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The Road to The Showâ„¢: Keibert Ruiz

Dodgers backstop significant figure in continuing dynasty
March 2, 2021

Each week, MiLB.com profiles an elite prospect by chronicling the steps he's taken to reach the brink of realizing his Major League dream. Here's a look at Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Keibert Ruiz. For more player journeys on The Road to The Show, click here.

It took almost

MLB Pipeline Prospect Showcase to be broadcast on MLB Network

@SamDykstraMiLB
June 23, 2025

Minor League Baseball is coming to MLB Network.

The Frisco RoughRiders -- Double-A affiliate of the Rangers -- will host the Tulsa Drillers (Dodgers) next Tuesday at 1 p.m. ET/noon CT in the MLB Pipeline Prospect Showcase. The game will be carried live from Riders Field on MLB Network and streamed

Quakes beat 66ers, clinch Cal League's first-half South Division

Rancho Cucamonga returns to postseason for first time since 2023
June 14, 2025

San Bernardino, CA – The Quakes clinched the First Half South Division Pennant with a 6-3 victory over the Inland Empire 66ers on Friday night at San Manuel Stadium.

Samuel Munoz smashed a go-ahead homer in the sixth inning, putting the Quakes ahead to stay, as they won their third straight

Dodgers No. 13 prospect George runs wild with SIX stolen bases in High-A game

@WeintraubCole
May 18, 2025

Stealing bases is an art -- and Kendall George was a virtuoso for the Dodgers' High-A affiliate on Sunday.

14 prospects to follow for as Rookie ball gets underway

@SamDykstraMiLB
May 2, 2025

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 up a

Kershaw Opens Rehab Assignment and Outman Homers in 3-1 Comets Win

Rehabbing Dodgers lefty allows two hits and did not issue a walk with two strikeouts
April 16, 2025

Oklahoma City Comets — 3
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Tacoma Rainiers — 1**

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 – Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark – Oklahoma City, Okla.

Game Summary: James Outman hit a two-run home run in the sixth inning and Clayton Kershaw opened a Major League Rehab Assignment with three scoreless innings as the Oklahoma City

'Comet' goes deep for Comets -- we'll explain

April 12, 2025

The Oklahoma City Triple-A team was renamed the Comets before this season to honor Mickey Mantle -- nicknamed the “Commerce Comet” for his Oklahoma hometown and his galactic talent -- but it might not be long before the nickname becomes associated with another star.

The first name of Hyeseong Kim, <a

2024 Draft class gets early chance to take center stage at Spring Breakout

March 11, 2025

When players are taken in the early rounds of the MLB Draft, it’s easy to dream about seeing them under the bright lights of the big leagues, but a common refrain has been that fans don't get to see those players for years after they're selected.

Thanks to Spring Breakout, we

Here are the 10 best potential prospect matchups at Spring Breakout

@benweinrib
February 25, 2025

Spring Breakout will soon offer the opportunity for the majority of baseball's top prospects to face off against each other for the second straight year. Fearsome sluggers against hard-throwing pitchers. Speedy baserunners against cannon-armed catchers. Well-rounded shortstops battling to prove who should be ranked higher.

Full rosters for all 30 teams

8 of the best team matchups in Spring Breakout

@benweinrib
February 18, 2025

After Spring Breakout's dynamic debut last year, the prospect showcase event returns in full force for 2025.

All 30 Major League teams will field squads of top prospects to face off in 16 games from March 13-16 -- the Cubs and Nationals will play twice since there's an odd number of

Answering your Top 100 Prospects list questions

MLB Pipeline's Jonathan Mayo answers fans' prospect questions in Reddit AMA
@brendan_samson
January 27, 2025

MLB Pipeline released its new Top 100 Prospects list on Friday, and it was met with a bevy of questions and comments about fans' favorite prospects.

To help make sense of all the inquiries, Pipeline's Jonathan Mayo took to Reddit and responded to fan questions in a Top 100

These are MLB’s No. 1 prospects at each position

@JoeTrezz
January 23, 2025

MLB Pipeline's 2025 rankings of the Top 10 prospects at each position are official and the 2025 Top 100 Prospects list will be revealed at 7 p.m. ET on Friday on MLB Network and MLB.com.

