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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Rating MLB's Top Offensive & Defensive Catching Prospects

1 day ago | baseballamerica.com | J.J. Cooper |Geoff Pontes |J. J. Cooper

Skip to content On this week’s Prospect Podcast, Geoff Pontes and J.J. Cooper are taking a deep dive into catching prospects. Currently, we have 13 catchers in the Baseball America Top 100. We try to figure out why we’re swimming in backstops, the challenges in evaluating catchers and who to keep an eye on. (0:00) Welcome(1:30) Why Is It Hard To Evaluate Catchers? (6:30) Are You Looking For A Hitter Or A Glove First?
Aroldis Chapman Sets Fastball Velocity Mark For Record Sixth MLB Team

2 days ago | baseballamerica.com | Matt Eddy

Skip to content Hall of Famers Walter Johnson, Bob Feller and Nolan Ryan were regarded as the hardest throwers of their time, long before the days of omnipresent radar guns. In the past 40 years, Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, Billy Wagner and Justin Verlander are the most decorated Best Fastball category winners in BA Best Tools voting.
David Davalillo's Impressive Control, Track Record Make Rangers RHP A Sleeper Prospect To Remember

2 days ago | baseballamerica.com | J.J. Cooper |J. J. Cooper

Three starts into his 2025 season, Davalillo has a 0.79 ERA. He’s allowed just three hits in 11.1 innings, and he’s striking out 43.2% of all batters he faces. But this isn’t a new development. Last year, Davalillo led the minors with a 1.88 ERA over 110 innings between Low-A Down East and High-A Hickory. In 37 appearances as a pro, he’s allowed four runs just once—an Aug. 4, 2023 two-inning start against the Dodgers in the Arizona Complex League. That’s the worst outing of his career.
Rays' Chandler Simpson Records Fastest Home-To-First Time So Far In 2025

3 days ago | baseballamerica.com | J.J. Cooper |J. J. Cooper

If anyone needed more evidence that Rays outfielder Chandler Simpson is the fastest baseball player in the game, he showed it again on Sunday. Two weeks after he managed to single on a ground ball hit straight to a first baseman in the minor leagues, Simpson singled on a ground ball hit to Yankees first baseman Paul Goldschmidt. This was a much more conventional play, though it was also one that required a bit of analysis by the official scorer.
MLB Prospects Whose Stock Is Rising & Falling So Far In 2025 | Future Projection

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

Skip to content On this week’s Future Projection, Ben Badler and Carlos Collazo look around the league to talk about a number of prospects off to hot and cold starts to to begin the 2025 season.
Diamond Baseball Holdings To Add 43rd MiLB Team With Purchase Of High-A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

1 week ago | baseballamerica.com | J.J. Cooper |J. J. Cooper

Diamond Baseball Holdings, the largest owner of MiLB clubs in the history of the minors, has added another team to its portfolio. DBH announced Thursday that it has reached an agreement to purchase the High-A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers from Third Base Ventures, an ownership group led by Craig Dickman, Rob Zerjav and Brad Raaths.
Breaking Down Seth Hernandez, Ethan Holliday & Other Potential Top 10 Picks | MLB Mock Draft Podcast

1 week ago | baseballamerica.com | J.J. Cooper |Carlos Collazo |J. J. Cooper

Skip to content A month after our initial 2025 MLB mock draft, there’s been a lot to shuffle the board. BA draft expert Carlos Collazo and J.J. Cooper are back to discuss our latest 2.0 mock with looks at overall strengths and weakness, as well as in-depth breakdowns of the top 10 picks. (00:00) How the NHSI and everything else is shaping up the draft board.
How Nick Goody Went From Failed Juco Shortstop To MLB Reliever | From Phenom To The Farm

1 week ago | baseballamerica.com | Kyle Bandujo

Skip to content When infielder Nick Goody debuted at the State College of Florida-Manatee as a freshman in the spring of 2009, he started off hot. He had won the Manatees’ starting shortstop job, and laced a single in his first college at-bat. Naturally, Goody was feeling himself.
12 MLB Prospects & Pre-Arbitration Players Who Could Be In Line For Contract Extensions

1 week ago | baseballamerica.com | Jesus Cano

Jackson Chourio was knocking on the door of the majors with the Brewers heading into the 2024 season. Then just 19 years old, he was determined to leave a lasting impression in spring training, hoping to sneak his way into an Opening Day roster spot. So when he got a phone call from his agent in December 2023 letting him know that the Brewers were interested in signing him to an extension—without having played a single major league game—Chourio was caught off guard.
Could Jakob Wright Be The Dodgers' Next Sleeper Pitching Prospect?

1 week ago | baseballamerica.com | Geoff Pontes

Each year following the draft, you can scan the Dodgers’ picks and know there’s at least one pitcher who will rise up rankings in the next calendar year. From Ryan Pepiot and Landon Knack to Gavin Stone and Emmet Sheehan, there’s a long line of quality Dodgers pitching prospects in recent memory. While no breakout arms from the 2024 draft class have yet to emerge, Jakob Wright is a name to watch in 2025.