Top 40 Rookies of last 5 Years - Page 2

PeteD · 05-14-2025, 05:23 PM

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Also, don't look now, but Andy Pages is coming to form.

yeah he'd be on my list...big improvement over Outman.

eye4talent · 05-14-2025, 05:32 PM

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I'd have Cole Ragans and Hunter Brown over Eury Perez unless you're factoring in age.

Was anyone excited about pulling Cole Ragans back in ‘23? Even now, we’re talking Robbie Ray vs. a right-handed Chris Sale/Blake Snell (hopefully with better long-term health).

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eye4talent · 05-14-2025, 05:37 PM

Why were you that much more excited about Mason Miller than Hunter Greene, and a bunch of hitters?

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jduds · 05-14-2025, 05:45 PM

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Why were you that much more excited about Mason Miller than Hunter Greene, and a bunch of hitters?

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Too much listening to baseball nerds and looking at his absurd Baseball Savant page with all the 98th and 99th percentiles for good things and 1% for bad things. I've convinced myself he has Mariano Rivera upside and probably need to be more realistic. He is impressive though.

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savan...r-pitching-mlb

atk825 · 05-14-2025, 06:15 PM

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yeah he'd be on my list...big improvement over Outman.

He currently has a higher bWAR than Ohtani. His defense has taken a step forward.

MiamiMarlinsFan · 05-14-2025, 06:22 PM

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And yet, Ke'Bryan has had a better career than all of them lol

Can’t really argue with that, but he’s got no pop in his bat, flash in his kicks, or swag in his step. He has them in WAR though.

atk825 · 05-14-2025, 06:23 PM

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Can’t really argue with that, but he’s got no pop in his bat, flash in his kicks, or swag in his step. He has them in WAR though.

Elite defender but holy moly has his bat never come to fruition.

jduds · 05-14-2025, 07:06 PM

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Can’t really argue with that, but he’s got no pop in his bat, flash in his kicks, or swag in his step. He has them in WAR though.

He does indeed. The defensive WAR machine I was curious to see if folks tossed out is Andres Gimenez. I can see an argument for Hayes and Gimenez, but they both go into the baseball good, hobby bad category.

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Robles Fan · 05-15-2025, 10:23 AM

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This is my ranking of rookies from the last five years in terms of how excited I would be to pull one of their cards. That means it is a mix of both long-term potential and current place in the hobby. I'm curious to see who I forgot (I'm sure there is a glaring oversight) and also to see if there are any that people feel I am way off on (like 5 spots or more). Overall, 2021 only has 3 players, 2022 has 8, 2023 a robust 10, 2024 a massive 14, and 2025 a paltry 5.

1. 2022 Bobby Witt Jr.
2. 2024 Paul Skenes
3. 2023 Gunnar Henderson
4. 2023 Corbin Carroll
5. 2022 Julio Rodriguez
6. 2021 Tarik Skubal
7. 2024 Jackson Merrill
8. 2024 Jackson Chourio
9. 2024 Wyatt Langford
10. 2024 Elly De La Cruz
11. 2023 Adley Rutschman
12. 2024 Jackson Holiday
13. 2024 Pete Crow-Armstrong
14. 2022 Spencer Strider
15. 2023 Mason Miller
16. 2025 James Wood
17. 2024 Yoshinobu Yamamoto
18. 2021 Garret Crochet
19. 2023 Riley Greene
20. 2023 Eury Perez
21. 2024 Junior Caminero
22. 2025 Dylan Crews
23. 2023 Michael Harris
24. 2024 Jasson Dominguez
25. 2021 William Contreras
26. 2022 Cal Raleigh
27. 2022 Hunter Greene
28. 2025 Kristian Campbell
29. 2022 CJ Abrams
30. 2022 Steven Kwan
31. 2025 Coby Mayo
32. 2024 Tyler Soderstrom
33. 2024 Lawrence Butler
34. 2022 Oneill Cruz
35. 2024 Jordan Lawlar
36. 2023 Anthony Volpe
37. 2023 Bryce Turang
38. 2023 Ezequiel Tovar
39. 2025 Jacob Wilson
40. 2024 Spencer Schwellenbach

Forgetting…

1. Jarren Duran (2022)
2. Wilyer Abreu (2024)
3. Zach Neto (2023)

SleepyWill · 05-15-2025, 10:28 AM

The fact that Wilyer Abreu isn't on this list makes it void.

Twalk1975 · 05-15-2025, 10:37 AM

Just based on selling some stuff that i pulled out of Stadium Club and HHN, Jung Hoo Lee seems to sell better than a number of these guys.

atk825 · 05-15-2025, 10:52 AM

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Just based on selling some stuff that i pulled out of Stadium Club and HHN, Jung Hoo Lee seems to sell better than a number of these guys.

I’d imagine Hyeseong Kim will also sell better than his production.

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