14 prospects to follow for as Rookie ball gets underway
Who is ready for another Opening Day? The Arizona and Florida Complex Leagues begin play Saturday, officially kicking off the Rookie-level portion of the 2025 Minor League schedule. That might still feel early for those who have been following the Minors for a while. The Complex League schedules were moved
Here are the 2024 Rookie-level All-Stars and award winners
As the four full-season levels of Minor League Baseball enter the last leg of their 2024 campaigns, award season is officially upon us. Kicking off the festivities is the Rookie-level leagues. Starting in the Arizona Complex League, Rockies outfielder Robert Calaz took home MVP honors, with San Francisco’s Jacob Bresnahan
Dodgers affiliate sweeps to ACL championship
Hours after the Florida Complex League came to a close, the Arizona Complex League capped its 2024 season as well, with the Rookie-level Dodgers sweeping their way to the championship. The Dodgers entered the postseason with the best record on the circuit (40-20), earning the top seed in the postseason
Watch for these 10 Complex league prospects
The Rookie-level Arizona Complex and Florida Complex leagues began play Saturday, a month earlier than they did a year ago. The changes mean that the circuits will be populated more by players making the jump from the Rookie-level Dominican Summer League the season before and less by guys coming out
Gauci to be named Brewers' Minor League coach
MILWAUKEE -- Luisa Gauci will be named hitting coach for one of the Brewers’ Arizona Complex League affiliates when the club announces its 2024 organizational coaching roster later this month, joining a growing group of women making their mark in professional baseball. Coaching the art of hitting is an art
ACL Cubs' pitcher Peters suspended
Chicago Cubs Minor League pitcher Mathew Peters is set to sit out the entire 2024 season after testing positive for a banned substance, the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball said. Peters, who is currently on Chicago’s Arizona Complex League roster, was suspended on Jan. 26 for the 2024 ACL
2023 Rookie-level playoffs coverage
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Diamondbacks' First-Round Pick Tommy Troy Joins Hops
Hillsboro, OR (August 2, 2023) – Tommy Troy, the Arizona Diamondbacks’ first round pick in the 2023 MLB Draft has been assigned to High-A Hillsboro, the Diamondbacks and Hillsboro Hops announced on Tuesday. Troy will be batting third and playing shortstop for the Hops on Wednesday night against the Vancouver
Schanuel coming as advertised for Trash Pandas
When the Angels drafted Nolan Schanuel with the 11th overall pick in this month’s 2023 MLB Draft, the organization hoped the slugging first baseman would rise quickly through its Minor League system. It was a match seemingly made for such an ascent: come Draft day, many felt Schanuel’s polished bat