He's ranking the top 200 201 prospects in the dodger organization. It's pretty entertaining. Definitely worth a look

According to this article, the Red Sox offered Michael Bowden for JJ, but Melvin wanted at least Daniel Bard or Clay Buchholz.

Certainly won't make the Gomez-haters happy if true. In the end, Melvin is going to look like either a really good judge of talent in taking Gomez (while asking for Buchholz?!), or really out of touch...

In this interview, I really got the feeling that Lucroy and Rivera will be the catchers next season. That would leave all of the money to be spent on Counsell, 1 bench spot, and Free Agent Starting Pitchers.

He also notes that Gomez has a plus arm, rated a 60 on the 20-80 scale.

Dylan Hernandez of the LA Times just tweeted that Garland will be available on the FA market, as he was last year.

There is a fanpost up on Minor League Ball looking for members to contribute their thoughts as to who the top 5 current Brewers prospects are. The poster has been doing this for every team, taking each commenters top five and compiling them into a community top 5. Represent the Brewers fan base and post your own list!

at the beginning of the yr I saw something like this in a blog but thought it was a lie....after reading this story, watching the videos..... I´m wrong. Mr. Escobar needs to man-up.

Cain is starting in center field and batting leadoff, Lucroy is batting sixth and catching, and Green is batting eighth and playing third base for the Javelinas, who take on Surprise at 8:35.

The link above will take you to MLB.com's Gameday coverage of tonight's game.