Get Ready For The 2025 MLB Draft

2025 MLB Draft Buzz: What We’re Hearing Ahead Of The First Round
On the eve of the draft, there are plenty of rumors swirling. Here’s the latest MLB Draft buzz ahead of the first round on Sunday.

Every No. 1 MLB Draft Prospect From The Last 25 Years
We’re looking back at a quarter century’s worth of top overall MLB Draft prospects from the Baseball America archives.

5 Hitting Data Sleepers From The 2025 MLB Draft Class
Geoff Pontes dives deep into the data to highlight a selection of lesser-know, but still intriguing MLB Draft prospects.

5 Of The Most Polarizing MLB Draft Prospects In The 2025 Class
Carlos Collazo highlights five MLB Draft prospects whose profiles have generated some of the fiercest debates in the 2025 class.
2025 Prospect Essentials

2025 Top 100 Prospects
Baseball America presents the July 2025 update to our Top 100 Prospects list.

2025 MLB Top Prospects For Every Team
Ranking the Top 30 MLB prospects in every organization, complete with full scouting reports, tool grades & more for 900 players.

2025 MLB Farm System Rankings For All 30 Teams
The American League East still has the best farm system in baseball, but the crown has shifted to Boston entering the 2025 season following Baltimore’s…
Win Your Dynasty League

Fantasy Baseball Risers & Fallers In July Top 500 Dynasty Rankings Update
Dylan White digs into the latest top 500 dynasty rankings to highlight key names rising and falling this month.

Fantasy Baseball 2025: Rankings, Sleepers, Dynasty & More
Presenting Baseball America’s complete rundown of fantasy baseball resources for 2025, including rankings, sleepers, dynasty and more.

Top 500 Fantasy Baseball Dynasty Rankings For 2025 (July Update)
Geoff Pontes and Dylan White are back with their latest update to Baseball America’s Top 500 Dynasty rankings for fantasy baseball managers.
Prospect Risers In 2025

5 Breakout MLB Pitching Prospects Who Have Raised Their Stock In 2025
Geoff Pontes takes a closer look at five MLB pitching prospects whose breakout performances thus far in 2025 suggest they might be the real deal.

5 MLB Prospects Pitching Their Way Into The Top 100
Geoff Pontes takes a look outside the Top 100 Prospects to highlight some up-and-coming arms who could be ready to crack the list.

5 Up-Arrow MLB Hitting Prospects With Statcast Data Worth Watching In 2025
Geoff Pontes digs into underlying Statcast data to highlight five under-the-radar names whose 2025 numbers make them worth keeping an eye on.

10 MLB Prospects Who Caught Our Attention In May
Here are the top 10 takeaways from BA correspondent organization reports in May, including a knuckleball tale, a fifth-year senior made good and a Carolina League outlier in every way.

7 Under-The-Radar MLB Prospects Impressing Early In The Arizona Complex League
Jesús Cano checks in from the desert to highlight seven up-and-coming prospects who have stood out in the early going of the ACL.
Weekly Hot Sheet Rankings

Ranking The 20 Hottest MLB Prospects | Hot Sheet (6/30/25)
This week’s Hot Sheet ranking of the 20 hottest MLB prospects is led by White Sox shortstop Colson Montgomery, who hit .500 with four home runs.

Ranking The 20 Hottest MLB Prospects | Hot Sheet (6/23/25)
This week’s Hot Sheet ranking of the 20 hottest MLB prospects is led by Reds OF Hector Rodriguez, who slashed .567/.606/1.033 with three homers last week.

Ranking The 20 Hottest MLB Prospects | Hot Sheet (6/16/25)
This week’s Hot Sheet ranking of the 20 hottest MLB prospects is led by Astros shortstop Brice Matthews, who slashed .429/.500/.929 with three homers.
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BA's College Players of the Year

Roch Cholowsky Named Baseball America’s 2025 College Baseball Player Of The Year
Roch Cholowsky is Baseball America’s College Player of the Year after hitting .353/.480/.710 with 23 home runs and 74 RBIs in 66 games.

Charlie Condon Named Baseball America’s 2024 College Baseball Player Of The Year
Few players are as accomplished in the batter’s box as Condon, and his team-first mentality elevated Georgia in 2024.

Paul Skenes Named Baseball America’s 2023 College Baseball Player Of The Year
Paul Skenes delivered an all-time performance in his first year at LSU, punctuating a championship season.

2022 College Player of the Year: Ivan Melendez
Ivan Melendez makes the most of his return to Texas by propelling the Longhorns to Omaha and boosting his draft stock.

2019 College Player of the Year: Adley Rutschman
Rutschman was the wire-to-wire favorite to win the award.
BA 101

From The Archives: Baseball America’s Scouting Dictionary
We present the Baseball America Scouting Dictionary, the first time all important scouting terms have been brought together in one handy-dandy, clip-and-save resource.

Understanding Pitch Classification In The Pitch-Tracking Era
Geoff Pontes breaks down the different pitch types and subclassifications within each to gain a better understanding of each pitch type.

Explaining The 20-80 Baseball Scouting Scale
Explaining how we—and most baseball scouts—determine the player grades you often read about on the scouting scale.

Explaining The Rule 5 Draft
Frequently asked Rule 5 Draft questions, roster rules, and how players “stick” with their new teams.

The Oral History Of The Baseball America Top 100 Prospects List
It was 25 years ago that Baseball America unveiled its first Top 100 Prospects list. Braves wunderkind lefty Steve Avery was the original No. 1…