Welcome back to another year of the Baseball America Prospect Report! As always, we’ll provide daily updates on prospect performances Monday through Friday from now through the end of the Arizona Fall League. You’ll also find a revamped layout below as well.

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Zyhir Hope, OF, Dodgers: Hope went 0-for-2 with a walk in the first game of the 2025 Cactus League season, but he still managed to make a couple of highlight plays. Hope made a catch on a Pablo Aliendo fly out to end the sixth inning where he crashed into the outfield wall. The inning before, he made a diving catch to rob Christian Franklin of a hit. Hope, the Dodgers’ No. 5 prospect, is hoping for a full season of health after he missed much of 2024 with a fractured rib.

Go deeper: 

• Hope’s potential path to becoming BA’s 2026 No. 1 prospect

• See Hope’s preseason scouting report

• Why Hope stood out at the Arizona Fall League

Gage Workman, 3B, Cubs: The Cubs drafted Workman in the MLB portion of the 2024 Rule 5 draft. In his first game, he showed off his lefty power with a fifth-inning two-run home run off lefthander Justin Wrobleski. Workman had earlier singled off a Yoshinobu Yamamoto fastball. He went 2-for-3 overall while also starting a pair of double plays, both off of Teoscar Hernandez ground balls.

Owen Caissie, OF, Cubs: Prior to the Cubs’ spring training opener against the Dodgers, manager Craig Counsell told reporters the team has shut down No. 4 prospect Owen Caissie with lower groin tightness. The Canadian outfielder underwent core muscle surgery this winter. Caissie spent all of 2024 with Triple-A Iowa hitting .278/.375/.472 with 19 home runs. In other Cubs news No. 30 prospect Brett Bateman is set to undergo hamate surgery on his right hand. This will likely delay Bateman’s debut this season until later in the first half.

Editor’s Picks

Kristian Campbell’s Subtle Swing Tweak: How Boston’s top prospect unlocked a breakout year, and it’s not just by adding bat speed. Read more…

Freak Sheet: These five college hitters and pitchers had the most impressive individual performances from a data perspective in week one. Read more…

The Class Of The NL East: Profiling every No. 1 prospect in the NL. Read more…

RoboScout’s Top 100: Baseball America’s favorite fantasy friend returns with its top fantasy prospects for the 2025 season. Read more…

Baseball America Helium Pick Of The Day

Each day, we’ll pick a prospect that has our attention.

Gary Gill Hill, RHP, Rays: The Rays liked prep righthander Gary Gill Hill enough to draft him in the sixth round, but they saw something he could change for 2024. The results were startling. Here’s how he altered his arm slot and surged onto the Top 100.

Quick Hits

News and notes from around spring training…

• Rockies No. 16 prospect Seth Halvorsen has a shot to win the closer job

• Braves RHP Hurston Waldrep is reintroducing a curveball to his arsenal

• Jesus Made spoke with Baseball America on his 2025 goals

• The Jays are challenging Orelvis Martinez to play multiple positions

• Red Sox No. 27 prospect Zach Penrod is dealing with elbow soreness

• The Cubs DFA’d No. 26 prospect Alexander Canario

• Jackson Jobe re-tooled his arsenal this winter, including his curveball

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