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The New York Yankees offense is an interesting bunch. The group features immense levels of talent, but question marks pop up throughout the lineup in the form of injury and production concerns.

That said, where there's bust potential, there also tends to be boom potential. This holds true for the Yankees offense as well.

The New York Mets have been dealt a major blow before the season begins, as young phenom pitcher Zack Wheeler has a right elbow injury. 

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Wheeler Has Torn UCL, Surgery a Possibility 

Tuesday, March 17

Wheeler's season may be over before it begins.

Midway through the month of March and three weeks from Opening Day, there is still a lot to be sorted out before the 2015 MLB season officially begins.

We've already had some key players lost to injury this spring, most notably Yu Darvish for the year to Tommy John surgery and Marcus Stroman to a torn ACL, and unfortunately, there will likely be at least a few more significant losses before the season gets under way.

We've been trained to ignore most of the on-field action during spring training, as success (or failure) during baseball's exhibition season doesn't necessarily foretell of the same once Opening Day rolls around.

Cliff Lee has sent Ruben Amaro Jr. his much-needed wake-up call.

Now it is up to Amaro to actually wake up.

JUPITER, Florida — Life is precious. Start with that. Life is precious and fragile, and don't think for an instant that Jason Heyward needed to walk into a brand-new clubhouse this spring to figure that one out.

The man whom the St. Louis Cardinals acquired to replace Oscar Taveras, who was killed in an auto accident last October?

Ah, spring training stats—how you tease, how you tempt, how you beguile. Our heads tell us that a torrid March doesn't portend a scalding April (never mind the months that follow), but our hearts...well, they're tougher to convince.

There's nothing wrong with optimism, and every year a handful of players carry surprisingly strong spring performances into the regular season.

For the most part, though, what happens in the Grapefruit and Cactus Leagues stays in the Grapefruit and Cactus Leagues. 

Kris Bryant has been labeled a future star ever since his college days at the University of San Diego. He crushed a nation-leading 31 home runs in his junior season, and that incredible production made him the second overall pick in the 2013 MLB draft.

His effectiveness at the plate has not decreased as he has risen up the professional ladder. As hard as it is to believe, it has improved.

With just over three weeks until Opening Day, the Seattle Mariners are beginning to get a clear idea of who will come out victorious in their most intense position battles.

It happens every year.

From minor league journeymen to discarded prospects, there are always pitchers who emerge out of relative anonymity to become surprise rotation weapons. Last year, the likes of Matt Shoemaker and Collin McHugh fit that description, and in 2015 there promises to be a few low-profile arms who step up in a big way.