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Leading Off
MAILBAG
Ship Shape • No. 1 overall pick Paul Skenes’ overall arsenal should outweigh questions about fastball shape
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LIFE IN THE FAST LANE • Jacob Lindgren rediscovered his joy for the game after his MLB days ended
Trap Toon
FIRST-RATE FIRST HALVES • Minor League Players of the Year for all 30 organizations at midseason
Baseball America PROSPECT PAD LIVE! SEATTLE 2023
SEASON OF CHANGE • The No. 1 pick in 2022 is now the No. 1 prospect, while a bountiful 2023 draft helps seed the prospect pool with needed reinforcements
SUMMER TOP 100
HISTORY IN THE WAKEING? • Wake Forest boasts five of the top 50 prospects in a thin 2024 draft class, led by the top hitter and one of the top pitchers
THRICE AS NICE • Just seven times in 59 drafts have three teammates been selected in the first round of the same draft. Here they are in reverse chronological order.
Way-Too-Early 2024 Mock Draft
Organization Reports
ORGANIZATION REPORTS
DEPARTMENTS
STATE OF THE GAME • Commissioner Rob Manfred and union head Tony Clark weigh in on pressing topics
FUTURES GAME SUPERLATIVES • The sharpest tools by the top prospects in this year’s exhibition
TEAM ABOVE SELF • Coach of the Year Jay Johnson got his star-studded LSU squad to commit to a total team effort—and it paid off with a championship
THREE KEY THEMES • The 2023 draft will likely be remembered for the quality of the top five picks, plus two other Day One trends
REDS SCOUT WINS BIG BY SIGNING UNSUNG ELLY
In Memoriam
A SIGH OF RELIEF • Minor league attendance snaps back to pre-pandemic levels