Michael Avallone

Truly a pleasure to talk to not only what sounded like a genuinely friendly guy but a baseball nut. This is up there with my all-time gets.

As Greensboro and Hub City traded hits and homers, the offensive onslaught was overshadowed by a pair of milestones -- one for each team: atmlb.com/430yyIt

Facing a rehabbing big league All-Star? No problem for #MNTwins' No. 2 prospect Kaelen Culpepper: atmlb.com/3PWqdm8

Round 1 between a pair of '25 first-rounders and former SEC rivals went to Kade Anderson. MLB's top-ranked LHP prospect bounced back in a big way in his latest dominant Double-A outing: atmlb.com/4fCYvFn

Top 100 prospects Leo De Vries and Jamie Arnold are providing a very bright glimpse of what's to come for the #Athletics with their latest Double-A performances: atmlb.com/43tkh77

The long balls are coming fast and furious now for #Reds' No. 1 prospect Alfredo Duno, whose hot stretch rolled on with a 2-homer, 5-RBI night at High-A: atmlb.com/42LRaMk

Malcolm Moore is arguably the hottest hitter in the Minors over the past month. The #TexasRangers' No. 18 prospect racked up 3 more knocks for his 8th consecutive multihit contest at High-A: atmlb.com/4uoErLD

Anything you can do, I can do better ... #Rockies prospect Ethan Holliday outdid his older brother with a pair of HRs, while the #Orioles' Jackson launched his first while rehabbing at Triple-A: atmlb.com/42EUTv2

Randy Guzman hit a ball HOW hard?!? 👀 Only three players in baseball this year have exceeded the exit velo the #Mets' prospect produced on his 8th homer: atmlb.com/49UzgdY

New level, same Seth Hernandez. MLB's top-ranked pitching prospect keeps on rolling, striking out seven over five hitless frames in his High-A debut: atmlb.com/4fp7lq8

Try as they might, opposing pitchers cannot keep Kane Kepley off the bases. The @Cubs' No. 6 prospect filled up the box score yet again for the High-A @SBCubs: atmlb.com/4flOWuh

Jackson Flora is peaking at the right time. The top-ranked pitching prospect in the '26 Draft spun his second complete-game shutout of the season: atmlb.com/4udWm7K

Three cheers ... and walks ... and steals for the @SBCubs' Kane Kepley! The @Cubs' 2025 2nd-rounder continues to get on base and swipe bases at a rate that would make Rickey Henderson proud: atmlb.com/4flOWuh

A month-long absence doesn't seem to have slowed down Max Anderson. The @tigers' No. 4 prospect homered and rapped out 5 hits for the Triple-A @MudHens: atmlb.com/4nn8xfA

Carlos Lagrange is bringing the heat. Again and again and again. The #Yankees' No. 2 prospect dialed up the hardest-thrown pitch at Triple-A this season, eclipsing ... his own: atmlb.com/4u3OLbB

You never get a second chance to make a first impression. Caden Bodine is making sure of that. More on the #Rays prospect acquired in the Shane Baz deal this offseason who is hitting over .400 at Single-A: atmlb.com/4wpUA4Y

After leading the Minors in K's in 2025, Jonah Tong is at it again. The #Mets' No. 2 prospect sits atop the Minors with 52 punchouts after his latest start at Triple-A: atmlb.com/4nkoV0C

The next gem in the #Dodgers' pipeline? Mike Sirota, who might be the hottest hitter in the Minors, is certainly a front-runner: atmlb.com/4nmG6Pc

Henry Bolte reminded everyone he doesn't just have thunder in his bat ... he's got some lightning too. The #Athletics' No. 5 prospect hit the longest Statcast-recorded homer in pro baseball this year: atmlb.com/4df9bHv

Jack Wenninger is quickly blossoming into one of the top hurlers in the Minors. The @Mets' No. 6 prospect lowered his ERA to a Triple-A-best 1.27 for the @SyracuseMets: atmlb.com/4d7kb9Q

Reigning #WhiteSox Minor League Player of the Month AND a homer off a rehabbing Cy Young winner. It was a good day for Caleb Bonemer, whose early-season power surge at High-A is drawing plenty of attention: atmlb.com/4cRAE34