After missing all of 2011, Jason Castro is seeing extensive playing time for the Astros with not much to show for it—yet. We also look at the impact of Torii Hunter's return to the Angels as well as some old faces back in familiar places. And is a legend being born in Detroit?

Brandon Belt leading off, with Tyler Greene and some pitcher types. And some of them are buys! Don't read this right away... let the suspense build!

[FREE] In the beginning, there was chaos and there was anarchy...

Carlos Beltran (OF, STL) made his first CF start since 2010 Friday, making room in the lineup for both Allen Craig (OF/1B, STL), activated from the DL to start in RF, and recent callup Matt Adams (1B, STL). Adams is 13-for-41, with an .890 OPS, while playing 1B regularly since Lance Berkman (1B/OF, STL) underwent knee surgery for a torn meniscus, likely sidelining him until August.

This week we take another tour around the minors to look at who's hot, who's not, who is having a breakout and who is about to break down. We've passed the one-third (50-game) mark for the 2012 season so most position players have logged 200+ AB, and most starters have 11 or 12 starts.

With Roy Halladay and Jered Weaver landing on the disabled list week, the fallacy that some players were shielded from going on the DL has been exposed.

A handful of high-profile players hit the DL: Tulowitzki, Kemp, Markakis. Plus in Atlanta, a rookie shortstop shakeup and much ado about eyeglasses.

The saga continues...

There's been an increase in the popularity of daily fantasy baseball games, where you can draft a new team each night. One statistic that some might use to help decide who to roster is how well each particular batter has performed in previous AB against the scheduled starting pitcher.

This NL Weekend Series Matchup column previews two four-game series and six three-game series.

Four pitchers ready to make significant impact in their big league clubs pitching staffs.