love those rankings

Sports fans seemingly can’t function without lists. Or at least the information-generating sources out there seem to think that is the case. Baseball America certainly loves its lists — and on that subject, the magazine’s Top 100 minor league and high school prospect rankings are out. Just for the record, 2009 Mississippi Braves star Jason Heyward is the No. 1 prospect (no surprise there), and his ’09 M-Braves teammate Freddie Freeman checks in at No. 32. Former Itawamba Community College standout Desmond Jennings (Tampa Bay) is No. 6. A pair of possible future M-Braves pitchers, Julio Teheran and Arodys Vizcaino, are Nos. 51 and 69. On the prep chart, Richton’s JaCoby Jones is No. 39, Madison Central’s Ryan Bolden No. 43 and Terry’s Deshun Dixon No. 79. Not to be overlooked, Sumrall High, which went 36-0 in 2009, is ranked 12th in BA’s preseason Top 25 prep poll.