J.j. Cooper

From COVID restrictions and playing time bumps to NIL rules and transfer portals, this year’s outgoing college baseball class saw it all.

Can Elly De La Cruz unlock another level? The Reds star is showing signs he could soon sustain this dominance for a long, long time.

The complex league schedules are changing in 2024. J.J. Cooper details the changes and how new roster limits played a role in the decision.

J.J. Cooper is joined by Josh Norris, Carlos Collazo and Geoff Pontes as they discuss the release of the 2024 Top 100 Prospects list.

Examining which MLB teams have done the best job drafting, signing and developing pitchers since 2012.

Following the 2023 MLB Draft lottery and considering the looming RSN crisis, teams may not have the same appetite for tanking.

Whether it’s tanking or just historically bad baseball, MLB teams are piling up losses more than ever before.

See updated attendance numbers from the 2023 season for all 120 ticket-selling Minor League Baseball clubs.

J.J. Cooper reviews “Smart, Wrong and Lucky,” which tells the MLB Draft stories of baseball’s biggest stars.

Jackson Holliday and Orioles officials explain his Baseball America’s 2023 MiLB Player of the Year winning season.

Samuel Basallo’s outstanding season includes a late-season power surge that vaults him to No. 1 on this week’s Prospect Hot Sheet.

In Triple-A the strike zone will now take into account each individual player’s body and batting stance under new rules implemented by MLB.

De La Cruz is showing signs he’s fixed the one remaining clear hole in his game, even if he’s yet to be forced to by a stretch of struggling.

Thinking in terms of probable outcomes helps set expectations for prospects.

If Sasaki’s career ended today (and let’s hope he has well over a decade of impressive pitching to come), I would argue he’s already pulled off one of the greatest feats in baseball history.

Does shorter game times in baseball lead to reduced concessions revenue? We asked MiLB operators who have experienced the pitch clock rules to get an answer.

J.J. Cooper breaks down the similarities and differences between the primary and secondary drafts.

The Savannah Bananas opened their 2023 season with a trick-pitching rodeo clown, a center fielder who made a back flip while catching a fly ball, a pitching fireball, underwear toss fan giveaways and a surprise appearance by a big leaguer.

We explain how to use a workaround to watch MiLB.tv games on your television.

What this book does better than almost any book of the last decade is to serve as a fly-on-the-wall of a front office as it finds success and then tries to sustain it.