Standout Grapefruit & Cactus League Prospects

Plus: Spring training dynasty risers, updated rookie rankings & Triple-A opening day

March 28, 2025

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What We Saw In The Grapefruit & Cactus League

Next week, we’ll be publishing an annual highlight of Baseball America’s spring training coverage: a complete rundown of the prospects who impressed scouts on the backfields in Arizona and Florida.

In the meantime, our very own Jesús Cano and Geoff Pontes have checked in with their own notes from spring training. Read both stories below to get a primer on trending names over the past month-plus:

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DYNASTY NAMES TO KNOW

Spring Training Dynasty Risers For All 30 Teams

Now that the dust has settled on spring training, it’s time to see which players put an up-arrow trajectory on their dynasty fantasy baseball stock this spring.

To that end, Dylan White has curated lists of the top trending American League and National League players to target for dynasty managers looking to make upgrades in the early goings of the new season.

Looking for even more fantasy baseball content? Be sure to check our 2025 fantasy home page for season-long coverage featuring updated rankings, exclusive RoboScout analysis, weekly podcasts and more.

Top 20 MLB Rookies: Opening Day Edition

Baseball America published its initial top 20 rookies ranking nearly a month ago. With the 2025 season now underway, we’re back with an updated look at the rookie landscape for the new season.

What you’ll find in this Opening Day update are two new faces—Cam Smith and Marcelo Mayer—as well as information about how rookies performed in spring training and what role they are expected to play this season.

BA PROSPECT PROFILES

Scouting Every AL East No. 1 Prospect For 2025

Baseball America is going deep top prospects around MLB. Joined by Scott Braun, J.J. Cooper, Geoff Pontes, Ben Badler and Carlos Collazo provide Prospect Profile analysis for the AL East’s top prospects:

  • Samuel Basallo, C, Orioles

  • Carson Williams, SS, Rays

  • Ricky Tiedemann, LHP, Blue Jays

  • Jasson Dominguez, OF, Yankees

  • Roman Anthony, OF, Red Sox

In our Prospect Profile videos, we explain how each player climbed to No. 1 in their system, run through scouting reports and lay out what you should expect in 2025.

MINOR LEAGUES GET UNDERWAY FRIDAY

Triple-A Opening Day: Minor League Schedules, Start Times & More

Following in the footsteps of MLB Opening Day yesterday, the minor leagues get started with official Triple-A games beginning Friday.

The very first pitch? That’ll be at 2:05 p.m. ET when Buffalo Bisons’ host their home opener against the Rochester Red Wings. Here’s everything to know about this year’s season:

TRENDING NOW AT BASEBALL AMERICA

🃏 Seth Mates got us up to speed on everything known so far about Bowman 2025.

🐻 Jesús Cano spoke with Cubs 3B Matt Shaw about making his MLB debut.

📖 From the BA Mag: MLB’s latest superstar shortstop trio has arrived.

⚾ Peter Flaherty previewed a loaded SEC college slate this weekend.

🤔 J.J. Cooper wondered if the Angels’ aggressive pitching approach will finally pay off with Ryan Johnson.

🎓 Jacob Rudner ran through all 204 colleges represented on MLB rosters.

🎙️ New episodes of Future Projection & the BA Draft Podcast dropped this week.

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