Rankings/List

The NL west is full of young talent that is often overlooked by fans from other divisions.

This slide show will breakdown each position within the division.  When ranking the players many things came into consideration: past production, future promise, and fielding will obviously be in the mix.  Some players are versatile and play more than one position, but in this article players will only be eligible at one position.  The position chosen will be either their primary position or the one they are expected to start at to begin 2011.

Every year in the MLB Amateur Draft, loads of young baseball talents are drafted by the 30 MLB teams. These young players fight their way into the majors, and a special few become stars. These stars can shine in baseball for a single season or consistently throughout their careers.

Of course, however, players age, even the stars. Your favorite rookie All-Stars from the '90s are today's cagey veterans.

I now present to you your geriatric All-Star team of 2011—enjoy!

Jayson Werth really loves No. 28. He feels such attachment to it, in fact, that when he sat down at the negotiating table with the Washington Nationals, he and his agent demanded that a clause in the contract guarantee him that jersey number. The Nats obliged, much to the dismay of first baseman/outfielder Mike Morse, who wore the number in 2010.

This new decade of ours is only one baseball season old, but baseball fans have already seen the future in some respects. Buster Posey, Jason Heyward, Starlin Castro, Mike Stanton and Stephen Strasburg each had huge rookie seasons, and they are not alone. Meanwhile, Albert Pujols shows no signs of slowing down as he enters his second decade of dominance over the league. Nor are CC Sabathia or Joe Mauer done building their Cooperstown cases.

Oakland Athletics center fielder Coco Crisp is one of the key players in the team's pursuit of the American League West division title in 2011. The veteran is entering his 10th season in the big leagues and brings a lot of wisdom and experience to a rather young group.

Crisp started his career with the Cleveland Indians in 2002, before joining the Boston Red Sox in 2006. In Boston, he helped the team win the 2007 World Series. Crisp spent the 2009 season with the Kansas City Royals, before joining the A's as a free agent in 2010.

Power ranking the most hated teams in baseball history is not easy to do. What makes baseball fans and non-baseball fans across the country hate a team depends on many factors?

Hometown fans love a team no matter what happens or what dirtbag is on the roster.....for the most part.

But we're trying to think bigger here. Outside of that one particular city, the following 15 teams have plenty of reason to be hated.

Winning a major baseball award is typically a big step towards fame, riches and potentially a place in the MLB Hall of Fame. But not every MVP, ROY, Cy Young or Rolaids Relief award winner is destined for greatness. Some of them simply become trade bait.

With the baseball off-season wrapping up and Spring Training just around the corner, here's a look at 10 major award winners who could be changing teams this year.

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I'm sure by now you know that Carl Pavano will stay with the Minnesota Twins for another two years.

That is all good and well, but the one question burning into our heart and soul, the one question that keeps us rolling around in bed late at night, the one question that nobody has the courage to ask: Will the mustache stay?

Pavano sported one of the best mustaches of our time in 2010, but it was his first time growing the lady-catcher in his career. That leaves us asking, "Will he bring it back?"

Randy Johnson and Tom Glavine were baseball's last pitchers to reach 300 wins.

Johnson accomplished the feat in 2009 with the San Francisco Giants, while Glavine achieved the milestone in 2007 with the New York Mets. Glavine returned to the Atlanta Braves, his original team, the following year and retired following a brilliant 22-year career.

Who will join them next? There are plenty of worthy candidates.

This offseason has seen a number of multi-million dollar transactions. Many of those deals were teams re-signing players who were on their team in 2010, such as Jorge De La Rosa by for the Rockies for two-years at $21.5MM, Aubrey Huff by the Giants for two-years at $22MM, Derek Jeter by the Yankees for three-years at $51MM, Paul Konerko by the White Six for three-years at $37.5MM, Hiroki Kuroda by the Dodgers for one-year at $12MM, and Mariano Rivera by the Yankees for two-years at $30MM.