Josh Norris
Senior Editor at Baseball America
Senior Editor at Baseball America. Never verified, always Bearified. Watching goat rodeos to find GOATs.
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baseballamerica.com | Josh Norris
“I don’t think they actually had much data on me,” Hostetler said. “I didn’t have any TrackMan reports or anything. All they had was a report from Shawn Whalen, our area scout up in the Northwest, saying, ‘This kid looks pretty good.’“So, yeah, I think they took a little bit of a leap of faith there.”Hostetler, 21, inked a free agent deal with Milwaukee in 2024 after a summer spent with the Mat-Su Miners in the Alaska League.
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baseballamerica.com | Josh Norris
Image credit: Roki Sasaki (Photo by Yuki Taguchi/MLB Photos via Getty Images) The 2025 MLB season is well underway, and the year has already seen plenty of new major leaguers take the field for the first time. The No. 1 prospect in the game, Dodgers righthander Roki Sasaki, as well as Cubs top prospect Matt Shaw each got their feet wet during the teams’ mid-March series in Japan.
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baseballamerica.com | Josh Norris
Skip to content Earlier this week, we published part one of our annual deep dive into prospects who impressed scouts on the backfields of Florida and Arizona during spring training. Now, we’re back with part two highlighting 50 additional prospect names that could be primed for a breakout season in 2025. These next 50 prospects are listed—not ranked—below.
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baseballamerica.com | Josh Norris
Triple-A games have been underway for a week, but now the other three full-season classifications are set to draw back their curtains on their 2025 campaigns. This means 90 more teams—and 90 more Opening Day rosters—to peruse for intriguing assignments. Last year, the most eye-opening placements to begin the year included Padres catcher Ethan Salas, who was assigned to High-A Fort Wayne after finishing the previous season in Double-A San Antonio.
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3 weeks ago |
baseballamerica.com | Josh Norris
Bresnahan spent the offseason in Arizona working out at Pro Advantage Training, which counts many current and former major leaguers as clients. After a winter of work, Bresnahan’s stuff is crisper and more powerful. His fastball now sits around 93 mph and peaked at 96 this spring. That’s not the only change he’s made.
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I also made this reel of Seth Hernandez's outing. Different camera, different angles, different outcome. https://t.co/VWSoUThcyZ
Corona (Calif.) HS righthander Seth Hernandez, the No. 4 draft prospect in the country, struck out 11 in a complete game today at the National High School Invitational. Here's all of his whiffs, plus some called third strikes. https://t.co/NvC1QdTOwY
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