Huge Blog Watch: Mets/Maine, Cards Arbitration, Ankiel, Top Prospects, Crosby, More

We’ve scoured the web once again today, and found some interesting tidbits including updates on John Maine and Bobby Crosby, where Rick Ankiel might fit in, Cubs trade bait, and much more.

- Joel Sherman of the NY Post tweets that the Mets will definitely offer a contract to pitcher John Maine.

- Bernie Miklasz of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch writes that the Cardinals made the right decisions when it came to arbitration.

- Bleacher Nation speculates that the Cubs could use both Aaron Miles and Jake Fox as trade bait.

- Pat Lackey at whygavs.com explores where free agent outfielder Rick Ankiel would fit on the Pirates.

- Matt Hagen at the Hardball Times looks at the Angels’ and Athletics’ Top 10 prospects.

- Matt Eddy at Baseball America runs down the Padres’ Top 10 prospects.

- Marc Hulet at FanGraphs breaks down the Reds’ Top 10 prospects.

- Thomas Hardy at MLB.com writes that the Red Sox might have the best chance at free agent infielder Bobby Crosby if the team offers him the starting shortstop role.

- John Manuel of Baseball America ranks the best and worst farm systems in Major League Baseball.

- Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports writes that the Braves still have a lot of offseason work to do, following their signings of Tim Hudson and Billy Wagner.