the 2023 Draft is still more than two months away, people want to talk about the class and its top prospects. At the same time, though,

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In most years, a college team might have one player who sits at or near the top of the Draft and other Draft-eligible teammates benefit from the attention that player gets. Every once in a while, there are duos who both belong in top 10 conversations. Rarely, if ever, have

The 2023 MLB Draft is still 75 days away, but it's never too early to take a look at how the top selections might shake out. That's what Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo discussed on the latest Pipeline Podcast, when they each made their top 10 picks based on who

Have you ever heard of someone hitting for the cycle and throwing a no-hitter in the same game? Well, now you have. Meet Brady Ware of the DII University of Indianapolis Greyhounds, who had the kind of day that only feels achievable if you’re playing as Shohei Ohtani in MLB

One of the missions of UNINTERRUPTED, a multimedia company that empowers athletes as creators and storytellers, is, as producer Jackson New-Smith puts it, to “be really intentional about giving voices a platform that hadn't previously gotten that opportunity.” With a two-part series, New Wave: Baseball’s Next Generation, the filmmakers do

When the Pirates won MLB's first-ever Draft Lottery in December, they didn't just secure the No. 1 overall pick in 2023. They also landed the highest assigned pick value in Draft history and the third-highest bonus pool ever. The assigned values for the 2023 Draft have risen 9.9 percent compared

The National High School Invitational is a team event, and congratulations are in order for Huntington Beach HS (Calif.) for winning its second NHSI title Saturday. But it’s also become a must-stop for the scouting industry, giving evaluators the chance to see top talent, not only for this year’s Draft,

CARY, N.C. -- Tyler Bellerose was supposed to be on Huntington Beach’s junior varsity team this year. But he forced his way onto the varsity roster by pitching very well over the winter. That allowed him to be at the National High School Invitational and play the improbable hero Saturday.

CARY, N.C. -- When Trent Caraway walks to the plate, he lets his bat skim the ground, drawing an arc behind the umpire on his way to the right-handed batter’s box. As he steps into the box he kicks the air like he’s attempting a field goal or, as the

Marcelo Mayer has dominated at every level he’s played at, and the shortstop happens to play for a franchise that just saw the departure of four-time All-Star and five-time Silver Slugger Xander Bogaerts at the same position. Will Boston decide that Mayer is ready to become Bogaerts’ heir apparent as

Chase Dollander for Tennessee. Paul Skenes for LSU. Does it really get better than that? Apparently not, as a record-breaking crowd of 13,068 flocked to Baton Rouge on Thursday night.

CARY, N.C. -- Ralphy Velazquez has played for Team USA in the past, but it’s been a while, and it didn’t happen when it mattered most to him. The Huntington Beach HS (Calif.) catcher was on the 12U team that won a gold medal in the WBSC U-12 Baseball World

CARY, N.C. -- It wasn’t the result he or his Jesuit HS teammates hoped for when coming across the country from Oregon to the National High School Invitational, but even in a 3-1 defeat to Calvary Christian, Noble Meyer knew how well he and his squad had competed. “This was

It started as an interesting idea, a national high school tournament, back in 2012. Now USA Baseball’s National High School Invitational has cemented itself as one of the best high school events in the country as well as a must-stop for the scouting industry. On Wednesday, the 10th edition of

The weather in Baton Rouge was hot but Paul Skenes was downright blistering. The Louisiana State right-hander, ranked No. 4 on MLB Pipeline’s Draft Top 100, continued his dominant start to the 2023 college baseball season with a seven-inning, 12-strikeout performance against Arkansas on Friday. • MLB Pipeline | Top

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