A nifty exercise with some cool results. Check it.

Ex-Phils prospect Jonathan Singleton has been suspended 50 games for a second violation of minor league baseball's drug policy. Not sure how (or even if) it impacts his prospect status (or if we even care since we don't even have the guy we traded him for at this point) but figured it's somewhat relevant.

In honor of today's HoF announcement. I thought it might be fun for people to try their hand at this quiz to name the Hall of Famers. I'm kind of addicted to the website Sporcle, and this is part of why. It's a fun quiz and I doubt anyone can run the table without looking it up.

Some depressing estimates in the PA category, which then lead to quite low HR totals.

Not that anyone will ever read this since I've decided to post it in the Gulag that has become the FanShots, but there you go. Some interesting conversations in the commentary section for prospect hounds, including Sickels' preliminary write up of Asche

Apparently, Miami is now the place to go for Phillies rejects. I guess Pierre/Polanco will hit at the top of the order for the Marlins? I like Polanco and all, but that's just depressing. I'm so glad I'm not a Miami fan.

I could see the WIP crowd losing their lunch over this and the pencilling of Kyle in the #4 slot. Unless it means Joshy pooh is on the front burner of RAJ's Hot stove?

So yeah, Hanson going to the Angels for a setup man. Strange...