MLB Pipeline

Find out about the stars of tomorrow, from the guys who know today. Jim Callis (@jimcallisMLB) and Jonathan Mayo (@JonathanMayo) are your tour guides for this ride through the unfolding stories & breaking news in Minor League Baseball. From top prospects to scouting executives to farm directors, the MLB Pipeline is jam-packed with exclusive coverage of the minors you can't get anywhere else.

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Quick to the bigs
In this week's MLB Pipeline Podcast, Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff celebrate Zach Neto's rapid ascent to the Angels' big league lineup and talk about his future and how he fits in with other quick-to-the-Majors draftees in years past. From there, it's back to the Minors as the trio highlights some members of the first Prospect Team of the Week, including Neto and the Mets' Brett Baty, who was also promoted to the big leagues, before welcoming in five new members of the Top 100 list. The guys turn their attention to the Draft and the top of boards to preview the new Top 150 rankings coming next week before answering some listener mailbag queries about the Rangers' Evan Carter.
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Who's Next?
With the Minor League season in full swing, Jim Callis & Jonathan Mayo use the latest Pipeline Podcast to speculate on which prospects will be the next to get summoned to the big leagues -- and who might be the next to rank No. 1 on the Top 100 list. They agree that Mets third baseman Brett Baty and A's first baseman Tyler Soderstrom among those deserving of a call. With current No. 1 prospect Francisco Álvarez in New York and several other phenom set to graduate soon, Jim & Jonathan ponder the merits of Brewers outfielder Jackson Chourio and several shortstops -- including the Orioles' Jackson Holliday, who joins the podcast -- as potential new No. 1 prospects. The guys also discuss the most recent additions to the Top 100 and answer a listener question about early-season standouts
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Top Prospects Make Strong Debuts
On the latest Pipeline Podcast, Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff start by discussing how two of baseball's best prospects, Cardinals outfielder Jordan Walker and Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe, fared in their initial taste of the big leagues.
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It's Opening Week!
With MLB's Opening Day on March 30, Triple-A Opening Day on March 31 and the rest of the Minor League schedule getting underway on April 6, there was a lot of excitement for this week's MLB Pipeline Podcast.
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Spring Standouts & Speedsters
On the latest Pipeline Podcast, Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff discuss a plethora of prospects who have stood out in big league camps, including outfielders Jasson Dominguez (Yankees) and Zac Veen (Rockies) and right-handers Brandon Pfaadt (Diamondbacks) and Gavin Stone (Dodgers). Righty Cade Horton, the No. 7 overall pick in last year's Draft, joins Jim for an interview at Cubs camp in Arizona. The guys also chat about some of the fastest phenoms in the game, including Top 100 Prospects Corbin Carroll (Diamondbacks) and Elly de la Cruz (Reds), and answer a listener mailbag question about which rookie infielders will be the most productive in 2023.
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ST, WBC, FB and Bibee
With many top prospects vying for Opening Day roster spots, Jim Callis, Sam Dykstra and Jason Ratliff look at some players who have either helped or hurt their chances with their Spring Training showings.
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Spring Has Sprung
With Spring Training cranking full speed, Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff kick off this week's MLB Pipeline Podcast by drafting lineups based on prospects who will be on big league rosters, including Rookie of the Year favorites like Corbin Carroll and Gunnar Henderson. Jonathan talks with Angels 2022 first-round pick Zach Neto during his stop in their camp in Tempe, then the guys pick the top farm systems in the Central and West divisions now that all of the Top 30 lists are out before turning their sights to the best prospects heading to the World Baseball Classic. They finish up, as usual, with a question from the mailbag, this one about Yankees phenom Anthony Volpe.
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The Worst Episode Ever
In an episode that Jim Callis dubs the worst in MLB Pipeline Podcast history, he, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff break down the first of the 2023 organizational Top 30 Prospects lists. Against Jim's will, they do an impromptu -- and guaranteed-to-be-terrible -- ranking of the AL East and NL East farm systems, with the Orioles the clear No. 1 and the Nationals cited as the most improved. Jonathan has an interview with D-backs outfielder Druw Jones, the No. 2 pick in the 2022 Draft and the son of five-time All-Star Andruw Jones, that even Jim would have to admit is far from awful. And the guys mull which prospects qualify as both the best hitter and the best power hitter in their systems before tackling a listener mailbag question about which Top 100 Prospects Jim and Jonathan disagree about most. Terrible.
