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The 50 Best Baseball Players Of The Next Five Years

It’s easy to talk about the best baseball players right now. Or, if it isn’t easy, it at least isn’t difficult. We have all kinds of ways to evaluate player ability and player performance, and while none of them are perfect, overall they paint a pretty damn accurate picture.

Less easy is talking about the best baseball players of the future. You know the question. If you were starting a team from scratch, which players would you pick? It’s a popular question, but not always a simple one to answer.

Nevertheless, our friends at Beyond The Box Score gave it their best shot by projecting and discussing the 50 best players of the next five years, which you should definitely go check out when you get a few minutes. I don’t want to reveal any spoilers, but Nats fans might have a wee bit of a bone to pick.

Methodology

50-41

40-31

30-21

20-11

10-6

5-1

Summary

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