Baseball America

Baseball America is a magazine dedicated to the sport of baseball, exploring all levels of the game. It shines a spotlight on emerging talent in high school, college, Japan, and the minor leagues. The magazine is released every two weeks as a newspaper, along with five reference books each year, a weekly podcast, and an informative website. Baseball America frequently compiles lists of the best prospects in the sport and examines the game through the lens of scouting and player development. Its tagline is "Baseball news you won't find anywhere else."

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What We're Hearing Two Months Out

1 day ago | baseballamerica.com | Carlos Collazo

Skip to content Monday, we rolled out our third mock draft for the 2025 MLB Draft class. Today, we’re diving further into the scouting buzz, rumors and chatter that’s been taking place at the ballpark and over the phone in recent weeks. Despite it already being May, no one is quite sure who the Nationals are going to take with the first overall pick—including the Nationals themselves.
2025 MLB Mock Draft 3.0: First-Round Pick Predictions For Every Team

2 days ago | baseballamerica.com | Carlos Collazo

Skip to content Baseball America is back with our third MLB mock draft of the year. We’re two months out from the 2025 draft and, in a typical year, this is about when we’d start to have a better picture of the tier of players in consideration to be picked first overall. This year, however, is far from typical.
RoboScout's Top Fantasy Prospects At Every Level On May 11, 2025

3 days ago | baseballamerica.com | Dylan White

Skip to content One of RoboScout’s industry separators from other statline-based prospect models is that it incorporates minor league Statcast data from all levels–not just Triple-A and the Low-A Florida State League.
Rangers To Sign Korean Two-Way Player Seong-Jun Kim

5 days ago | baseballamerica.com | Ben Badler

The Rangers have an agreement to sign Korean righthander/shortstop Seong-Jun Kim for $1.2 million, pending a physical. After graduating from high school this year, Kim is expected to make his official pro debut with the Rangers in games in 2026. Kim, who was expected to be a high pick in the Korea Baseball Organization draft, has split time as a pitcher and righthanded-hitting shortstop at Gwangju Jeil High and will get the opportunity to start his career as a two-way player.
10 MLB Prospects With Standout Contact, Chase & Exit Velocity Data Early In 2025

5 days ago | baseballamerica.com | Geoff Pontes

We’re a month into the season, and this is the best Mayer has looked in his professional career. He has the lowest chase rate of his career to date with a 25% mark, down from a year ago. Mayer’s contact metrics are also up, as his in-zone whiff this season is down to 17%. The improvement in plate skills has seen Mayer grow into his reputation as an advanced-hitting shortstop with power.
2025 College World Series Predictions: Picking Our ‘Eight For Omaha’ (May 9)

5 days ago | baseballamerica.com | Jacob Rudner

Skip to content Baseball America is back with a brand new College World Series projection featuring six teams that held onto their spots and two newcomers replacing Clemson and UC Irvine. It is important to note that this prediction is accurate to our latest Field of 64, meaning no teams in this installment of Eight for Omaha would not face each other in a projected regional or super regional.
May Top 100 Prospects Update: The Rising, Falling Names To Know | Future Projection

5 days ago | baseballamerica.com | Ben Badler |Carlos Collazo

Skip to content On this week’s episode of Future Projection, Ben and Carlos talk through Baseball America’s May Top 100 Prospects update. Why we should be excited for the elite tier of shortstops in the class. Why Bubba Chandler and Chase Burns have been so dominant. Jac Caglianone’s improved swing decisions and a surface level line that is impressive but perhaps not even showing how good he’s been.
College Arms Rising MLB Draft Boards-But Where Are The Hitters? | Draft Podcast

5 days ago | baseballamerica.com | Carlos Collazo |Peter Flaherty

Carlos and Peter talk about the updated BA 400 draft list, then spend a lot of time trying to parse a rising group of college pitchers that includes Kade Anderson, Kyson Witherspoon, Liam Doyle and Riley Quick. After that the two talk about how many Tennessee prospects could hear their names called, disagree about Andrew Fischer’s profile and praise the season that Arkansas shortstop Wehiwa Aloy has had.
Leo De Vries Showing Dominance In High-A & Potential For Future Stardom With Padres

5 days ago | baseballamerica.com | Jesus Cano

De Vries has enough talent to one day be in the same conversation as Machado and Tatis Jr. He could possibly even be in the same lineup with them in a couple years, too. At just 18 years old, the switch-hitting shortstop is the youngest player in the Midwest League by nearly a year. Yet, he’s already one of the most dominant players in the entire league, if not all of High-A.
Tim Elko Improbably Emerges As Prospect For White Sox

5 days ago | baseballamerica.com | James Fegan

Tim Elko signed for $35,000 out of the 10th round of the 2022 draft after five years of Ole Miss. White Sox staffers don’t deny that they never expected the 26-year-old first baseman to get this far. “He’s always been a guy who you just assumed was going to hit a wall,” White Sox farm director Paul Janish said. “He’s one of these guys who continuously will just have to post everywhere he goes,” Triple-A Charlotte manager Sergio Santos said.