Will Middlebrooks has nine home runs this April, and one appearance at No. 1 on this week’s Prospect Hot Sheet.

Jim Shonerd answered your prospect questions on April 27.

Oregon is on a three-game losing streak.

Major League Baseball is expected to rule as soon as today on whether Jairo Beras will be allowed to sign with the Rangers, who agreed to a $4.5 million deal with him on Feb. 29. People who work in international baseball say the decision will be a litm…

Few players in the minor leagues got off to a quicker start than Mariners shortstop Brad Miller, who hit four home runs and drove in 14 runs in his first 11 games for high Class A High Desert and won California League player of the week honors early in…

For Telvin Nash, the big 21-year-old who jetted to the top of the minor league home run leaderboard early this season, the more important stat has been something different.

After batting .324/.410/.547 for high Class A Inland Empire last season, outfielder Kole Calhoun figured to take a step up in the Angels farm system. Instead, he made a jump.

The years began slipping past Josh Donaldson, and with them the hope of becoming a major leaguer. At the end of last season, he decided to do something about it.

Lefthander Kevin Matthews isn’t lacking many physical attributes, as his ability to dunk a basketball at just 5-foot-11 would suggest, and so far no task he has encountered in the weight room or on the field has been too much for him.

Double-A Jacksonville manager Andy Barkett acknowledges the unfair comparison, but he can’t help but think of Jeff Conine when he projects outfielder Jake Smolinski.