We’ll get back into the rankings later, but it’s almost like baseball season is close. There were a bunch of prospect-oriented things to read yesterday.

Steve Sidoti of the 7 Train to Shea talked to SS Philip Evans.   The first thing Evans learned in professional baseball?  ”My first impression was that it’s just a job now.”

Petey Pete of Metsmerized Online talked to OF Travis Taijeron.  As for what he’s working on, “I understand that I need to cut down on my strikeouts and I have been working on that most this of season…This off season I have been working most on my strike zone judgment, I believe I was swinging at a lot of bad pitches that I should not have been swinging at and getting myself out. This next year I want to make the pitcher really earn it to get me out.” Good concept. 

Baseball has changed the roster rules for triple-A moving roster sizes from 24 to 25 guys.  As before, Major Leaguers on rehab assignment don’t count towards the total.  This makes sense.

Over at Amazin’ Avenue, Rob Castellano ranks his Mets prospects #21-30.  We have a bunch of the same guys in that range, albeit in a slightly different order.