July Fourth isn’t usually a holiday most younger kids love because it’s just hot and there aren’t any gifts exchanged. Well, The Athletic gifted non-subscribers with a dose of New York Mets rumors ...

SAPULPA, Okla. — A Sapulpa homeowner says he spent years paying insurance premiums only to find himself covering thousands of dollars in roofing costs after hail damaged his home. Craig Ellis said his ...

While the Los Angeles Angels‘ farm system is constantly being ranked as one of the worst in baseball, it is still full of plenty of young talent that has a chance to make an impact at the big league ...

As owners continue to try to outsource player development, there is legitimate concern about the future of the game. Illustration: Demetrius Robinson / The Athletic; Photos: Aron Smith / MLB Photos ...

A developer reverse-engineering Anthropic's Claude Code binary discovered on June 30, 2026, that the tool had been silently encoding hidden signals into its AI system prompts for at least three months ...

The Houston Astros have spent much of the last decade building winning MLB clubs, and that comes at a cost. The farm system has been depleted. The organization is considered across much of baseball to ...

Normally when a farm system graduates a top prospect like JJ Wetherholt, it signifies a dip in the excitement and optimism around the level of young talent coming up through an organization. But for ...

Last week, we looked at 25 up-arrow prospects who are climbing prospect rankings. Those 25 players are only a fraction of the prospects across baseball who have taken a step forward, however. Coming ...

Overall it’s been a quiet first half from the Detroit Tigers’ farm system. Largely that’s because Kevin McGonigle has graduated to the major leagues, and many of the club’s top prospects are either ...

JUPITER, FL - MARCH 19: Yhoiker Fajardo #35 of the St. Louis Cardinals pitches during the game between the Washington Nationals and the St. Louis Cardinals at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium on Thursday, ...

Good ideas can come from anywhere, especially when informed by real world experience, a fact that some firms are leveraging to source new solutions from field staff, which serves to both rapidly ...