Keith Law

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Keith Law

Earlier today, we released an early-season re-ranking of the top 50 prospects in baseball, taking into account graduations to the big leagues, injuries and significant changes to a player's repertoire (both positive and negative). Come chat with Keith Law about the players on his list, as well as other top prospects around baseball at 2pm ET on Thurs., May 29.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Keith Law

With so many graduations, significant injuries and other changes among the top prospects in baseball since I ranked 100 of them back in January, I'm offering an earlier-than-usual update to those rankings with the top 50 prospects currently in the minors.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Keith Law

Major League Baseball has been making moves towards farming out some of their player development to college programs, eliminating short-season leagues in 2021, and quite possibly pushing to eliminate another level of the minors in the next CBA. There are so many reasons why this is a terrible idea for the sport, but one of the most obvious ones slaps us in the face every May: College coaches can not be trusted. Witness the usage of A.J. Colarusso, a junior pitcher at Boston College.

2 weeks ago | pastemagazine.com | Keith Law

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. In Victorian England, a very curious art form flourished: making intricate patterns from the microalgae known as diatoms, single-celled organisms that range from five microns (or .005 millimeters) to 200 microns and that have colorful cell walls made of silica. That gives them a jewel-like appearance, and intrepid artists would use their varied shapes and colors to create detailed designs.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Keith Law

Here's my Big Board for 2025, ranking the top 100 prospects in this year's MLB Draft class. This is how I would rank the players if I were working for a team, ignoring any questions about signability/bonus demands, and of course acknowledging that there may be medical or other information about players that I don't have. I have seen 59 of these players in person this spring, and I use my own scouting looks as one input, along with opinions from actual scouts and analysts, video and data.