MIchigan State goalie Trey Augustine is a Mike Richter Award semifinalist this season (photo: Michigan State Athletics). Michigan State is again the top team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Hockey Poll this week, collecting 23 first-place votes to move up one spot. Boston College drops one spot to No. 2, garnering 11 first-place votes … Read more
It may be called the National Hockey League, but it sure feels more like it could be an international one. Of course, the now-defunct International Hockey League was in operation for decades, but as a North American farm league for NHL teams. Still, there’s nothing purely North American about the NHL, not any longer anyway, … Read more
Third baseman Alex Bregman remains unsigned with spring training around the corner. That may not be the case for long. Bob Nightengale from USA Today reported that three teams — the Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers and Houston Astros — have made offers of at least four years to Bregman. However, Nightengale also reported that … Read more
The Washington Nationals have a very interesting farm system. It probably is not as strong as it was this time last year due to the graduation of James Wood. However, it has been a long time since the Nats have had a system this deep. The depth will only get better now that the Nats … Read more
They’re running it back. That’s my biggest takeaway from the Royals offseason. Moves were made, including trading a former first-round draft pick for a former Rookie-of-the-Year and adding another late-inning reliever, but nothing overly dramatic. No big shakeup. Nothing as monumental as last offseason. And that’s fine. Not every offseason needs to include locking in … Read more
Image credit: © Allan Henry-Imagn Images Subscribe to Baseball Prospectus The Diamondbacks feature one of the best young cores in baseball. As a result, their farm is a little lacking, especially on the pitching side. Full access to this article is for Premium Baseball Prospectus subscribers. Sign up today to get access to insightful analysis … Read more
Prospect season continues as Keith Law, the former front office exectuive, big league scout, and current writer for The Athletic, has released his Top 100 prospects entering the 2025 season as well as his Top 20 prospects in the Rays system. Keith Law seems lower on the top end of the Rays system than most … Read more
Image credit: © Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images Subscribe to Baseball Prospectus Graduations and injuries have hindered Atlanta’s organizational depth, but they remain a premium player development org. Full access to this article is for Premium Baseball Prospectus subscribers. Sign up today to get access to insightful analysis for the discerning baseball fan. Super-Premium – $66.99 … Read more
For almost a decade, India’s white-ball cricket was defined by the dominance of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan at the top. This trio played a crucial role in India’s success across ICC tournaments, bilateral series, and global competitions, forming one of the most reliable and destructive top orders in world cricket. However, with Dhawan … Read more
We now jump forward into our second group of players of our top 30 Atlanta Braves prospects, heavily represented by recent introductions to the system. The Braves have, it’s no secret, focused heavily on building pitching depth at every level of the minor leagues, to the point that from the FCL on up through Double-A … Read more