The last I heard was that Main had mononucleosis. Is that incorrect?

I can't work up much faux anger about Jeffress smoking marijuana, considering what's been going on in the bigs for years...

I feel bad for Royals fans who read this article. That's some pretty grim news for their front line prospects.

What would be an interesting observation to add to these lists of overachievers and underachievers is the agent representing them. I see a lot of Scott Boras clients on the underachiever list. Of course, he represents a lot of the top draftees every year. But are there more Boras clients on the underachiever list as opposed to the overachiever list? Do Boras clients get overhyped and/or is their development delayed because they almost always sign late? I don't have any evidence to back up any of these questions, but I thought it would be an interesting discussion point.

BP cut its collective teeth ignoring the scouts and basing projections solely on numbers.

Alonso, Alvarez, Hosmer, and Skipworth all made top-100 status before they even played in an actual pro league. Really the only guy on this list who would have made a BP list back in the old "we scoff at the scouts" days is Lars Anderson.

I realize it's hard to leave the ballyhooed prospects off the list and risk looking dumb when someone goes celestial, and you are the only guy who didn't have him on your list. But maybe it's time to go back to the numbers, and let Baseball America feed us the scouting community's consensus.

So if Greg Halman wasn't on your steps forward list for leading his league in homeruns and if he wasn't on your steps backward list for striking out every other at bat then is he basically in the same place as last year (middle of the top 100)? I was about to give up on him.

Ouch to the top of the 2008 draft class. Alvarez, Hosmer, Skipworth, and Alonso were #2, #3, #6, and #7 overall. Lots of teams looking at Matusz, G. Beckham, and Smoak and starting to wonder "What if?".

I know it is way to early to give up on these guys, but the difference between what Hosmer and Skipworth have done so far and what Matusz, Posey, G. Beckham, and Smoak have done so far is pretty monumental.

Of the position players, I wonder how much struggles on defense can sink offense. Seems like a large number of the disappointments (except for Beltre) either started way to the right on the defensive spectrum, or are struggling at their positions (struggling at C, struggling at 3B, etc.).

How concerned are you about Trevor Cahill's awful peripherals? I know he's only 21, but his K, BB, and HR rates are all poor.

He's already nearing 100 IP; will the A's shut him down or move him to the bullpen at some point in the second half?