Angels superstar center fielder Mike Trout was voted by fans in a recent online poll to be featured on card No. 1 for the 2016 Topps Baseball set.

The rebuilding Brewers reportedly taking a chance on outfielder Rymer Liriano, a former top prospect cut loose last week by the Padres. The teams completed a trade Thursday, with the Brewers sending left-handed pitcher Trevor Seidenberger to San Diego.

The New York Baseball Writers’ Association of America Celebration presented by Esurance will air at 10 p.m. ET and will be simulcast on MLB.com.

The Yankees and right-hander Ivan Nova avoided arbitration on Thursday, settling on a one-year contract. A source told MLB.com the deal is for $4.1 million with performance bonuses.

Mariners catcher Jesus Sucre will be sidelined for at least the next six months after undergoing surgery earlier this week to repair a broken fibula and severely sprained right ankle, trainer Rick Griffin said on Thursday.

In his earliest days in office, Commissioner Rob Manfred made it clear he wanted time to determine whether the overall decline in offensive production in recent years is an aberration that will self-correct or if the league needs to intervene. And although run production did improve in 2015, an increasing proliferation of strikes in the lower part of the zone means that, for the first time in two decades, serious consideration is being given to a revised definition of the strike zone.

Fernando Valenzuela is not only a U.S. citizen, but as a Presidential Ambassador for Citizenship and Naturalization, he was also on a White House conference call with reporters on Thursday.

Reds center fielder Billy Hamilton is just about ready for Spring Training after an offseason of rehabilitation for his surgically repaired right shoulder.

Doug Fister, who signed a one-year deal with the Astros on Thursday, could end up being one of the best bargains in free agency this season. Despite his 2015 trends, his career decline isn’t quite as pronounced as it appears.

Fresh new digs to dig.

It is almost time for Zack Greinke to suit up for the D-backs, Todd Frazier for the White Sox, David Price for the Red Sox, Justin Upton for the Tigers, Johnny Cueto for the Giants, Jason Heyward for the Cubs, and all those other new faces in new places.

Leading up to Friday’s release of the 2016 Top 100 Prospects list, MLBPipeline.com will state the case for five players who could arguably be considered baseball’s No. 1 prospect. Jonathan Mayo makes the case for Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager.

With Friday’s much-anticipated release of MLB Pipeline’s preseason Top 100 Prospects list, it seems like a perfect Throwback Thursday to check on how some of the game’s current greats were rated prior to achieving big league stardom.

For the third, and likely the last, time, this Top 10 — the final by position ranking unveiled prior to the Top 100 prospects list — is headed by the Twins’ Byron Buxton. He’s followed by the Rangers’ Lewis Brinson and Nomar Mazara.

Before we get to the new Top 100 Prospects list, let’s pause for a word about baseball’s older generation of players. Let’s appreciate how many 35-year-old-plus players are still contributing at a high level.

As Fred McGriff spent this past summer occasionally providing assistance to some of the Braves’ youngest Minor Leaguers, he was repeatedly reminded that he is more than a decade removed from completing a banner career, within which he stood as one of baseball’s most recognizable figures.