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Samuel Basallo is getting comfortable. MLB's No. 13 prospect arrived at Spring Training this year fully healthy and eager to learn. After a stress fracture in his right elbow limited his 2024 Spring Training,

During a rehab stint with Double-A Tennessee last April, Cubs starter Jameson Taillon invited the club's No. 3 prospect Cade Horton out to a dinner. Taillon then kept tabs on Horton throughout the year,

Each ball hit in Jasson Domínguez's direction represents a learning opportunity for the Yankees' top prospect, who is continuing a crash course in left field. No doubt, there is work to be done, from tracking drives off the bat to taking better routes.

Ethan Salas and Leodalis De Vries were together in a San Diego Padres starting lineup for the very first time on Sunday. It won’t be the last.

Identify your weaknesses and do what you can to fix them. That's what every MLB club tries to do during the offseason. The nine teams below did it better than most via free agency and the trade market.

For years now, the Blue Jays have hoped and prayed that Orelvis Martinez develops into a solid defender. Nothing flashy, just solid. There’s plenty of time for that to happen for the 23-year-old, but Martinez’s thundering bat could push the Blue Jays’ patience here.

It was just one at-bat at the very beginning of a very long season. But it signaled progress. Justin Crawford barreled a 92.8 mph fastball up in the zone in the ninth inning of Saturday’s 7-6 Grapefruit League loss against the Tigers in Lakeland.

Possessing an insatiable desire to try and learn from every situation -- good or bad -- Cardinals’ rookie shortstop JJ Wetherholt ends each night by crafting a hand-written journal so detailed that he even includes how many ounces of caffeine he ingested.

Welcome to the Cactus League, Jac Caglianone. The top Royals prospect, and No. 22 in baseball on MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 list, demolished a baseball for his first home run of the spring on Sunday, and the numbers speak for themselves: 115.