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Colorado rookie Christian Friedrich pitched four-hit ball for seven innings in the best outing of his young career and the Rockies won for the seventh time in eight games, 4-0 over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night.

When the 2010 MLB draft is long gone, you'll look back at this article -- which evaluates tools at the prep and college level, i.e. "best prep infield defensive arm," -- and use it as one guide to who got good value all over the draft.

Story | Conversation | June 01, 2010

After a year in which one guy -- Mike Leake -- outright skipped the minors and another -- Stephen Strasburg -- tore through them, Keith Law looks at the class of 2010 and ranks 20 players who may be in the show the fastest.

Story | Conversation | May 27, 2010

Mike Leake saw the majors this season without so much as facing a single minor-league hitter (he was the first player since Xavier Nady to do that). Can anyone in the 2010 MLB draft match this feat next spring? Jason A. Churchill investigates.

Blog | Conversation | May 13, 2010

Jason Churchill has updates on a lot of college talent that took to the field this weekend, kicking it off with a Cal State-Fullerton SS that could move up through the minors quickly.

Blog | Conversation | February 22, 2010