Baseball, with all of its quirks, can be a cruel endeavor for its participants. Wilkel Hernandez learned that the hard way Thursday night. The right-handed Detroit prospect struck out four batters in his first inning of game action this season and ultimately fanned six over 1 2/3 frames, but allowed three

One of baseball's better farm systems added two more dynamic pieces to cap off the Winter Meetings.The St. Louis Cardinals acquired infield prospects Yairo Muñoz and Max Schrock from the Oakland Athletics on Thursday in exchange for big league outfielder Stephen Piscotty. Munoz took over as the Cardinals No. 10