I feel like I say this at every time of year, but this is an absolutely great time of year to be a Baseball American. Professional baseball is in full swing, with prospects and young players either stepping forward and stepping back, and it's the culmination of the year for two signature areas of BA coverage, with the draft and the College World Series. It's amazing how far we've come with the draft being televised, and Baseball America's Jim Callis being part of the broadcast, and national coverage of super regionals leading up to Omaha as well.

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Of all the teams and all the years of drafting players, these were the only six drafts we could find that produced absolutely zero big leaguers. For some teams there were extenuating circumstances, while for others it was just a case of picking the wrong players.

Matsui left Sunday's game at Tampa Bay due to a strained right hamstring. He suffered the injury during his at-bat in the sixth inning while facing Rays lefty Scott Kazmir. 'He is DL'd officially,' Astros manager Cecil Cooper said. 'David Newhan will

These are Baseball America's rankings of the 20 best drafts of all time, a subjective ranking but one based on a number of objective criteria. This chart includes the most notable players in each class, number of big leaguers, Win Shares (a Bill James statistic that measures the overall worth of a player), all-stars, All-Star Game appearances and significant awards won.

Brian Moehler, Wesley Wright, Doug Brocail and Jose Valverde overcame the high-powered Texas lineup, as the Astros took a 4-3 victory before a crowd of 40,052 at . The win evened the Lone Star Series at two games apiece. Moehler (4-3) went 6 1/3 innings,

There have been many great drafts, but none comes close to matching the Dodgers' 1968 draft haul.

He had no idea Matsui had been placed on the 15-day disabled list, nor that he was manager Cecil Cooper's chosen replacement for most of that time. 'Today is today, and we'll see what happens from there,' Loretta said before a reporter notified him of

USA Baseball assembles its college national team, but is unable to set its "final" roster after two last-minute defections by a pair of North Carolina hitters.

'Hopefully they'll tell me before they trade me, I don't know when I'm getting traded,' Oswalt joked Tuesday afternoon. 'You heard anything?' The Astros ace hasn't asked to be traded and hasn't been approached by the Astros, nor has he gotten word of any