Whether they’re young phenoms leveling up, veterans adding a new wrinkle to their profile or healthy hurlers regaining their previous form, no shortage of starters impressed in their first outings of the new season.
We haven’t even reached a week of the 2025 MLB season, and we’ve already seen five Top 100 prospects debut in The Show. And that brings up the question, “Who is next?”
Toronto manager John Schneider funded — with his own money — a bunting competition in Spring Training, and the results were on display in last night’s win.
Some top prospects are drafted. Others are made. This is a story about the latter, and about what you really can learn from the first few days of a long Major League season.
Paul Skenes takes the mound for the Pirates against the Rays at 1 p.m. ET, followed by an Interleague matchup between the Giants and Astros at 4 on MLB Network.