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Joe Idone ( @TourPicks) welcomes guest Pat Mayo ( @ThePME) founder of Mayo Media Network to an all-new episode of Preferred Lines. Joe and Pat discuss their top betting picks on the board for the upcoming 2024 WM Phoenix Open. Preferred Lines YouTube Channel, part of RotoBaller Radio's Podcast Network RotoBaller channel on Youtube to get all our…

The Milwaukee Brewers have one of baseball's most electrifying prospects in outfielder Jackson Chourio. At age 19 the five tool player, who is yet to make his MLB debut, is additionally locked up for a minimum of eight years with the Brew Crew. Despite the buzz he has created with his skill set and historic contract he is still being overlooked as…

Tuesday afternoon marked an important deadline for the offseason: teams needed to move players to the 40-man roster in order to protect them from the upcoming Rule 5 Draft. The Rule 5 Draft will take place on December 6th during this year's Winter Meetings, and teams will be able to select unprotected players from other organizations. All 30 MLB…

As recently as five years ago, a prospect as good as Coby Mayo would have been the most exciting Orioles hitting prospect there was. It is a testament to the collection of talent now in the organization that Mayo, who led the entire O's organization in several offensive categories including home runs and slugging percentage while reaching Triple-A…

The Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Nationals appear to have easy decisions at the top of the 2023 MLB draft. The LSU Tigers pair of Paul Skenes and Dylan Crews are widely regarded as the top two prospects in the draft class. Pittsburgh is expected to choose between one of the LSU players and Washington should take whichever one is not the No. 1…

There is a certain mysteriousness about minor league spring training. Understandably, it isn't covered the way the major league version is, so information tends to trickle out, if it even comes out at all. Fans get a peek at minor league players as fill-ins for the big leaguers during spring training games, and while that can be informative in…

Recent reports say friends of Julio Urías don't think the star lefty will re-sign with the Dodgers after this season. Jeff digs into those reports and what they might or might not mean, including some parsing of the language that reveals how meaningless the report really is. Then we dig into why so many people are so high on prospect/rookie Miguel…

AEW has several people on their roster who once worked for WWE. Some might not realize it, but Don Callis is one of those many talented performers who used to cash paychecks from Vince McMahon's company. Don Callis was once in WWE around 1998, but that time didn't last long. He was released from his contract, and his exit was not the smoothest…

When we unveiled our Top 100 Prospects list last month, there was significant fervor around who wasn't included among the game's best of the best. Alas, only 100 players could make the list -- for now. As graduations occur and performances fluctuate, that group will see some significant shuffling as the year goes on. On the MLB Pipeline Podcast,…

On the fast track to becoming one of the best prospects in all of baseball? The name Minnesota Twins fans need to become familiar with is Emmanuel Rodriguez. He's 20 years old, 5-foot-10 and about 210 pounds. He plays the outfield and is considered one of the organization's best prospects. Just how good could he become? Well, Keith Law, who covers…

It's prospect season! As reported by Michael McDermott, last night MLB Pipeline released their top 100 prospects list, and it contained four Diamondbacks. A week earlier Baseball America released their list and it had five D-backs on it. These are the two premier prospect ranking sites in the industry. Here is how the the two sites compare in their…

Since 2019, the Baltimore Orioles have been meticulously curating their minor league system and have produced an industry-best collection of talent that has begun to produce results at the major league level. 100+ loss seasons have netted them top draft picks like Adley Rutschman and Jackson Holliday. The high-end slot money the big league club's…

After a breakout season in the Chicago Cubs minor league system in 2022, center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong is entering the 2023 season as the team's top prospect. The praise for Crow-Armstrong continues as the Cubs prepare for the start of Spring Training next month as Jim Callis of MLB's official website r anked the Cubs' prospect as one of the…

You know that it's January when different experts and pundits begin to release their predictions for the upcoming season. The MLB Pipeline crew of Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Sam Dykstra got together and selected one breakout prospect from each of the 30 Major League Baseball teams heading into the 2023 season. The trio selected a relative…

Depending on how the MLB Draft Lottery goes, who do you believe will be the first three players selected in next year's Draft? -- @StevieDAles97 Stevie D, I feel like you set me up with this question on purpose so that I can give my all-too-familiar lecture on the top of the Draft. Even if it was accidental, I thank you. In a nutshell, here it is:…

The 2022 regular season is officially wrapped up, with the Mets beating the Nationals in the second game of a doubleheader to close out the year. 18 teams now formally turn their attention to 2023, while the postseason will get underway on Friday. With the standings set for the league's non-playoff teams, there's some more clarity about next year's…

The Cincinnati Reds (60-93) will begin their final road trip of the 2022 season. It all begins tonight at the beautiful PNC Park against the Pittsburgh Pirates (56-97) at 6:35 PM. The Reds ended their three game losing streak yesterday with a late inning victory. The Reds need to go 3-6 or better in their final nine games to avoid 100 losses this…

The Houston Astros selected eight players on the second day of the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft in rounds 3-10. The Houston Astros kept the college selections alive entering the second day of the 2022 MLB Draft, selecting three collegiate arms in a row. To open the second day, the Astros picked right-handed pitcher Michael Knorr out of Coastal…

It's time for the second (we hope) annual Unofficial Futures Game Batting Practice Home Run Derby Draft (UFGBPHRDD?)! Last year, Jim Callis and I drafted XMSirius All-Star Futures Game players and tracked how many home runs each hit during batting practice, somewhat formalizing what's been an unofficial hobby for years. Maybe someday the Futures…

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With the 2023 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game just around the corner Saturday, it's time for another annual tradition: MLB Pipeline's Futures Game Batting Practice Home Run Derby Draft. There's plenty of excitement about the seven-inning exhibition game, but scouts' eyes will also be on the batting practice beforehand. BP is a great way to see a…

Tick-tock. The Draft is approaching fast, set to start Sunday, July 9, and to be broadcast live from Seattle with a pregame show at 6 p.m. ET on MLB Network, ESPN and MLB.com. Every pick on Day 2 (Monday at 2 p.m. ET) and Day 3 (Tuesday at 2 p.m. ET) will stream on MLB.com and ESPN+. For Draft-eligible players, the big moment probably can't come…

For people who track prospects, baseball action never really stops. The Arizona Fall League carries us past the World Series. LIDOM and other winter leagues featuring up-and-coming stars really start cooking shortly thereafter, bringing us within a few short weeks of pitchers and catchers reporting to Spring Training. The clear high point between…

This story was excerpted from the Rockies Beat newsletter, with MLB.com reporter Manny Randhawa filling in for Thomas Harding in this edition. To read the full newsletter, . And to get it regularly in your inbox. If you're the Rockies, or a Rockies fan, there's a new avenue for daring to dream. On Sunday, at the Winter Meetings in San Diego, the…

This story was excerpted from MLB Pipeline's newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And to get it regularly in your inbox. The 2023 Top 100 Prospects list is out. If you haven't caught it yet, put down this email for a few minutes, and go explore the full group of scouting reports, grades, video breakdowns, etc. for this year's class.…