Brewers SS prospect Luis Peña 'fine' after medical emergency DETROIT -- Brewers shortstop prospect Luis Peña (Brewers' No. 2 prospect, No. 21 overall, per MLB Pipeline) was said to be “fine” on Thursday morning after being hospitalized Wednesday night in Fort W...

An additional piece of good news about Brewers SS prospect Luis Peña: A club official said he was released from the hospital this morning. www.mlb.com/brewers/news...

PHILLIES RECALL HOFFMAN; OPTION RANGEL Prior to today’s game against the Chicago Cubs, the Phillies recalled right-handed pitcher Nolan Hoffman from triple-A Lehigh Valley. To make room on the 26-man roster, right-handed pitcher Alan Rangel was optioned to Lehigh Valley following last night’s game. Additionally, right-handed pitcher Taijuan Walker was released.

That's a pretty big "Additionally..."

The Springfield Cardinals are changing the name of their ballpark from Hammons Field to Route 66 Stadium, starting 5/5. A collaboration between the team & multiple community partners.

This change, per GM Dan Reiter, will "cement the legacy of the Mother Road for years to come."

Brewers SS prospect Luis Peña 'fine' after medical emergency Brewers shortstop prospect Luis Peña (Brewers No. 2 prospect, No. 21 overall, per MLB Pipeline) was said to be “fine” on Thursday morning after being hospitalized Wednesday night in Fort Wayne, Ind., ...

Last night’s Wisconsin-Fort Wayne game was called early due to a medical emergency.

@adammccalvy.bsky.social reports Brewers No. 2 prospect Luis Peña was hospitalized after overheating in the dugout. Peña was given IV fluids, and GM Matt Arnold tells Adam that he’ll be “fine” per team doctors.

Think this was worth 1,000 points in the MVP Baseball 2005 batting mini game.

“Put it in the books. For the first time in 15 days, the New York Mets have won a baseball game.”

What a difference a day makes.

Blake Snell in his rehab start in Class-A is now pitching to Rod Barajas Jr.; what a time to be alive

A baseball field sits below the New York City skyline

Swing for the sky, kids.

That data is only public for Triple-A and the Florida State League in the Minors (i.e. places with ABS), so nothing for Arias in Double-A yet. All the more reason to hope he sees Worcester before long.

A $65.70 donation to New American Pathways for the EDSBS Charity Bowl

Time to push above $1 million.

$2 (plus fees) to Team Protect Trans Kids University for every Boston University men’s title in the Beanpot.

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Arias entered today as the Minor League leader in average (.457), slugging percentage (.857) and OPS (1.402), and he keeps the hot streak going with a leadoff dinger.

FRANKLIN ARIAS HOMERED AGAIN

It's already the fifth homer of the season with Double-A Portland for the No. 2 Red Sox prospect.

No. 4 Dodgers prospect Mike Sirota has his first homer of the season, a leadoff shot for High-A Great Lakes

Good morning, Brailer Guerrero.

The Rays prospect crushes his first homer of the season for Single-A Charleston.

466 feet into the parking lot, per the Kannapolis broadcast

“And now it’s a dirty dozen.” — Howie Rose

Ronny Cruz homered in his first High-A at-bat.

D-backs Top Prospects The Official Site of Major League Baseball

D-backs No. 8 prospect David Hagaman has been added to High-A Hillsboro's roster.

The RHP was acquired from the Rangers in the Merrill Kelly deal and threw 54 1/3 innings between the regular season and AFL. Arizona slow-rolled him this spring coming off a shorter offseason due to the Fall League.

Another Cubs move:

No. 14 prospect Cole Mathis is headed up to High-A South Bend. Mathis hit .294/.439/.765 with seven homers in 14 games at Single-A Myrtle Beach before the promotion. He managed only 29 games total in the MiLB regular season in 2025 due to Tommy John rehab and an elbow sprain.

Chuck Davalan has his second 2 homer game of the season for Great Lakes.

Brewers prospect Luis Lara has his third homer of the season for Triple-A Nashville.

That exceeds his 2025 total of two homers over 136 games. This is only his 20th game of the 2026 season.

This one had an exit velocity of 96.2 mph and went 337 feet out to right center.

Cubs Top Prospects The Official Site of Major League Baseball

The Cubs have promoted No. 10 prospect Owen Ayers to Double-A Knoxville.

Ayers hit .372/.481/.860 with six homers and three doubles in 11 games with High-A South Bend.

It isn't even noon on the East Coast yet, and Caleb Bonemer already has a homer.

Fifth of the season with High-A Winston-Salem for the No. 3 White Sox prospect. That puts him in a tie for the South Atlantic League HR lead.

It is!

Some prospect-related news from this morning's All-Star Week announcement:

Futures Game will be Sunday, July 12. It will be a seven-inning game again.

The Draft will begin Saturday, July 11 at 1:30 p.m. at the Pennsylvania Convention Center Grand Hall, which will be next to the All-Star Village.

This April 10 homer -- checking in at 477 feet with an exit velocity of 116.2 mph -- remains the longest and hardest-hit ball in the Florida State League this season.

Rainer also has the league's third-highest EV with a 114.3 mph double on April 14.

Tigers Top Prospects The Official Site of Major League Baseball

No. 3 Tigers prospect Bryce Rainer is moving up to High-A West Michigan, per a Whitecaps post on Twitter.

Coming off last year's right shoulder surgery, he posted incredible power data with Single-A Lakeland in '26 but also hit just .167 and struck out 40.8% of the time over 11 games.

Highest career bWAR from the 2020 Draft:

Garrett Crochet, 11.3
Pete Crow-Armstrong, 8.9
Spencer Strider, 7.7
Masyn Winn, 7.5
Jordan Westburg, 5.1

No one from the top 9 picks has a career bWAR above 1.7.

Royals release former top pick Lacy after slew of injuries KANSAS CITY -- The Royals released former first-round MLB Draft pick Asa Lacy on Monday, ending the 26-year-old’s tenure in the organization after six injury-riddled years and just 80 career innings o...

The Royals are releasing 2020 fourth overall pick Asa Lacy today, @annerogers.bsky.social reports.

The NESN crew caught fans enjoying Patriots' Day shoeys (shoies?) at Fenway Park.

Nationals Top Prospects The Official Site of Major League Baseball

The Nationals have promoted infield prospect Ronny Cruz to High-A Wilmington.

Acquired from the Cubs last year for Michael Soroka, the 19-year-old hit .333/.460/.627 with three homers and 15 steals in 14 games at Single-A. He was the talk of Spring Training across the org.