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In a Friday television special, MLB Network revealed its top 50 prospects for the 2016 season. Last year's top two prospects, Byron Buxton of the Minnesota Twins and Kris Bryant of the Chicago Cubs, both made their MLB debuts in 2015. Buxton struggled to find his place, hitting .204 with 44 strikeouts and just six walks, but Bryant hit 26 home runs and had 99 RBI during an All-Star and Rookie of the Year campaign.

With arbitration looming, Kansas City Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas still does not have a new contract. 

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The Los Angeles Dodgers have won three straight National League West titles, and they really didn't need to do anything else this winter to have a good shot at making it four in a row in 2016.

But why settle for "good enough" when you can go for "even better"?

Oakland Athletics catcher Stephen Vogt underwent surgery on his right elbow on Friday.

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Vogt Expected to Be Ready by Opening Day

Friday, Jan. 29

The team announced (via CSNBayArea.com) that the All-Star catcher, who hit 18 home runs last year, is expected to need four to six weeks to recover. The surgery was to remove a bone chip in Vogt's throwing elbow as well as dead tissue from the area.

Veteran second baseman Howie Kendrick re-signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday, according to Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal. MLB Network's Jon Heyman confirmed the news.

Legendary Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully is getting honored with a street bearing his name that leads to Dodger Stadium.  

The weekend-long Cubs Convention wouldn't start until Friday, but Chicago Cubs fans were already on high alert at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in Chicago on Tuesday night.

The former fan favorite was bundled up in an attempt to counter the freezing Chicago winter, but that didn't stop more than a few fans from recognizing and approaching him.

Great starting pitching wins championships, and more than a few times over the years, a team has rode a pair of aces to a World Series title.

Generally a starting rotation is judged by the collective abilities of all five guys, and oftentimes the sixth and seventh guy up, as depth is paramount over the course of a 162-game season.

But what if we were to judge teams based only on the two starters fronting their respective staffs?

Spring is approaching, people. We know this because with pitchers and catchers due to start reporting on February 18, spring training is now just a couple weeks away.

That means there's precious little time for teams to do any last-minute shopping before spring training begins. So, we're here to help out with a few suggestions.

Five suggestions, to be exact. There are four big-name free agents who are still looking for work. We're going to find homes for them, as well as one big-name trade candidate.

There's a new star duo in town in Arizona. Determined to upgrade their starting pitching, the Diamondbacks aggressively added ace right-handers Zack Greinke and Shelby Miller to their rotation earlier this winter.