NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball’s biggest spenders are stumbling, slowed by injuries and scrambling to patch rosters with help for battered bullpens and other positions ahead of Thursday’s trade deadline. Opening the season with a top payroll of $326 million, the New York Mets have a 1 1/2-game NL East lead but are 17-20 since mid-June.

New Home's Ryder Starkey continued his improvement with a campaign that boasted some of the best numbers in the country.

What a ride the season has been for the Toronto Blue Jays. They were a bottom-third team through just about two months. For real. I looked back and on May 26, I had the Blue Jays ranked 22nd. And now they'll head to August at No. 1.

The Tigers' five prospects were tied for fifth-most among all organizations, with the Cleveland Guardians and Milwaukee Brewers.

That out of the way, here’s a look at the top prospects who can help your fantasy baseball roster this season. If I listed every reason for this, it would make this a 6,000-word article and absolutely no one wants that,

Connor Hamilton, a Montgomery Bell alum, will play for Vanderbilt baseball after being drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2025 MLB Draft.

Crusty oldtimers always insist things were better in their day, but today’s Hall of Famers increasingly feel estranged from the people who run the game.

As the Major League Baseball trade deadline approaches, the action is picking up. On Sunday Night Baseball, the New York Mets completed a sweep of the San Francisco Giants with a 5-3 victory.