This story was excerpted from Jordan Bastian's Cubs Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

MLB Pipeline will reveal its 2025 Top 100 Prospects list at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 24, with a one-hour show on MLB Network and MLB.com. Leading up to the release of the Top 100, we'll examine baseball's top 10 prospects at each position.

Admittedly, Cardinals standout left-handed pitcher Quinn Mathews is a bit quirky and quite different from most of his baseball peers. To him, at least, that’s a good thing and something he fully embraces along his journey to Major League Baseball.

When the Cubs acquired star outfielder Kyle Tucker last month, they shipped a pair of third basemen -- big leaguer Isaac Paredes and Top 100 prospect Cam Smith -- to the Astros as part of the blockbuster trade.

When the Royals signed Salvador Perez for $65,000 in October 2006, it was hard to grasp just how impactful an addition they had just made. The Venezuelan catcher has gone on to become a staple of Kans

This story was excerpted from Maria Guardado's Giants Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

Mike González was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1890. Elected to the Cuban National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955, the catcher became the first Latin-born player in Braves franchise history when he suited up for the club (then located in Boston) in 1912.

The Brewers continued to fill out their camp roster on Friday, signing right-handed pitcher Elvin Rodriguez to a one-year deal and adding four of their Top 30 prospects to the club’s list of non-roster invitees.

The crown jewel of the offseason will wear Dodger Blue to begin his big league career. Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki has agreed to sign with the Dodgers, he announced in a post on Instagram on Friday afternoon.

The Brewers have made a significant splash as the 2025 international signing period opens, signing three of the Top 50 prospects per MLB Pipeline, led by two top outfielders – speedy, power-hitting Kenny Fenelon from the Dominican Republic and Brailyn Antunez from Jackson Chourio’s hometown of Maracaibo,

To say that Nieves Izaguirre is from a baseball family would be an understatement. Philadelphia has signed the 17-year-old Venezuelan shortstop, who is ranked as the No. 44 prospect in the 2025 international class per MLB Pipeline.

The Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday confirmed the club’s non-roster invitees to 2025 Major League Spring Training, which currently consists of 23 players from within the organization and other recent acquisitions.