Ranking the top prospects (Nos. 1-25) … Welcome to the third annual ESPN.com ranking of the top 100 prospects in baseball.  The No. 1 prospect for 2008, Evan Longoria, ended up winning the American League Rookie of the Year Award, and last year's No. 1 prospect, Matt Wieters …

Yankees, Damon would've been a solid fit  —  Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005.  He appears weekly on MLB on FOX.  —  Talk about a dumb divorce.  —  The Yankees need Johnny Damon.  Damon needs the Yankees.  But so much for happily ever after.

Tatis talk closing door on Delgado  —  PORT ST. LUCIE — Who's on first?  —  The answer to that question for the Mets is Daniel Murphy, but another name might soon be added to the mix.  —  According to an industry source, general manager Omar Minaya is deep into negotiations with Fernando Tatis …

Orioles, reliever Hendrickson agree to terms  —  Left-hander returns for one-year, $1.2 million deal  —  The Orioles shored up their bullpen and likely put the final touch on their 40-man roster before they head to spring training by agreeing to terms Wednesday with reliever Mark Hendrickson.

Smoltz could borrow Pedro's script  —  John Smoltz could choose not pitching over pitching for the Mets ... at least for now.  But Smoltz isn't retiring yet.  —  An insider tells the Daily News he believes the 42-year-old Smoltz could follow the route Pedro Martinez went last season — wait and sign mid-season.

Dodgers sign Perez, Koronka to Minors deals  —  Pair along with Lindblom, Mitchell invited to Spring Training  —  LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers have signed outfielder Timo Perez and left-handed starting pitcher John Koronka to Minor League contracts with Major League Spring Training invites …

The Mets Play Hard to Get, This Time With Smoltz  —  PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — John Smoltz, who turns 43 in May and would like to extend his Hall of Fame career, has received 2010 contract offers from several teams, his agent, Lonnie Cooper, said Wednesday.  The Mets, however, are not among those clubs …

Dodger Thoughts moves to ESPN.com/LA next week  —  On Monday, it will have been 365 days since Baseball Toaster closed and Dodger Thoughts moved to the Los Angeles Times.  The past year has been an interesting one — in some ways fun and rewarding, in other ways extremely humbling.

Yankees To Hire Kevin Towers  —  The Yankees will announce the hiring of former Padres GM Kevin Towers before spring, tweets Bob Nightengale of USA Today.  ESPN's Buster Olney had been predicting this since October.  —  Towers planned to meet with the Yankees, Mets, Mariners …

Inbox: Were Mets wise to stay frugal?  —  Beat reporter Marty Noble answers fans' questions  —  Do you give credence to the thinking that because the 2009-10 free-agent class was below average the Mets chose not to spend a lot of money on average-at-best pitchers and/or position players …

Could You Root Against The Mets?  —  For fans of the Phillies, Braves, Yankees and probably every other team in MLB, the titular question is a simple one.  For those who pledge loyalty to the Flushing Debacle, things might be a little murkier.  Mets fans: imagine you're watching Mets-Nationals on May 19th.