Did Braylon Payne’s 115(!) MPH homer from last night make its way over here? If not… here it is Payne currently has an 1.175 OPS, 193 wRC+ with 4 HR and is 6/8 on SB

There is no stopping Franklin Arias. Homers in three straight games and in six of his last seven contests.

No. 4 Mets prospect Ryan Clifford goes down and golfs a homer over the Worcester Wall. That's his fourth homer with Triple-A Syracuse this season, and all four have come in his last five games. It's also his first dinger of the year off a lefty. 366 feet, 98 mph EV

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...

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."

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

Swing for the sky, kids.

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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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

John Korir 2:01:52 A perfect race. A Boston record.

MiLB pitching leaders, entering 4/20: ERA: 0.00, 9 tied WHIP: Devin Futrell, 0.38 K: Logan Workman, 36 IP: JR Ritchie, 27 1/3 AVG: Kash Mayfield, .029 K%: Seth Hernandez, 53.5 BB%: 0.0, 8 tied K-BB%: Hernandez, 46.5 FIP: Hernandez, 0.84 xFIP: Anthony Eyanson, 1.23

MiLB hitting leaders, entering 4/20: AVG: Ismael Munguia, .481 OBP: Franklin Arias, .564 SLG: Ben Ross, .865 OPS: Ross, 1.413 H: Ryan Fitzgerald, 35 HR: James Tibbs III/Patrick Wisdom, 9 XBH: Tibbs, 15 SB: Austin Overn, 16 TB: Tibbs, 58 BB: Moore, 24 wRC+: Ross, 257

Wherever I am, wherever I go, wherever I run, a bit of my heart remains on Boylston. Go make us proud, Boston.

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Pirates prospect Edward Florentino is starting a rehab assignment with Bradenton today

No. 5 Nationals prospect Gavin Fien is currently on the Single-A Fredericksburg IL with left wrist inflammation. No return timetable set yet, but the organization is being cautious since it’s so early in the season. www.mlb.com/milb/prospec...

This call of the Arias homer captures…. A lot.

Fun sign above the home dugout bullpen phone in Ontario

Seth Hernandez hasn't allowed a hit in his last two outings. He touched 100 mph today, his third time doing so. His secondaries racked up tons of whiffs over a career-high five innings. He's struck out 53.5% of his batters faced on the young season. The 19-year-old might need to see High-A soon:

Attn: Orioles fans CC: Minor League road trip fans Next week (4/21-27) is the only time this season that all 4 O's affiliates are home at the same time. The Orioles themselves start a homestand 4/25. See every team in the system in a five-day span! Read all about it! www.mlb.com/milb/news/vi...

The Brewers announce Coleman Crow will start in his MLB debut tonight. Crow's curveball, cutter and sweeper all average more than 2,800 rpms in Triple-A this season. Get ready for some serious spin:

If you haven't seen a Check Swing Challenge before in the Florida State League, here's a successful version:

Here's 100 mph from Seth Hernandez for his fifth strikeout of the day. Good luck, Florida State League.

Seth Hernandez strikes out a pair in a perfect first inning. Fastball up to 98 mph so far. 3 whiffs against 7 swings over 10 total pitches.

Former MLB outfielder Garret Anderson has died at age 53, per a release from the Angels. The team will wear this memorial patch for the remainder of the 2026 season.

Pirates No. 2 prospect Seth Hernandez is scheduled to start for Single-A Bradenton against Tampa today at 2 p.m. ET, and that just happens to be the featured Minor League game of the day on MLB Pipeline:

Elian Peña has seen 59 pitches inside the zone in his first 11 games of 2026. He's swung at 34 of them and whiffed only once, per Baseball Savant. That's an in-zone contact rate of 97.1%. Peña turned 18 in October and skipped over the Florida Complex League to begin his second Minor League season.

This is Carson Benge's first time batting leadoff in the Majors. He hit first 11 times in the Minors last season.

Make sure you see No. 4 Cardinals prospect Joshua Báez's nice homer-robbing catch for Triple-A Memphis from last night:

For folks who have seen SNL UK, yesterday's Giants-Reds ending keeps reminding me of this: Because I know your da and I know your da and I know your da

There are eight Black starting pitchers in the majors. The Twins have two, Taj Bradley and Simeon Woods Richardson. They met in 2017, at an event designed to give Black HS players more exposure, with LaTroy Hawkins as a coach. “I just think it’s cool as hell.” www.startribune.com/minnesota-tw...

I turned the game on for the ninth, and … welp. Sorry, Cleveland.