Many of the top prospects in the minor leagues never had a legitimate chance to make a big league roster out of camp.

And now for something we all ought to be used to by now:

A discussion about whether veteran New York Yankees left-hander CC Sabathia is good at pitching baseballs again, which will inevitably skew toward an "I'm not so sure, man" conclusion.

New York Yankees outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury was held out of Tuesday's lineup against the Toronto Blue Jays with an abdomen injury.

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The National League West has been a division owned in recent years by the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants. But, there is a new kid on the block, the San Diego Padres, fresh off a winter in which they consummated blockbuster trades and broke the bank for key free agents. 

The Washington Nationals' mostly solidified and entirely stacked roster is very low on drama this spring when it comes to position battles. 

Entering camp, the Nats had eight position players locked into everyday roles and five veteran starting pitchers plugged into the rotation.

Spring training results hardly forebode success or failure during the 162-game MLB season, especially two weeks through the exhibition schedule.

The Atlanta Braves weren't very good at scoring runs in 2014. They averaged only 3.54 runs per game, which was the second-fewest in MLB and the organization's worst offensive showing since 1988.

You know the adage about old dogs and new tricks? The Washington Nationals, Arizona Diamondbacks and Boston Red Sox (among others) are hoping it doesn't apply to baseball players.

Each of those clubs is asking an important acquisition or incumbent star to switch positions this spring. That's always a gamble; sometimes it pays dividends, sometimes it comes up snake eyes.

The Texas Rangers had more trouble with injuries than any other team in Major League Baseball last season, but at least they got to enjoy ace right-hander Yu Darvish for most of the year. 

Alas, the odds of that happening again have since been downgraded to zero percent. As Rangers Executive VP of Communications John Blake announced Friday, Darvish will undergo Tommy John surgery next week:

The Toronto Blue Jays had every reason to be excited about not just what Marcus Stroman could do on the mound in 2015, but what he could do for their chances of winning their first division title since 1993.

But sadly, the key word is "had." Whatever hopes the Blue Jays had for Stroman in 2015 are gone now.

Straight from the Blue Jays themselves, here's the bad news: