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Baseball America has been bringing you the best baseball information in the game for more than 30 years, a must-have resource for fans as well as people who work in the game. Every issue features coverage of the majors, minors, college and high school baseball as well as prospects, prospects and more prospects. Whether you’re looking to win your fantasy league or stay on top of the game at all levels, Baseball America puts it all in your hands.

AN ENDURING TRADITION • Celebrating 30 years of Baseball America Draft Previews

MAIL BAG • Twice a month at BaseballAmerica.com, subscribers get exclusive access to BA writers to ask any question they want. Here are BA Mailbag excerpts from May & June.

An offer she couldn’t refuse • Coming home to the Bay Area was an easy call for Haley Alvarez

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EIGHT YEARS IN THE MAKING • Ryan Dempster recalls an improbable All-Star Game appearance

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NO LONGER FIRST IN CLASS • Exploring the industry’s waning interest in college pitchers in the first round

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THE STARS ARE BORN

FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE 2022 DRAFT

HEAD OF THE CLASS • Elite high school hitters Druw Jones and Termarr Johnson headline a banner year for Georgia in the draft

GEORGIA PEACHES • Druw Jones and Termarr Johnson helped Georgia accomplish something rare this spring

MOCK DRAFT • BA projects how the first round of the draft might play out

CALL TO ARMS • What’s up in a down year for pitchers? Injuries, lack of track record undermine an already-thin college pitching crop.

HIT-OR-MISS • An amateur hitter’s results against velocity can addvaluable context to the viability of his hit tool, the most difficult one for scouts to evaluate

HOUSTON, WE SOLVED A PROBLEM • After years of cutting area scouts, the Astros pivot to hiring them

CREAM OF THE CROP • Comprehensive scouting reports on 100 top draft prospects

BEST TOOLS OFFENSE • Top 200 prospects only

BEST TOOLS PITCHING • Top 200 prospects only

BEST TOOLS DEFENSE • Top 200 prospects only

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TOP 200 DRAFT PROSPECTS • Baseball America compiles its draft rankings through year-round conversations with scouts, front office officials and coaches. Our rankings are based on our assessments of players’ talent, not their signability or where we believe they will be drafted. All overview capsules written by Carlos Collazo and J.J. Cooper. Scan this code to view the BA 500—which ranks the top 500 draft prospects—at BaseballAmerica.com.

SOMETHING TO PROVE • Ivan Melendez makes the most of his return to Texas by propelling the Longhorns to Omaha and boosting his draft stock

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MAKING HIS OWN NAME • Pursuit of hits record, scrutiny of scouts did not faze Stillwater’s Jackson Holliday, son of the program’s most famous baseball alum

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THE WAITING GAME • Even the top high school pitchers require time—and patience—to establish themselves as MLB starters

UP-ARROW PROSPECTS • A baker’s dozen prospects drafted after the second round in 2021 who have boosted their profile

BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPS • Stoneman Douglas is Team of the Year for the second time in seven years after claiming a second straight Florida state title

WHAT WENT WRONG • Four top draft picks of recent vintage who failed to live up to expectations—and what scouts learned from those players’ unrealized potential

TURNING OVER A NEW (MAPLE) LEAF • The pandemic hit Canadian players hard. The...