No new Rocks' talk on Rangers' Young  —  With Texas' acquisition of DH-1B candidate Mike Napoli this week, the Rockies have been reconnected to trade rumors involving Rangers' all-star infielder Michael Young.  Colorado, however, has not talked with Texas since the Rangers reached out during the winter meetings.

Brian Cashman explains himself to Derek Jeter's agent Casey Close, tends bar at Foley's New York  —  One day later, Brian Cashman downplayed the Derek Jeter-to-the-outfield comments he made on Tuesday, calling the subsequent media frenzy “a little silly,” but apparently they were newsworthy enough to get the attention of Jeter's agent.

Ranking the top prospects (Nos. 1-25)  —  Trout, Harper lead the way in ESPN's 4th annual rankings of top prospects  —  Welcome to the fourth annual edition of my rankings of the top 100 prospects in baseball.  With a slew of impressive debuts from top prospects in 2010 …

Pitcher Spurns $12 Million, to Keep Self-Respect  —  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.

Rays switching to AstroTurf at Trop  —  Work is underway to replace the FieldTurf playing surface at Tropicana Field with AstroTurf's GameDay Grass 3D60H product.  —  According to company officials, the new turf will look and play better, and more like natural grass, than any other synthetic surface available.

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.

Ruling: Money manager cheated Mo Vaughn  —  An Ohio arbitrator has awarded former major-league baseball player Mo Vaughn $3.5 million in a dispute with his former money manager.  —  The arbitrator ruled that RKM Business Services, owned and operated by Ra Shonda Kay Marshall …

Final breakdown of Reds Caravan  —  Here is the itinerary for the 2011 Reds Caravan, presented by CincinnatiUSA.com.  —  Western Leg  —  Entire leg: Marty Brennaman, Brandon Phillips, assistant general manager Bob Miller and Reds' minor league player of the year Devin Mesoraco.

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.

Inbox: Washington-Cleveland deal coming?  —  Beat reporter Bill Ladson answers Nats fans' questions  —  There is a report that the Nationals expressed interest in Indians outfielder Grady Sizemore and pitcher Fausto Carmona.  Is there any truth to the report?  And are the two clubs close to a deal?