IBC

11. Nestor German , RHP, Orioles Team: Double-A Chesapeake (Eastern) Age: 23 Why He’s Here: 1-1, 0.00, 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 SO, 0 HR The Scoop: The Orioles’ 2023 11th-round pick out of Seattle University enjoyed a breakout in 2024, and so far he’s followed it up nicely in 2025, reaching Dou...

Shane Smith , RHP, White Sox Smith has been a Rule 5 success for the White Sox. His ERA outpaces his estimators, but he’s once again suppressing home runs at an extreme rate, something he consistently did in the minors. His changeup is the standout, generating a 35% whiff rate and ranking in the to...

Marco Dinges , C, Milwaukee Brewers Age: 21 Level(s): A, A+ Height: 5’11 Weight: 190 lbs Bats/Throws: R/R Year-to-Date Stats PA AVG OBP SLG K% BB% HR SB BABIP 177 .340 .441 .528 13.6% 13.6% 5 5 .370 This week: 10-20, HR, 2 R, 6 RBI, SB The Brewers had a special group of talent in Carolina for the f...

White Sox Grant Taylor with an electric debut from a pitch shape standpoint (1 IP, 12 pitches, 10 strikes). His four-seamer averaged 100.5 mph with 16” vertical break and 2” arm-side movement from a 5.9’ release with 7.4’ extension—plus velocity and extension, with average shape and less arm-side. H...

Arizona Diamondbacks - Cristofer Torin , SS/2B, A+, Org ranking: #14 Torin is a 20-year-old infielder that joined Arizona'a system as a part of the 2022 international signing class out of Venezuela. He has emerged as one of the better on-base threats for the young Snakes, with plus contact skills an...

Padres signed Kameron Misner

Padres released Gregory 23-Sanchez

Yankees trade Jeral 0-Perez, Jesus 0-Rodriguez, Zach 23-Thornton to Padres for Hunter Goodman Hunter Goodman is having a good year for the real life Rockies who are not having a good year. He can play Catcher, 1B, LF & RF and he hits the ball it tends to go a long way. He will certainly add som...

Watching Grant Taylor demoralize Southern League hitters out of the Birmingham bullpen over the past month, there was a growing sense that he wasn't going to be doing that particular task for much longer. He'd pitched nine scoreless outings in as many chances out of the pen, allowing just three sing...

Padres released Braylin 22-Morel

Padres released William Bergolla

At the time of these trades (through games played 6/1) the IBC Padres were in 3rd place in the NLW with a record of 27 - 30, 7 GB of the Rockies (nice work so far Nate). Schwarber led the team with 18 HR, 36 R, 43 RBI, 25 BB and 74 K. As a team they were at .240/.302/.407 and leading the NL with 81 ...

Orioles trade Grant McCray, Ben Kudrna, Wilfri 24-De La Cruz, Tim Elko to Padres for Charlie Morton, Christian Walker, Brock Burke, Justin Topa Dan inquired about bolstering his pitching and he received Morton for rotational support along with a righty/lefty combo of bullpen support in Topa and Bur...

Mets trade Jacob Reimer, Tyler Stuart, Cam Schlittler to Padres for Tyler O'Neill, Nolan Jones Jones is projected to be an OBP Machine but he didn't demonstrate while on the IBC Padres but hopefully his performance will improve with John's Mets. O"Neill had a monster real life 2024 while playi...

Marlins trade Jacob Melton, Nestor 23-German to Padres for Nestor Cortes Cortes will return next season and if Nils still owns him, he should be a top of the rotation option. The IBC Padres got back OF Melton who was just recently promoted to the real Astros. He went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a stol...

Graduates Chase Meidroth , SS/2B: Acquired from Boston in the offseason as one of four players coming over in the Garrett Crochet trade, Meidroth has been a fixture at the top of the White Sox lineup, playing both middle infield positions. While he doesn’t provide much power, his .361 OBP reflects h...

Padres released Sam 24-Antonacci

Padres released Sean Bouchard

I am reviewing several very good trade offers involving Walker, O'Neill and others. This will likely be the last trade I make "blowing up" this roster. I plan to complete a deal by tonight as Patti and I are leaving to attend the awesome (though this year is forecast to be a tad rainy) New...

Rangers: Devin Fitz-Gerald , INF (No. 30) Fitz-Gerald won four straight Florida 7-A state titles at Stoneman Douglas HS (Parkland), where his father Todd is the head coach and has guided players such as Roman Anthony, Jesús Luzardo and Coby Mayo. Signed for an over-slot $900,000 in the fifth round, ...

Yankees trade Grant 23-Taylor to Padres for Clarke Schmidt Schmidt is a solid mid-rotation SP who plays for the real life Yankees. Z traded him to me and now he happily gets back - and his 2025 ZiPS projection of 3.91 ERA, 109/45 K/BB in 106.0 IP with a 106 ERA+ will play well for the IBC Yankees ....

Guardians trade Michael Kennedy, Chase Meidroth to Padres for Jordan Romano, Jordan Westburg Pat was one of a few GMs who inquired about Westburg after the IBC Padres received him in a recent trade.  Westburg, when healthy, is a fine 3B.  Romano is steady, older, sometimes CL who will help Pat's bu...

Angels recalled LHP Sam Aldegheri from Double-A Rocket City. Aldegheri made three starts with a 4.85 ERA for the Angels down the stretch last year and had a 4.34 ERA in nine starts for Rocket City this year. He’s one of the Angels’ top pitching prospects, but he’s probably just up to help in middle ...

Romano seems to be drawing the most interest right now as I am considering several packages which include him ... Intend to move him by mid-week ...

Denzel Clarke , Sacramento Athletics (35% rostered) As we do often in this space, recommending Clarke is a bet on things that haven’t happened yet. He did, finally, get his first career hit out of the way in Tuesday’s game, but that’s about all the 25-year-old has done through his first handful of ...