The following list is the top 50 prospects in baseball this year from MLB.com.
1. Jason Heyward, ATL
2. Stephen Strasburg, WAS
3. Mike Stanton, FLA
4. Buster Posey, SF
5. Brian Matusz, BAL
6. Desmond Jennings, TB
7. Neftali Feliz, TEX
8. Pedro Alvarez, PIT
9. Justin Smoak, TEX
10. Madison Bumgarner, SF
11. Carlos Santana, CLE
12. Alcides Escobar, MIL
13. Wade Davis, TB
14. Domonic Brown, PHI
15. Dustin Ackley, SEA
16. Brett Wallace, TOR
17. Kyle Drabek, TOR
18. Martin Perez, TEX
19. Jesus Montero, NYY
20. Jeremy Hellickson, TB
21. Jarrod Parker, ARI
22. Starlin Castro, CHI
23. Christian Friedrich, COL
24. Tim Beckham, TB
25. Logan Morrison, FLA
26. Brett …

The New York Yankees signed 35-year old free agent Randy Winn yesterday for a one-year deal worth around $2 million, completing the Yankees outfield for the upcoming 2010 season.  This deal leaves the Yankees’ left fielder from last year, Johnny Damon, out of the picture.  With contract disputes between the Yankees and Damon, the Yankees felt Damon was asking for too much money and, surprisingly, are keeping a lower budget this year than last.  Last year’s budget was about $208 million while this year’s is looking to be around the …

The Padres have added a new right handed pitcher to their rotation, that pitcher is Jon Garland.  Last year Garland pitched for the Diamondbacks and Dodgers and combined 11-13 with a 4.01 ERA.  Garland has never had really had great success as far as keeping batting average against, hits allowed and ERA to a minimal but he will go out there and make 33 starts a year and give you 200 innings.  Last year in 6 games with the Dodgers, Garland had a 2.72 ERA which indicates to me he …

Damn.  I’ve hated Jim Thome for years, and now… I have to root for him.  Jim Thome signed a 1-year/$1.5 million deal with the Twins today in which he will be a spot-start DH and a veteran pinch hitter in most cases.  Everyone in Twins camp is excited for this move, now the Twins finally have a power bat to come off the bench and bring that verteran leadership.  Unfortunately the Twins are apparently more concerned with signing 39 year old bench players then going out and getting a legit …

Ben Sheets sat out all of the 2009 season after having surgery on his right elbow and on Tuesday agreed to a 1-year/$8 million deal with the A’s.  Sheets is always in the near-elite to elite member of pitchers in the Majors but never have the benefit of being on a good team except in 2008 when the Brewers made the playoffs.  Sheets has an 86-83 career record but is regarded as an ace, most aces have better than a .509 winning percentage.  Sheets will overpower his opponents with his …

Felix Hernandez recently agreed on a five-year deal with the Seattle Mariners worth $78 million.  Furthermore, the deal includes a bunch of incentives for Hernandez including: $50,000 each time he’s an All-Star, $50,000 each time he wins an LCS MVP award, $50.000 each time he wins a Gold Glove, $100,000 for each World Series MVP and $200,000 each time he wins a Cy Young Award.  “King Felix”, as he is often referred to as by his fans from Seattle all the way to his home country of Venezuela, is coming off of his …

Time and time again Ozzie Guillen puts his foot in his mouth. This weekend was no exception.
For those of you who don’t know, the Minnesota Twins will be moving out of the Metrodome this coming season to play in an outdoor stadium (Target Field). There was a special advantage in the ‘Homerdome’ that was truly not duplicated anywhere else. The sound was louder than any other field, the turf was so hard that it allowed them to build teams around speed, and the roof was white (try catching a white baseball …