We shall see. The New York Yankees sit atop of our first MLB Power Rankings of the season. The Texas Rangers, who fell just short of winning the World Series last year, are at No. 2.

PECOTA projects more of the same -- .246/.330/.393 -- from him in 2012. Remember, he is basically a minor league journeyman who, last year, at the age of 30, surpassed 500 plate appearances in a ...

Take a look at these 2012 MLB teams ranked by ESPN.com's baseball Relative Power Index.

But for the 2012 season, no newcomers in baseball will rewrite their teams' scripts more than these two guys. Next five most important additions 1. Yu Darvish, Rangers 2. Andrew Bailey, Red Sox 3.

All this stuff really happened in the Strange But True season of 2012: • There was a rain delay in a domed stadium (in Milwaukee). • The Pirates hit back-to-back homers that clanked off the ...

Welcome to ESPN Insider's 2012 ranking of the top 100 prospects in baseball. This is the fifth year I have done these rankings for Insider, and for the first time, we have a repeater at No. 1 (and ...

Jim Bowden, Baseball Prospectus and Dan Szymborski have combined for the Kiss 'Em Goodbye series, a look at every team's 2011 fate -- once it's eliminated -- with a look ahead to 2012 and beyond ...

How bout June 6, 1973, says fabled ESPN Kernel collector Doug Kern, when Dave Goltz pulled off a 13-hit, eight-run save. Hard to do, folks.