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Washington got Grable from the Yankees on August 3 as part of the return for Luis García Jr. He's 24, a former Tommy John patient who broke out this year: 2.45 ERA, 46 strikeouts against 8 walks in 33 innings, all as a reliever. His fastball averages 96 mph, touches 99, and generates 20 to 21 inches of induced vertical break, a number no MLB pitcher matched this season. He made the Futures Game before the trade even happened. He's at Double-A Harrisburg now, but a bullpen arm with this kind of stuff and command doesn't stay in Double-A that long. Full breakdown in this free issue of Double Dip.

Rodriguez left Double-A Rocket City hitting .261 with 12 home runs and 42 RBI in 95 games. We had him on Call-Up Watch in Double Dip Issue 5, calling for a Triple-A move near the end of the season. The Angels moved him to Salt Lake on August 4, a full month early. He's adjusting fast: .238 through his first series, but a .333 on-base percentage because he's walking three times for every two strikeouts. Below the Show covers every Angels affiliate, Double-A through Triple-A, every week. Full breakdown is free in the link below.

Taylor is running a .340/.402/.542 line with 10 home runs, 42 RBI and a .402 OBP in 212 at-bats since a June 9 promotion to Double-A Midland, after a .292/.425/.436 start at High-A Lansing. He's the org's No. 6 prospect, a 2025 second-rounder out of Indiana who signed for $2.5 million above slot. The defense still needs work, but the bat has already outgrown the level. Las Vegas is next. Double Dip has the full breakdown in the link below.

Ingle got sent back to Columbus June 26 after a rough 21-at-bat trial, and since then he's hit .418/.481/.701, on top of a .323/.434/.596 season with 17 home runs. He made the Futures Game roster too. This week's Triple Dip breaks down why the next call-up should stick.

Full breakdown of the trades that touched Double-A rosters this deadline: Hope to Erie, Nimmala/Micheletti/Rivero to Rocket City Eyanson/Witherspoon/Azocar to the Orioles, Rojas to Binghamton by way of the Mets, plus Cozart, Pitre, Gill Hill, Moore, Taylor, Ragsdale, Cebert, Grable, Hartle, Eagen, Santana, Glassey, Kmatz, and Mendez. Four of these guys were already in our archive before the trades happened. Full issue free every Tuesday.

The Saints outfielder is running an 85 percent contact rate and just posted 15 walks to 10 strikeouts over his last 17 games. He's already on the Twins' 40-man roster, and Minnesota's reported interest in trading Trevor Larnach could open his path up. Full story in this week's Triple Dip.

The Rangers' top prospect returned from a UCL procedure on July 17 and has not looked like a guy shaking off rust. Two homers, three steals, and an OPS over 1.100 through his first 10 games at Frisco. Covered this week in Double Dip.

Clark, MLB's No. 13 overall prospect, is hitting .289/.418/.511 in July after a rough May that's the real reason he wasn't called up even when the outfield got hurt. Scott Harris has been publicly cautious all year, and reporting has the Tigers weighing an outfield trade instead of just handing Clark the job. This week's Triple Dip lays out the actual timeline, plus why the August 3 deadline matters more than any specific call-up date.

Drake starts today against Oakland, part of the Merrill Kelly trade return from last July along with Mitch Bratt and David Hagaman. He was called up as an emergency arm in late June but never got into a game. This time it’s real: Arizona’s rotation is down to Gallen, Nelson, Soroka, and Burnes all hurt at once, and Drake is next up. Rough year at Reno, but he’s Arizona’s No. 10 prospect and this is the environment he’s stepping into.

Eyanson, 21, just had his best start of the season: 5 innings, 1 hit, 1 walk, 8 strikeouts against Somerset. He's been dominant all July, a 1.80 ERA with 15 strikeouts against 2 walks in two starts. He also entered this year's Futures Game in the fourth and got the win for the AL. Fastball's touching 100 now. Full breakdown on him in this week's Double Dip.

