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Calling The Hogs

AFTER A BOUNCEBACK 2017 SEASON, ARKANSAS HAS THE TALENT TO CONTEND FOR THE 2018 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AND IS READY TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP AS A PROGRAM

Winter Blues For The Baseball Soul

Cold reminders of summer

Where Are They Now?

First Baseball America Cover Boy Kevin Mcreynolds Reflects On A Charmed Career.

Honey Of An Ace

In dominant performance, Rays' Brent Honeywell shows he's ready for prime time.

Like Father, Like Son

Blue Jays prospects Bo Bichette and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. are prodigious talents with major league bloodlines. They’re also hard-working and blessed with perspective.

Power Players

Rookies Aaron Judge and Cody Bellinger are making their mark with homer after homer.

Generation Next

California high school shortstop Brice Turang is the latest star in a family of stellar athletes

Stars Align

The All-Star Game showcased the game’s best players having fun like they were 10 years old again

Expanded Horizons

Independent leagues add franchises in cities abandoned by affiliated minor league teams.

Draft Deals Went Down To The Wire

Reds first-round pick Hunter Greene waited to the final seconds to land a record signing bonus.

New Brewers regime inspires optimism

Even in the midst of a snowy Wisconsin winter and the Green Bay Packers making another NFL playoff run, David Stearns’ trips to the grocery store felt like a summer stroll.

Cease Headlines Cub's Pitching Push

The Cubs proved last year that you can build a World Series champion with a complete lack of homegrown pitchers.

Gardner Steps Up For Retooled Red Raiders

Led by an experienced, veteran lineup, Texas Tech won the Big 12 Conference last season and reached the College World Series for the second time in three years.

NHSI Quickly Builds Rich History

USA Baseball’s National High School Invitational, now in its sixth year, has become the top high school regular-season event in the country. This year’s event features 16 of the country’s top teams, populated with 11 members of Baseball America’s Top 100 High School Prospects.

Where Are They Now?

BIG LEAGUE VET MARK DAVIDSON GOES BACK TO SCHOOL, WHERE HE COACHES HIS SON LOGAN

Leatherstocking Keeps It Simple

Bat maker stays with traditonal hand-split billets

A Culture Accountability

Mike Hazen changes face of Diamondbacks

Still The Best: Trout Wins Third Poy In Five Years

For the fifth straight season, Angels center fielder Mike Trout is the best player in baseball. Now, for the third time in that span he is the Baseball America Major League Player of the Year.

Five Members Of Rookie Team Top 20 Homers

A year ago, the resurgent Cubs and Mets organizations rode a wave of talented rookies—a group that included Kris Bryant, Addison Russell and Noah Syndergaard—all the way to the National League Championship Series.

White Sox Stand Out Among Minors' Tools

Scouts talk about tools more than your nearest AutoZone or Sears Craftsman dealer.

Power Profile Shifts Face of Second Base

When the Nationals’ Daniel Murphy finished runner-up in National League MVP bal-loting last year and the Astros’ Jose Altuve placed third in the American League, it opened eyes in the industry.

Crusaders Prepared for Challenges in 2017

Coming off a 35-4 season and a Chicago Catholic League title, Brother Rice High enters the spring with high expectations.

Down The Stretch They Come

Pennant races take shape after trade deadline

Texas Three Step

Three Lone Star State prospects broke out at Area Code Games in Long Beach.

Kelenic Comes In From The Cold

Jarred Kelenic wants to honor his late grandfather with competitiveness, ability and plus tools.

Higher Learning

Former No. 1 overall pick Mickey Moniak has had a tough time in his first full season as a pro.

Baseball Loses A Beloved Figure

Don Baylor impacted the lives of everyone he met

Power Player

Rookie Josh Bell thrives in relative obscurity

Positive Scouting

Decorated scout Mel Didier left his mark on the game

Passion For Umpiring Pushes West Past Milestone

Joe West was reminiscing about the memorable moments of what became the 5,000th regular-season major league game he has umpired, in a career that began back in September 1976.