Here are the Top 10 LHP prospects for 2025

January 23, 2025

MLB Pipeline will reveal its 2025 Top 100 Prospects list at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 24, with a one-hour show on MLB Network and MLB.com. Leading up to the release of the Top 100, we'll examine baseball's top 10 prospects at each position.

MLB.com has produced top 10 prospects

Sasaki leads Top 10 RHP Prospects list. Who else made the cut?

January 23, 2025

Last year, the right-hander we had at the top of this always-deep Top 10 prospects list went on to win the National League Rookie of the Year, as Pirates flamethrower Paul Skenes went from No. 1 pick in the 2023 Draft to top rookie in the NL a year later.

Now

Here are the Top 10 outfield prospects for 2025

January 22, 2025

MLB Pipeline will reveal its 2025 Top 100 Prospects list at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 24, with a one-hour show on MLB Network and MLB.com. Leading up to the release of the Top 100, we'll examine baseball's top 10 prospects at each position.

Here are the Top 10 catching prospects for 2025

@SamDykstraMiLB
January 14, 2025

The Dodgers understand the importance of a top catcher. While superstars Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman grab plenty of headlines, Will Smith remains one of the pillars of Los Angeles’ success. Since he debuted in 2019, Smith ranks second among all Major League catchers with an 18.5 fWAR,

Griffey, Piazza took separate paths to Hall

Class of 2016 includes highest, lowest Draft picks in Cooperstown
@SamDykstraMiLB
January 7, 2016

NEW YORK -- All roads do not lead to Cooperstown. There is no highway that makes the trip a quick and easy one -- no, we're not counting nearby Routes 88 and 90 -- nor is there a starting point that automatically gives one player an advantage over another.

For Ken

Briceño, Rosario earn Week 6 AFL honors

@JoeTrezz
November 19, 2024

The Arizona Fall League concluded with the Salt River Rafters claiming an unlikely title with their win over Surprise in Nov. 16’s AFL championship game, bringing a dramatic close to Week 6, and this year, of AFL play. The players honored for their performances in the season’s final week were

From 16 to 26, here is the best prospect at each age

@benweinrib
November 13, 2024

With the World Series over and the Arizona Fall League wrapping up, now is a good time to take stock of an exciting year in prospectdom.

In October, MLB Pipeline released its updated Top 100 Prospects list, which featured several big changes at the top, but we're going to

Arizona Fall League Week 5 top performers

@JoeTrezz
November 10, 2024

Here are the top performers from the fifth week of AFL action:

Dodgers' Swan breaks down his pitches

@SamDykstraMiLB
November 6, 2024

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Eriq Swan is essentially in his pitching infancy, and that could be a scary thought for the rest of the league.

The 23-year-old, 6-foot-6 right-hander picked up pitching late at Oakland High School in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, having primarily been a tall shortstop in his prep years. He proved

Here's the high-flying new team name of the Dodgers' Triple-A affiliate

@BensBiz
October 26, 2024

On Saturday evening, as Game 2 of the World Series got underway in Los Angeles, the Dodgers’ Triple-A affiliate made some news of their own.

The Oklahoma City Comets have arrived.

Dodgers-Yankees: Who would win an all-prospect World Series?

@JoeTrezz
October 23, 2024

Who would win a Dodgers-Yankees World Series ... all-prospect version?

This week on the MLB Pipeline Podcast, prospect gurus Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo (along with host Jason Ratliff) chewed on that hypothetical courtesy of longtime listener and mailbag contributor "Blah Blah."

McLain brothers in lineup together again Arizona Fall League

@SamDykstraMiLB
October 19, 2024

GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- The world looked a lot different the last time Matt McLain and Sean McLain started in the same lineup on Aug. 10, 2020.

No longer with their college teams at UCLA and Arizona State, the Orange County natives joined the Santa Barbara Foresters of the California