#MLB Futures Game

Tuesday at Dodger Stadium saw the Dodgers, Major League Baseball, and the city of Los Angeles announce plans for All-Star week in and around downtown in July. Dodger Stadium hosts the MLB All-Star Game for the first time since 1980. But while that Tuesday, July 19 game - called by Joe Davis from his home booth in his new role as Fox Sports' No. 1…

This Saturday, the game's brightest prospects will gather at Dodger Stadium for the 2022 Futures Game. The Futures Game is MLB's annual showcase of the sport's best prospective big leaguers, some of whom will make their big-league debut in the second half. And you know what? Some will be traded at the deadline. That's how it has been throughout…

While White Sox fans have become very familiar with the team's low farm system ranking, there have certainly been glimmers of hope to come this season. While several White Sox players were certainly worthy of an award such as a nomination to the MLB Futures Game, it was Oscar Colás who earned the nomination this year to the team. The full AL and NL…

1. I've made it clear that I think Major League Baseball's exclusive streaming deals are bad for the game. The league likes to say the streaming deals are in place to help grow the game. The truth is, the streaming deals are in place so the league can make as much money as possible. Halfway through the season, we haven't seen much evidence of the…

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We have four former Blue Jays having birthdays today. Josh Donaldson turns 37 today. We picked up Josh in trade from the A's for, what turned out to be, a handful of magic beans. In his four seasons with the Jays he hit.281/.383/.548 with 116 home runs in 462 games. He won an AL MVP award and finished 4th and 22nd in voting the next two seasons. By…

The Texas Rangers and Globe Life Field will host the 2024 All-Star Game! Rob Manfred made that announcement today at the conclusion of the owner's meetings in New York. It will be the second time the Rangers organization has hosted the All Star Game, as The Ballpark in Arlington hosted the 1995 All Star game and fans saw a thrilling 3-2 NL…

TWO WEEKS AFTER New Year's, there was a bidding war over a baseball card at collectibles marketplace Goldin. Bidding opened at $30000 and rose to $101000 by the next day, accruing 14 bids by midnight. A high-end collector, who goes by Shyne150, had unloaded $474000 on a 2020 Bowman Chrome Prospect Autographs Superfractor, a literal one-of-a-kind…

The wait is over: it's officially Tovar Time. After tearing it up in spring training and Double-A Hartford, 21-year-old Ezequiel Tovar made his MLB debut on Friday, September 23 against the San Diego Padres. (Brendan Rodgers was placed on the IL to make room.) And in that debut, he also made some other history as the first player in Rockies history…

In recent years, younger players have been getting flack from older players for how they play the game, and now St. Louis Cardinals prospect Maysn Winn is the latest example of this. On a recent episode of the Starting 9 podcast on Barstool Sports, Justin Turner referenced "that shortstop" (in reference to Maysn Winn) who threw a 100 mph strike to…

A year removed from Brennen Davis taking part in the MLB Futures Game and winning MVP, the Chicago Cubs are likely sending another outfielder to the Midsummer Classic. According to Mark Gonzales, Pete Crow-Armstrong will be heading to Los Angeles to participate in this year's Futures Game. PCA dominated the early portion of the season. In 38 games…

The TinCaps concluded their season Sunday with a 50-80 record. It was the team's worst mark in the 13 seasons since moving into Parkview Field, and it had fewer victories in a 132-game schedule (there were two rainouts) than it had in a 120-game slate last year. It was Fort Wayne's second consecutive last-place finish in the Midwest League East…

Every season MLB.com puts out a new list of every team's top 100 prospects. The Seattle prospects for the latest list will have some new faces since the team trades away prospects including SS Edwin Arroyo and SS Noevili Marte to acquire P Luis Castillo from the Cincinnati Reds. That meant there was bound to be a new list with some new faces. Meet…

The Rockies are getting a glimpse at their future with prospect Michael Toglia in their lineup every day. A late-season call-up, the switch-hitting rookie has been splitting time between first base, his specialty, and right field. Now, it's time to take a look at who else is rising through Colorado's ranks. Shortstops If you don't know who Ezequiel…

Oswald Peraza has arrived in the bigs…and now Anthony Volpe is one step away. The Somerset Patriots announced Friday that on the heels of Peraza being called up to MLB, No. 1 organizational prospect Volpe has been promoted from Double-A to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. From the Patriots' release: The Somerset County native ends his time with the…