Happy New Year! I’m back. Putting the finishing touches on the Padres Top 30 prospects. Thanks to a few recent acquisitions it’s actually going to be the Top 31. Already did a writeup on Jason Anderegg, so he’ll be in there at #31. That first installment will be ready to go this Friday. Hope you like it.

Meantime, in looking at Baseball America‘s Top 15, I notice that we are almost in complete agreement on the names, with one exception. They have Mike Bynum at #14; I have him at #18, with Vince Faison, not in their list, at #15. Two of the prospects, Sean Burroughs and Xavier Nady, are in the identical slots for both of us, #1 and #4, respectively.

Is that enough of a tease? Okay, that’s all for now. Time to sit in front of a bunch of bowl games and work off that champagne hangover. Get to it!