Mark Prior

A record-setting contract, maybe even a leap to the bigs this summer, await draft phenom , but as plenty of past can't-miss kids will attest, you can miss

MANAGER LOU PINIELLA first season with Cubs

In every full season since 1983 at least one pitcher has become a 20-game winner for the first time, including Roy Oswalt, class of '04. Oswalt was 26 at the start of that season, which put him smack in the middle of...

As brute sluggers fade away, a crop of talented young players, led by the already proficient Miguel Cabrera and Albert Pujols, promises an age of superior all-around skill