--- Bill Mitchell

Ian Kinsler truly had a breakout season in 2004, as he jumped from Low A to AA without missing a beat ...

Frisco, Texas is the site of one of the nicest ballparks in all of minor

Frisco, Texas

league ball, making it the perfect spot for our season ending minor league road trip ...

The Giants captured the Arizona League championship with a thrilling 3-2 win over the Athletics ...

Part two of the "surprising performances" HOT - COLD report continues with a look at 10 pitchers who have overachieved this season ...

Pirate prospect John Van Benschoten has taken the fast track to the big leagues, recently making his debut with Pittsburgh. We talked with him just prior to getting the call to the big leagues ...

The latest HOT - COLD report takes a look at 10 hitters that have surprised everyone with their performances this year ...

The weekly HOT - COLD report returns with a look at the fortunes of the 30 first round draft choices, plus a mention of a stud hitter that should have gone in the initial round ...

A recent vacation to Virginia's Shenandoah Valley found us visiting one of the collegiate wooden bat leagues for an evening of good, old-fashioned small town fun with the Valley League ...

There will be no HOT - COLD report this week due to our trip to Houston to take photos at the Futures Game. Instead, we share with you several shots of the Futures Game festivities ...

The latest HOT - COLD report focuses on the young prospects in the rookie level Arizona League ...

We talked with the man that may become Arizona's next "Baby Back," outfielder Josh Kroeger ...

Many of baseball's top prospects were on display at the annual California League - Carolina League All-Star Game, and we were on hand for the second straight year to capture all of the important details ...

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We're all digging the long ball, as the latest HOT - COLD report features each full season league's homerun leader ...

Ian Kinsler is becoming one of the hottest prospects in the game with his performance since being promoted to AA. We also pay tribute to four career minor leaguers having career seasons this year in the weekly HOT - COLD report ...

The latest HOT - COLD report focuses on five players that have recently been promoted to a higher level ...

Matt Cain continues to be one of the hottest pitchers in the minor leagues this season. He's making his third appearance on our latest HOT - COLD list ...

John Buck is just one of the dozen names on the positive side of the latest HOT - COLD report ...

Rangers prospect Ramon Nivar has an obvious love for the game, as well as the maturity that comes from being a family man ...

We caught up with Arizona prospect Scott Hairston just before his latest call-up to the big leagues. The way he's hitting for the Diamondbacks, Hairston may have seen the last of Tucson ...

We featured 13 newcomers to the "hot" portion of the HOT - COLD report ...

Texas farmhand Ian Kinsler boosted his average over the .400 mark last week, putting him on the HOT - COLD report for the first time this season ...

Brian Anderson had three four-hit games this week to boost his OPS over the .900 mark. He's just one of many newcomers to the weekly HOT - COLD report ...

Jason Dubois has started hitting the long ball for the Iowa Cubs, which gives him his first appearance on the weekly HOT - COLD report ....

Top prospects Angel Guzman and Ervin Santana both spent time in Arizona re-habbing injuries with their respective extended spring training squads ...

Our first HOT - COLD report is online, with surprising slugger Calvin Pickering leading the list ...

We chatted with Cubs left-handed pitching prospect Justin Jones about his upcoming season  ...