Minor League Ball and MLB Bonus Baby Merger

by Matt Garrioch on Jan 24, 2026 7:00 PM EST

I'm Matt Garrioch. Some of you know me from MLB Bonus Baby, others may not, but I've been blogging there for just over a year about the MLB Draft. With so much cross over between the minor leagues and the draft, it only makes sense to merge the two blogs into one making this the one stop for prospect information.

Nothing that you previously enjoyed about Minor League Ball will change, as John will still be doing his draft pieces and continuing his Shadow Draft for the Twins. I will only be adding extra content here. John and I don't always have the same opinion on players but that makes for good conversation and gives you more knowledge of the future of the game.

To start, I will be posting my top 100 college and high school prospect lists. They will be up soon and I will detail specific players in the coming weeks and keep you updated on what is changing in the draft landscape as it approaches.

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I think this is a great idea

MLB Bonus Baby can get to be a ghost town except during the college baseball season and right after the draft. Makes sense to combine the two blogs.

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by OremLK on Jan 24, 2026 7:05 PM EST reply actions

This certainly makes my life easier. : )

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by Dan Strittmatter on Jan 24, 2026 7:05 PM EST reply actions

Awesome. One less tab to open!

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by kelly20210 on Jan 24, 2026 7:06 PM EST reply actions

Welcome

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by McCutchenIsTheTruth on Jan 24, 2026 7:09 PM EST reply actions

Glad to hear this

by benderbrodriguez on Jan 24, 2026 7:19 PM EST reply actions

Glad to have you around here

I frequently lurk around MLB Bonus Baby, it will be nice to get the two blogs merged into 1.

by aemrich on Jan 24, 2026 7:48 PM EST reply actions

awesome news

best of luck on the merger it should be a great value add to this site.

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by James Westfall on Jan 24, 2026 7:58 PM EST reply actions

Welcome

Look forward to reading your stuff.

by odbsol on Jan 24, 2026 8:19 PM EST reply actions

AWESOME!

I’d rank this above both Exxon-Mobil and AOL-Time Warner on the list of greatest all-time mergers.

by Kapellmeisters on Jan 24, 2026 8:30 PM EST reply actions

sick.

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by Resolution on Jan 24, 2026 8:48 PM EST reply actions

Good news

I think we can get better discussion at this site, which will make for better draft coverage. And hopefully it means the folks over at MLB Bonus Baby (Matt, Jeff, Gobroks) can get some more exposure. Thanks to John for accommodating the merger and making a great site even better!

by cookiedabookie on Jan 24, 2026 9:01 PM EST reply actions

From what I understand, Matt is the only one who will be absorbed into minor league ball

I wish him the best of luck.

I’m sad to see MLB Bonus Baby expire. It was a good place for me to post draft thoughts/articles that worked better on the SB Nation platform than Bullpen Banter. Perhaps if I had worked more diligently there, this outcome could have been avoided, but it doesn’t surprise me that the plug has been pulled. Things just never picked back up after Andy’s departure.

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by Jeff Reese on Jan 24, 2026 9:18 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah I just want to echo Jeff's comment

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by Gobroks on Jan 24, 2026 10:09 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Where will Jeff and Gobrok's be writitng?

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by Rochestie4ever on Jan 24, 2026 10:35 PM EST up reply actions

Bullpen Banter is the only place where I will be writing at now (unless I happen to do a few guest posts closer to the draft elsewhere). Unfortunately, that means I won’t be finishing the three remaining draft reports that I had planned. Right now we are doing minor league prospect stuff; however, Al, Steve, and I are probably going to do some sort of draft update soon (not quite sure what that will entail yet). And once the college season begins, my college notes segment will be back in full swing.

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by Jeff Reese on Jan 25, 2026 9:10 AM EST up reply actions