Ford opened the year hitting .130 with a .300 OBP through his first seven Triple-A games at Rochester. Since June 1 he’s turned it into .262/.449/.462, three home runs and seven extra-base hits in 21 games, a full reversal from where the season started. Our number 3 prospect, acquired from Seattle in the December deal that sent José Ferrer to the Mariners, gets the call now that Drew Millas is headed to the 10-day IL with a fractured finger. The framing and blocking have always been ahead of the bat, scouts like both, and the arm is still catching up, opponents are 9 for 10 stealing on him this season. He’s expected behind the plate this weekend.

Locklear struggled in two separate chances with the big club, .156 with Seattle in 2024 and .175 with Arizona in 2025. This version at Reno doesn't look like either one. He's running a 1.459 OPS in July with four home runs and eight RBI over his last four games alone, a .588 average and a 2.044 OPS in that stretch. Full season he's at .313/.394/.502 with 8 home runs, and he's been especially dangerous against left-handed pitching, a 1.008 OPS against them. Full breakdown in this week's Triple Dip.

ayer is averaging better than a strikeout an inning this year, 74 punchouts in just 52 innings with a 3.46 ERA, and Houston already named him their 2025 Minor League Pitcher of the Year. Bush just made MLB Pipeline's national Prospect Team of the Week, going 9 for 21 with two homers and five RBI, and he's hitting .342/.457/.684 in July while splitting reps between catcher and first base. Anyone been watching any Hooks games lately? This week's Double Dip has the full breakdown on both.

Suwinski got cut by the Pirates in February, picked up by the Dodgers, and immediately sent down to Triple-A. Since landing at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark he's hitting .288 with 19 home runs and an .946 OPS. July has been even better, a 1.197 OPS through the first three weeks of the month. He's 27, already has big league time, and looks like a real call-up option if LA needs outfield pop in the second half. Anyone been out to a Comets game lately? Full breakdown on him in this issue of Triple Dip.

Wind Surge fans in Wichita, the Twins system has been putting together something real and it is showing up right there in your city. Double Dip is a newsletter that is on it. Anybody been to any games?

The 20th overall pick last year is leading every qualified full-season Minor Leaguer in baseball with a 1.150 OPS right now. Tied for the MiLB home run lead at 28. He got bumped to Double-A Biloxi three weeks ago and his strikeout rate actually dropped from High-A, 31.8 percent in AA versus 33.3 in High-A. Most of the time, the chase increases with better pitching. Not in Fisher. Full breakdown in the article.

Both top hitters getting the call up to Triple-A. Arroyo hit .287 for Double-A Arkansas this year and Montes has been the real story, 25 homers, most in the whole system. This is exactly the kind of jump you want to see from a farm system that's supposed to be one of the best in baseball right now. Now Anderson next. Hopefully.

Ryan Clifford is punishing baseballs in Syracuse. Joshua Baez has 25 homers and a .976 OPS for Memphis and still got left off. James Tibbs III leads the entire Pacific Coast League in home runs and also missed the cut. Full breakdown of who made it and who got snubbed in the new issue of Triple Dip.

Owen Ayers was a 19th round senior sign who broke his hand last year in Single-A. Now he has a 1.113 OPS for the Smokies and just put up a .529 average with six walks last week alone. The bat is doing things you do not normally see from a catcher this deep into a system. Anyone catching him at Smokies Park this season? Full breakdown in the new issue of Double Dip.

Fourth round pick in 2024 out of Bucknell. We had him as Rising Star in Triple Dip Issue 4 after a hot June stretch and the production never stopped. 67 games between Double-A and Triple-A this year, .284/.409/.619, 21 home runs, 54 RBI, a 1.028 OPS. The walk rate sits at a strong 16.5 percent too, so this isn't just a guy selling out for power. Toronto has hit just 82 home runs through 81 games, eighth worst in baseball, and Guerrero is stuck on four homers all year. Keys has only played first or third in pro ball, both spots occupied right now, so Schneider is already talking about creative ways to get the bat in the lineup, the same way they did with Horwitz a few years back. Forced his way up through pure production.