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On Thursday, MLB announced the rosters for this year's Futures Game. The top eight prospects from my May update of the top 25 prospects in the minors are all invited to appear in this game, as well as nine of the remaining 17 on that list. So, ...

Blog | June 21, 2012

Billy Hamilton, Gerrit Cole and other prospects Keith Law is excited to see at the Futures Game.

Blog | Conversation | June 21, 2012

Keith Law redrafts the 2002 draft with the benefit of hindsight, to see how different it would look.

Story | Conversation | April 24, 2012

With the help of Jason Martinez of MLB Depth Charts, we have compiled the minor league assignments for all prospects in Keith Law's organizational top 10 rankings. Due to injuries and late assignments, some minor league rosters are not yet official. ...

Story | Conversation | April 06, 2012

Here's a snapshot look at the top prospects in each organization. For full reports on many of these players, see my ranking of the top 100 prospects in the minors. We've listed the Astros with the AL as that is where they are headed in 2013. The numb...

Story | Conversation | February 09, 2012

If you checked out Keith Law's top 100 MLB prospects for 2011, this is a list of the top 10 in each organization. Find your favorite team -- and their rivals -- here.

Story | Conversation | January 27, 2011

Anthony Rendon injures his ankle during Team USA play, but that doesn't stop teams from hoping for the chance to draft him. Plus, other notes and news from the Cape League and summer tournaments.

Blog | Conversation | July 19, 2010

Keith Law takes his first look at the 2011 MLB draft -- not in any type of mock format, but in a listing of players to watch for at the college and prep level. The main name to know is Anthony Rendon (Rice), but there are comparisons to Ryan Howard and Scott Kazmir here.

Story | Conversation | June 11, 2010

After a year in which one guy -- Mike Leake -- outright skipped the minors and another -- Stephen Strasburg -- tore through them, Keith Law looks at the class of 2010 and ranks 20 players who may be in the show the fastest.

Story | Conversation | May 27, 2010

The MLB draft is a little more than two weeks away. Nitty gritty in this file: How do you draft "smart?" As in, do you pass on a guy because he's going to cost you too much, or go get him anyway? And -- who's flying up the draft boards? We know. Do you?

Blog | Conversation | May 23, 2010

Jason A. Churchill opens this MLB draft blog looking at the format changes for the June 7 event. Then he goes into a debate discussion: should you draft a prep athlete (i.e. upside) or a prep bat (i.e. a polished hitter for the farm system)? Dive in.

Blog | Conversation | May 05, 2010

Some pundits think it's a down year for the west coast of America in the 2010 MLB draft. Not so, says Jason A. Churchill. 10 of the top 31 guys on Keith Law's top 100 -- including Bryce Harper, Josh Sale and Dylan Covey -- are from that area.

Blog | Conversation | May 02, 2010

Check out which players were among the 1,521 selected in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft, from Stephen Strasburg to Alibay Barkley.

As Keith Law settles in to monitor the MLB draft, he makes a few final tweaks to his mock draft.

Story | Conversation | June 09, 2009

The draft order is coming together as players' bonus requirements come to light.

Story | Conversation | June 08, 2009

Keith Law takes a broad look at what to expect in the 2009 MLB draft roughly two weeks before it will take place.

Story | Conversation | May 27, 2009