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Ben Weinrib @benweinrib.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Presenting: The Best Nicknames in Minor League Baseball. After months of research, I’m proud to bring you 96 of the funniest, most interesting and wacky nicknames in the sport: atmlb.com/4mtbABH

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Ben Weinrib @benweinrib.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

The Iowa Cubs are absolutely loaded, with six Top 100 prospects at times. But their most productive player at the plate this season? That’s an unheralded ninth-rounder who now hits the ball harder than anyone at Triple-A:

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How Cubs No. 13 prospect became lethal at the plate

This story was excerpted from Jordan Bastian’s Cubs Beat newsletter. With Jordan off this week, MLB.com’s Ben Weinrib handled this edition. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to ge...

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Ben Weinrib @benweinrib.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Carter Jensen has come a long way since considering himself a bat-first catcher coming out of the Draft. Now ranked as MLB’s No. 82 prospect, the Royals backstop showed his growth as a game caller by catching a no-hitter at Double-A:

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Top 100 prospect Jensen spearheads no-hitter from behind the dish

There are a lot of moments on a career bucket list for a catcher. High up on it is calling a no-hitter. Five years and 383 games into his pro career, Carter Jensen can officially check that off. And i...

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Ben Weinrib @benweinrib.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

A couple big takeaways from breaking down MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 prospects list by division: 1) The AL Central has our highest prospect points total ever recorded 2) AL is hitting-prospect heavy, while NL dominates pitching prospects: More: atmlb.com/3EoKSsL

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