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College Season Gets Underway
The latest edition of the Pipeline Podcast with Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff centers around the start of the college baseball season.
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Back To School
The 2023 college baseball season starts this weekend and Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff are all about it on this episode of the MLB Pipeline Podcast.
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Nearly Top 100
In this week's episode of the MLB Pipeline Podcast, Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff dig into 10 of the best prospects who just missed the Top 100. Jonathan tals with Rockies pitching prospect Riley Pint and his decision to leave baseball before coming back. The guys review 2021 predictions about who would be the top prospects for each team in 2023 and how prescient (or not) we were and also discussed the Draft Combine, which will take place at Chase Field in June. They remembered longtime Twins scouting executive Mike Radcliff, who lost his battle with cancer last week, before wrapping up with a question from the Mailbag.
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The Top 100 is here! The Top 100 is here!
This week's MLB Pipeline Podcast is all about celebrating the release of our new Top 100 prospects list.
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Building Up To The Top 100
With just a couple of days until the new Top 100 prospects list is unveiled, Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff build more excitement for that list by continuing their breakdown of the Top 10 by position lists.
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List Season Has Begun!
MLB Pipeline's prospect lists are starting to arrive, so Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff kick off the latest Pipeline Podcast by breaking down the 10 best lefty and righty pitching prospects in the game.
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International Intrigue, Survey Says & More
The latest Pipeline Podcast is jam-packed with plenty of prospect talk from Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff.
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Predictions for 2023
In the first MLB Pipeline Podcast of the new year, Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff look into their crystal balls to make predictions for the 2023 season.
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Best Draft prospects of the decade, plus Max Clark
In the final MLB Pipeline Podcast episode of the year, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff stay focused on the Draft -- past, present and future.
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The Top 100 Draft Prospects list is out!
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That's a wrap on the Winter Meetings
With the Winter Meetings in San Diego coming to a close, Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff recap all of the news that was in this week's MLB Pipeline Podcast. They discuss the first-ever Draft Lottery, with the Pirates getting the No. 1 overall pick. Then they broke down the other Draft -- the Rule 5 -- which took place on Wednesday and was highlighted by the Nationals taking Thad Ward with the No. 1 pick before analyzing the two trades of the week involving prospects. Jonathan talked with Midwest Scout of the Year Steve Williams of the Pirates before the trio came back together to answer a Rule 5-related question in the Mailbag.
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Winter Meetings preview
The baseball world will descend on San Diego for the Winter Meetings next week and Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff have you covered with everything you need to know to be ready from a prospect perspective.
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Rookies & Rosters
On the latest edition of the Pipeline Podcast, Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff begin looking ahead to 2023 and trying to project next season's top rookies. Jim and Jonathan draft five prospects each based on where they think they'll finish in Rookie of the Year balloting, and they have Orioles infielder Gunnar Henderson and Diamondbacks outfielder Corbin Carroll as the favorites in each league.
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Putting a bow on the AFL
On this week's MLB Pipeline Podcast, Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff wrap up coverage of the Arizona Fall League by recapping the Championship game and analyzing the league's award winners and top performers before Jim sits down for an interview with Fall League MVP Heston Kjerstad of the Orioles.
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Postseason heroes and AFL standouts
With another exciting Major League season in the books, Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff examine the postseason through a prospect lens on this week's MLB Pipeline Podcast. That means a deep dive into the work of ALCS and World Series MVP Jeremy Peña, providing some historical perspective in terms of where his postseason measures up against other rookies and examining where he lands in terms of long-term value of the 2022 rookie class. The rest of the episode looks at the Arizona Fall League, with Twins prospect Austin Martin joining the pod and the trio recapping the Fall Stars Game and looking ahead to the final week of the AFL season before answering a mailbag question about Astros prospect Zach Daniels.
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Fall League, Fall Classic
Jim Callis, Sam Dykstra & Jason Ratliff discuss the ongoing Arizona Fall League and upcoming World Series in the latest Pipeline Podcast.
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An Inside Job
On the latest Pipeline Podcast, Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff focus on the Arizona Fall League
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