1.   Another highly touted prospect, first baseman Cal Pickering, has failed to make it as well.

2.   Carlos Guillen, the highly touted prospect from Houston who came in the Randy Johnson deal, takes over at third after missing most of last season with injury.

3.   Diamondbacks manager Buck Showalter is reportedly very interested in Galarraga and would consider moving touted prospect Travis Lee from first base to left field if his team signs Galarraga.

4.   That includes Luis Rivera, the highly touted prospect the Orioles received from the Braves in the B.J. Surhoff deal.

5.   The three all were highly touted prospects coming out of high school.

6.   The Yankees gave outfielder Jerome Walton his unconditional release and assigned a highly touted prospect, Alfonso Soriano, to their minor-league camp.

7.   While McCloskey was not regarded as NFL material, he introduced Martinez to more touted prospects such as receiver Cory Fleming.

8.   He had scored a huge upset in his previous fight, stopping highly touted prospect Courage Tshabalala in the second round.