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Desmond Jennings should be back in the leadoff spot and LF for TAM vs. NYY on Tuesday. The black hole that is the Dodger 1B spot gets another candidate, Vance Worley returns, and more ...

With the 2012 amateur player draft under way, we take a look at each player taken in the first round, with a special eye to the surprises and which players have the quickest path to the majors.

Johan Santana (LHP, NYM) secured his place in Mets history with his no-hitter on Friday night. But even before his stellar outing, Santana had looked fully recovered from the shoulder concerns that kept him out of action in 2011.

Back before the season started, the BBG looked at batters with seemingly “lucky” HR and BA performance in 2011. Now we look back to see if the performances were as lucky as we thought.

Matt LaPorta... Brett Wallace... Fernando Martinez... At one point, all occupied lofty positions on many a prospect ranking list. Now, all three are back in the majors. What are their chances of success, and how long might they stay?

So far in 2012, Kelly Johnson (2B, TOR) has been more like the player the Toronto Blue Jays envisioned when they traded for him this past year. Johnson appears to have put to rest the questions that his struggles last season raised for the most part, but digging deeper reveals that some issues persist...

You might not expect it given his surface stats, but Max Scherzer (RHP, DET) posted the best skills of any SP in May. And it wasn't close.

Another fun week at the office watching the waiver wire and transaction wires run at full speed. Even with all the disabled list moves we've had, just a tad over 250 so far, this is not a record setting pace—yet.

This NL Midweek Series Matchups column will cover seven three-game series and one four-game set.