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Jonathan Mayo is MLB.com's Draft and prospect expert. He has been a reporter for MLB.com since 1999.
Tonight, I’m getting the chance to step out of my normal environment and cover a big league game. I’m filling in, covering the Brewers tonight here at PNC Park. One of the best things about my job is getting to see the guys I’ve written about as prospects excel at this level. Jean Segura was […]
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Yesterday, USA Baseball released it’s Watch List of 60 amateur players for this year’s Golden Spikes Award. It’s a rolling list, meaning players can be added/subtracted, until May 28, when the group of 30 semifinalists will be announced. The Golden Spikes Award winner will be announced on MLB Network on July 19 (simulcast live on […]
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The first month of the season is in the books, so it’s time to take a look at which prospects performed the best over the opening weeks of the season. Small sample size? Sure, but it’s fun to see who broke out of the gates well among the prospects on the Top 100 list. Hitters […]
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With the Draft about six weeks away, the Houston Astros — owners of the No. 1 overall pick for the second straight year — have narrowed their focus for the top pick down to a half-dozen main candidates. Four of them hail from the college ranks and two are high schoolers. Most in the industry […]
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One of the things I like best about Prospect Watch (and I’m not just saying this as the primary content-producer for it) is that you can read up on players before they get to the big leagues. Or, if you hadn’t done it ahead of time, when a guy gets called up, you can go […]
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Greetings all prospect fans. I’ve been using this space to run down top performances by our top prospects. Typically, that’s meant the Top 100. Today, I’m going to expand it a bit, taking a look at the week that was (April 8-14) and who excelled across not just the Top 100, but the Top 20s […]
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Jordan Sheffield (@jordan_sheff), one of the top high school arms in the Draft class of 2013, will undergo Tommy John surgery on Thursday morning, MLB.com has learned. Dr. James Andrews will perform the surgery on the talented right-hander. Sheffield, the nephew of former big leaguer Gary Sheffield, was ranked No. 47 on MLB.comâs most recent […]
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We’re starting to see pitching prospects head out for their second starts of the season and, so far, they’ve thrown very well in outing No. 2. Case in point (Read about all Top 100 on Prospect Watch and/or MLBPipeline.com) are the following… even the so-so outings weren’t too shabby: No. 8 Zack Wheeler, Mets (AAA): […]
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Since the Opening Day post about how the Top 100 in the Minors did seemed to go over so well, I thought I’d do it again, updating all 100 players, at all levels, and how they’ve fared heading into Monday’s action. As always, you can check out all 100 guys, or the top 20 for […]
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The Minor League season is now underway and there’s no one happier than me about it. Now we can see how all those prospects in our Top 100 perform. Feel free to peruse Prospect Watch to see how everyone’s doing on your team’s Top 20 as well. For now, though, I wanted to give a […]
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