The Braves are one of the best teams in baseball at developing young talent and it looked pitching prospect Mike Minor was well on his way to winning the fifth spot to open the season. Minor, 23 years of age, is having a great spring but another young talent is expected to delay his arrival. Brandon Beachy, 24 years of age, was strong in the minors last season and helped the Braves down the stretch with a 3 ...

PLAYER PROFILE Defensive end Robert Quinn (H: 6'5" - W: 270 - College: North Carolina) University of North Carolina defensive end Robert Quinn is among the many players who will likely go among the first players drafted in the 2011 NFL Draft. Quinn was suspended for the entire 2010 NCAA college football season due to receiving improper benefits from sports agents and lying to NCAA officials. Quinn has since ...

Maybe this isn't the craziest spring training for injuries but it sure seems that way as far as closers go. Just on Friday mourning I did an overall re-ranking of our relief pitcher rankings and sure enough Brian Wilson, and J.J. Putz go down. While both closers aren't expected to miss a long period of time (may still find the DL to start the year), these mounting problems are starting to be a pain in fanta ...

The third base position is actually deeper than I thought it would be upon seasons end last October. With Kevin Youkilis slated for eligibility, A-Rod finally healthy and Pablo Sandoval looking and playing like a new man, we have a (dare I say) strong class at third base for 2011. The third baseman ADP Rankings below are as listed on Mock Draft Central for mixed 5×5 leagues. CHOOSE A POSITIONCatcherFirst Ba ...

Jimmy Rollins is still holding on as one of the top five shortstops for fantasy baseball. This offseason Rollins actually started to workout as early as November and that is an improvement from years past. Maybe a new dedication to keeping himself inshape will payoff for fantasy owners. The shortstop ADP Rankings below are as listed on Mock Draft Central for mixed 5×5 leagues. CHOOSE A POSITIONCatcherFirst ...

With health concerns for Chase Utley and Brian Roberts the second base position is only getting thinner as we head towards the start of the season. Thankfully, we have a few options on the top of this list that are more than capable of giving you a solid season and hit in high scoring offenses. The second base ADP Rankings below are as listed on Mock Draft Central for mixed 5x5 leagues. CHOOSE A POSITIONCat ...

As my real NL only and mixed league drafts creep closers I have to admit that Carlos Gonzalez is moving up to the top of my list for outfielders. For most of the offseason I've recommended fantasy owners look to Ryan Braun as the top outfielder because of his unfaltering production of the past four seasons. Cargo is a great talent, but because he's only had one strong season, I wasn't ready to give him the ...

For as high as Evan Longoria is going in this season, I hope he hits more than the 22 home runs, he did in 2010. That should happen, but Longoria has noted that home runs aren't a priority as he focuses more on driving in runs. While I find his strategy to be a sound one for the long haul of his career, he needs to return to a strong power total to be selected over Alex Rodriguez in my book. Popular thinkin ...

The catcher position is going through a youth movement as youngsters like Buster Posey and Carlos Santana will probably end up as top five producers at this position in 2011. While those two catchers are possible elite talents for years to come, we have other young catchers who are worth taking note of later in our rankings. Matt Wieters, J.P. Arencibia and even Jesus Montero all deserve some attention from ...

Two years ago Kendrys Morales broke out with 34 home runs with over 100 RBI's while hitting over .300 on the season. In 2010, Morales was having another fine season before he suffered a freak leg injury at home plate. Coming into spring training, it seemed like Morales would be fine for opening day but early on Morales expressed his doubts. Manager Mike Scioscia down played Morales's comment and told the pr ...