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.

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 …

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.

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 …

Will Royals' many phenoms bring me back?  —  This is a good time to be a Royals fan.  —  Well, a patient Royals fan, anyway.  The Royals might lose 100 games this year.  Might lose 105.  Fans who don't believe in crystal balls might not suffer 100 losses gladly.  —  Me, though?  I'm patient.

Ackley ranks fifth in MLB.com's top prospects  —  Pineda, Franklin join up-and-coming second baseman on list  —  SEATTLE — When it comes to the future of the Mariners, it's easy to say the prospects are good because, well, their top Minor League prospects are indeed among the best in baseball.

Darryl Strawberry believes Mets should have chosen Wally Backman as manager instead of Terry Collins  —  Wally Backman skipped the media availability for Tuesday night's BAT Dinner, but one former teammate on the '86 Mets admitted that he preferred the fiery former second baseman …

Three Out of Three Doctors Agree  —  The writer Murray Chass, in his January 23 blog entry, re-visited his oft-cited idea that he knows Mike Piazza took steroids, since he saw “back acne” on Piazza while interviewing him in the New York Mets' clubhouse during the 2003 and 2004 seasons.  Chass wrote:

Tucson Padres display their look  —  The Tucson Padres' logo was unveiled on a website, on white T-shirts and on a placard.  It was even scrawled across a white-frosted cake served to attendees of a news conference.  —  The Triple-A baseball organization revealed its new logo and website …

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 …

Young no longer a fit for Rangers  —  Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since August 2005.  He appears weekly on MLB on FOX.  Follow him on Twitter.  —  The Texas Rangers still want to trade Michael Young.  —  That's an opinion, not a fact — or, at least, not a fact I can prove.

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.

What Is The FanGraphs Library?  —  After Dave Cameron's introduction yesterday, I wanted to take a brief minute to explain the purpose and goal of the Library for those that haven't seen it before.  And before I begin, thanks to everyone for the kind words yesterday about the Library.

Pujols talks meet reality  —  Romantics long ago began sculpting Albert Pujols as the next Stan Musial, a modern-day perfect knight who would forgo the marketplace to commit his entire career to his original franchise.  —  When Pujols made passing reference 12 months ago to an unspecified …