Breaking down the Top 50 Prospects list  —  With MLB.com's Top 50 Prospect list now fully revealed, it's time to let the debate start.  That is, after all, why prospect rankings are done in the first place.  —  Was Mike Trout the correct top prospect or should phenom Bryce Harper hold the No. 1 position?

Hank: ‘We just have to (bleeping) win’  —  TAMPA — For Hank's Yanks, with spring training just around the corner, this is the bottom line: Whatever it takes to win championship No. 28.  —  Hank Steinbrenner, the Yankees co-chairman, is fired up for the 2011 season — even without Cliff Lee in pinstripes.

Yankees GM hints at move to center, not third, for Jeter  —  Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Bernie Williams . . . Derek Jeter?  —  It's not happening anytime soon, but Yankees general manager Brian Cashman delivered the first hint at Jeter's future yesterday while answering a question at a Q&A with fans at a Manhattan restaurant.

Yankees Sign Bartolo Colon  —  Nine years ago, Bartolo Colon was a stud pitcher on his way to a 20-win season.  As talk of relocation continued, the Montreal Expos went all in, shipping prospects Cliff Lee, Brandon Phillips and Grady Sizemore to Cleveland for Colon.

Who Gives Up $12 Million?  A Conflicted Baseball Player  —  The guaranteed contract is a fundamental principle of Major League Baseball, as much a part of the game as balls, strikes and outs.  No matter how a player performs, or how his body holds up, he must be paid in full.

Illness forces Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Rocco Baldelli to retire  —  Rocco Baldelli looked to be a future star, but injuries and a mysterious illness kept him from reaching his potential.  —  ST. PETERSBURG — Rocco Baldelli would have reason to spend hours, if not days …

Source: “very strong possibility” that Andy Pettitte pitches in 2011  —  A source close to Andy Pettitte tells me that there is a “very strong possibility” that Pettitte is going to pitch in 2011.  He is doing his usual preseason workouts and has had no physical issues thus far.

Duke on the Os, handling NY & why he won't be a relief option  —  Free agent Justin Duchscherer, considered one of the best starting pitchers still on the market, said Tuesday evening that physically he feels “pretty much 100 percent” and shot down the notion that his previous depression issues …

Yasiel Balaguer, 18-Year-Old Cuban Baseball Defector, Trying Out for Seattle Mariners  —  According to his agents, 18-year-old Cuban baseball prodigy Yasiel Balaguer will have his second tryout with a Major League Team this week when scouts for the Seattle Mariners watch the right-handed pelotero in action here in Miami.

O's have had recent conversations with Guerrero; sides not close to deal  —  The Orioles have spoken to free agent slugger Vladimir Guerrero's agent this week, but the two sides are not close to a deal.  “We've had some conversations, but there is nothing on the horizon,” …

Reds, Johnny Cueto finalize contract  —  CINCINNATI — Johnny Cueto finalized a $27 million, four-year contract on Wednesday that allows the Cincinnati Reds to avoid arbitration with the right-handed starter and locks up another young player.  —  The deal includes an option for 2015 …