Late January means one thing to NFL fans: the Super Bowl. But to Scoresheet baseball fanatics, it means something entirely different: even though the beginning of spring training is still four weeks away, baseball season is here. The Scoresheet player lists have been released.

We extend our look at players with injuries that affected their 2011 performances --- and who were also affected by off-season activity and news. How do their 2012 and three-year outlooks project as of today?

While he wasn’t guaranteed a rotation slot in spring training, Brandon McCarthy (RHP, OAK) took advantage of an opportunity and made a positive impression. It was more than just his home park that led to the solid performance.

It seems that Shandler is having an odd obsession with Draft & Hold leagues. I have been so involved in advanced fanalytic analysis for so long that people are surprised that I would be writing about a league format that is seemingly ... well, stupid. Draft a team and then watch it for six months? Where is the fun in that?

A week after the release of BaseballHQ.com's Top 100 Prospect list, Minor League Co-Directors Rob Gordon and Jeremy Deloney are back to discuss the some of the players and the process. This week's focus is players in the Top 100 who made only one of their individual lists.

While many of us sports fans were enjoying the NFL playoffs these last few weeks, the MLB Hot Stove League turned up the heat recently with a couple signings, a big trade and an international free-agent. All of this is well and good for Major League Baseball, but more importantly, how do these moves impact fantasy baseball (and NFBC) owners?

The Rotisserie 500 game was introduced last year and taken out for a test run in two high-level leagues, in New York and Toronto. During the course of 2011, several of us wrote about the experience extensively, we surveyed the participants and analyzed the final results. In the end, we decided that Roto500 was a promising new format but needed a few tweaks.

Responding to the offensive sinkhole created by the loss of Victor Martinez (DH, DET), the Tigers shocked observers by agreeing to a nine-year contract with Prince Fielder (1B, DET) this week. The bad news is that Fielder moves to a far less-friendly HR venue in Comerica Park, which deflates HR to LHBs by 11% as opposed to 16% inflation in MIL. Still, the overall hitter-friendliness of the AL and Fielder's numbers--he's averaged over 38 HR, 15% bb% and a 165 PX over the previous five seasons--make park effects almost immaterial.

What is the quick takeaway from the Prince Fielder surprise?

Our first show of 2012 features interviews with Lindy Hinkelman, two-tine NFBC overall champ, and Steve Moyer of advanced data providers Baseball Info Solutions. Plus the usual great stuff. Runs 1:22:40

Here are some more names with shifting outlooks due to off-season player movement -- as well as injuries that impacted their 2011 performances and/or could put them behind the eight-ball to begin 2012. Once again, we consider their immediate and three-year outlooks.