Twins give Nathan an extension.

The Minnesota Twins have re-signed closer Joe Nathan to a 4 year, $45 million extension starting this season (through 2011). The deal also has a club option for 2012. I don't know the price of the option, but it has a $2 million buy out. There will also be a limited no trade clause in the contract.

Top Prospect Alert's Top 100 Prospects

1 Jay Bruce -- Cincinnati Reds
2 Clay Buchholz -- Boston Red Sox
3 Joba Chamberlain -- New York Yankees
4 Evan Longoria -- Tampa Bay Devil Rays
5 Clayton Kershaw -- Los Angeles Dodgers
6 Cameron Maybin -- Florida Marlins
7 Colby Rasmus -- St Louis Cardinals
8 David Price -- Tampa Bay Devil Rays
9 Homer Bailey -- Cincinnati Reds
10 Jacob McGee -- Tampa Bay Devil Rays
11 Mike Moustakas -- Kansas City Royals
12 Wade Davis -- Tampa Bay Devil Rays
13 Matt Wieters -- Baltimore Orioles
14 Jacoby Ellsbury --Boston Red Sox
15 Andrew McCutchen -- Pittsburgh Pirates
16 Franklin Morales -- Colorado Rockies
17 Brandon Wood -- Los Angeles Angels
18 Travis Snider -- Toronto Blue Jays
19 Rick Porcello -- Detroit Tigers
20 Fernando Martinez -- New York Mets
21 Carlos Gonzalez -- Oakland Athletics
22 Jordan Schafer -- Atlanta Braves
23 Andy LaRoche -- Los Angeles Dodgers
24 Adam Miller -- Cleveland Indians
25 Chris Marerro -- Washington Nationals
26 Jason Heyward -- Atlanta Braves
27 Josh Vitters -- Chicago Cubs
28 Austin Jackson -- New York Yankees
29 Matt LaPorta -- Milwaukee Brewers
30 Angel Villalona -- San Francisco Giants
31 Nick Adenhart -- Los Angeles Angels
32 Gio Gonzalez -- Oakland Athletics
33 Ross Detwiler -- Washington Nationals
34 Jarrod Parker -- Arizona Diamondbacks
35 Ian Stewart -- Colorado Rockies
36 Chase Headley -- San Diego Padres
37 Chris Volstad -- Florida Marlins
38 Tim Alderson -- San Francisco Giants
39 Matt Antonelli -- San Diego Padres
40 Joey Votto -- Cincinnati Reds
41 Brett Anderson -- Oakland Athletics
42 Jose Tabata -- New York Yankees
43 Elvis Andrus -- Texas Rangers
44 Reid Brignac -- Tampa Bay Devil Rays
45 Ian Kennedy -- New York Yankees
46 Carlos Carrasco -- Philadelphia Phillies
47 Johnny Cueto -- Cincinnati Reds
48 Neil Walker -- Pittsburgh Pirates
49 Deolis Guerra -- Minnesota Twins
50 Billy Rowell -- Baltimore Orioles
51 Dan Cortes -- Kansas City Royals
52 Jeff Clement -- Seattle Mariners
53 J R Towles -- Houston Astros
54 Max Scherzer -- Arizona Diamondbacks
55 Carlos Gomez -- Minnesota Twins
56 Desmond Jennings -- Tampa Bay Devil Rays
57 Anthony Swarzak -- Minnesota Twins
58 Jair Jurrjens -- Atlanta Braves
59 Chuck Lofgren -- Cleveland Indians
60 Chin Lung Hu -- Los Angeles Dodgers
61 Dexter Fowler -- Colorado Rockies
62 Scott Elbert -- Los Angeles Dodgers
63 Philippe Aumont -- Seattle Mariners
64 Adrian Cardenas -- Philadelphia Phillies
65 Fautino De Los Santos -- Oakland Athletics
66 Lars Anderson -- Boston Red Sox
67 Brett Sinkbeil -- Florida Marlins
68 Chris Davis -- Texas Rangers
69 Brandon Jones -- Atlanta Braves
70 Eric Hurley -- Texas Rangers
71 Beau Mills -- Cleveland Indians
72 Madison Bumgarner -- San Francisco Giants
73 Collin Balester -- Washington Nationals
74 Brett Cecil -- Toronto Blue Jays
75 Jeff Niemann -- Tampa Bay Devil Rays
76 Joe Savery -- Philadelphia Phillies
77 Geovany Soto -- Chicago Cubs
78 Manny Parra -- Milwaukee Brewers
79 Jordan Walden -- Los Angeles Angels
80 Nate Schierholtz -- San Francisco Giants
81 Tyler Colvin -- Chicago Cubs
82 Daric Barton -- Oakland Athletics
83 Troy Patton -- Baltimore Orioles
84 Justin Masterson -- Boston Red Sox
85 Steven Pearce -- Pittsburgh Pirates
86 Taylor Teagarden -- Texas Rangers
87 Jeremy Hellickson -- Tampa Bay Devil Rays
88 Michael Burgess -- Washington Nationals
89 Chris Tillman -- Baltimore Orioles
90 Jed Lowrie -- Boston Red Sox
91 Josh Outman -- Philadelphia Phillies
92 Blake Beavan -- Texas Rangers
93 Matt Latos -- San Diego Padres
94 Michael Main -- Texas Rangers
95 Brad Lincoln -- Pittsburgh Pirates
96 Henry Sosa -- San Francisco Giants
97 Chris Perez -- St Louis Cardinals
98 Aaron Poreda -- Chicago White Sox
99 Trevor Cahill -- Oakland Athletics
100 Nick Noonan -- San Francisco Giants

I'm back

After some time looking for a job, I'm back. I'll continue to update the Top 10 and Top 100 lists. I'll also start prospect profiles, transactions, and a few new surprises. This will be done on a regular basis now.