MLB.com fantasy guru Fred Zinkie fielded questions from fans during a live Twitter chat at @Fantasy411 on Tuesday. Check out the chat transcript.

To understand how important USA Baseball’s National High School Invitational, which kicks off for the fifth time on Wednesday, has become, perhaps looking at the Atlanta Braves’ farm system would suffice. Five of the Braves’ top 20 prospects participated in the national team event held each March — Kolby Allard would have been six had he not been hurt a year ago. To a man, they talk about the experience of the four-day tournament fondly.

Jose Fernandez isn’t messing around. The Marlins’ ace right-hander breezed through five innings at Roger Dean Stadium on Tuesday without allowing a hit against a Red Sox lineup featuring regulars Mookie Betts and Hanley Ramirez, among others.

If you believe in the power of MVP osmosis, in the contagiousness of clout, then nothing Astros shortstop Carlos Correa has done on the field this spring — and he’s done plenty — is as important as what he’s done with his downtime.

It’s not every day you get to hang out with The Captain.

Ken “Hawk” Harrelson has nothing but respect and admiration for Rich “Goose” Gossage and Johnny Bench, but he doesn’t support the Hall of Famers recent critiques of players such as Jose Bautista and Bryce Harper, who have spoken out in favor of more spontaneous celebration in baseball.

Victor Martinez sent one ball after another over the outfield fence — from both sides of the plate — at Joker Marchant Stadium on Tuesday morning in his first batting practice since sustaining a left hamstring strain a week ago.

Braves outfielder Hector Olivera had made 48 plate appearances entering Tuesday’s game against the Astros, tied with Giants outfielder Jarrett Parker for the most across Spring Training.

Manager John Gibbons confirmed on Tuesday morning that he and the Blue Jays have restructured his contract to include a pay increase through 2017. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

MLBPipeline.com will be visiting all 30 camps this spring. Today, Jonathan Mayo checks in on the Atlanta Braves, where the organization has been infused with talented prospects.

Jose Fernandez is following Major League Baseball’s trip to Cuba with mixed emotions.

Orioles’ pitcher Yovani Gallardo had a crisp start Monday pitching in the Minor League game. “I was good all around,” he said.

Driven by his brother Champ, Joc Pederson is working to win baseball’s game of adjustments. The Dodgers’ center fielder is very much a work in progress as he approaches his 24th birthday.

Back-to-back home runs by Nelson Cruz and Adam Lind in the sixth inning off Luis Avilan powered the Mariners to a 6-3 win over the Dodgers on Monday in a game that featured the starting matchup of Japanese pitchers Hisashi Iwakuma of Seattle and Kenta Maeda of Los Angeles.

Hanley Ramirez’s adjustment to first base is going well. Of late, he has made the routine plays, as well as some tough ones, and he is having a blast doing it.

A’s right-hander Jarrod Parker, on the verge of undergoing his fourth elbow surgery, says “there’s no doubt” he will try to pitch again.

Jacob deGrom continued his Spring Training dominance on Monday afternoon against the Marlins.