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Manuel Margot | 22 | of | Padres Calling Card: Margot recorded more putouts (311) and assists (18) than any Triple-A outfielder last year, so his ability to patrol Petco Park’s spacious center field in is unquestioned. 2017 Outlook: The Braves installed Swanson at shortstop last August, and the suburban Atlanta product might not relinquish that role for a decade or more.ģ.

Dansby Swanson | 23 | ss | Braves Calling Card: Swanson’s defensive reliability is the bedrock of his value-he led all minor league shortstops in assist rate per game last year-while plus hitting and running ability enhance his profile. 2017 Outlook: Benintendi kept hitting in the majors and homered in his first postseason at-bat, ensuring that he will start in left field for the Red Sox.Ģ.

312 with more extra-base hits (52) than strikeouts (39) in the minors in 2016, which earned him an August callup to Boston. 376 in his College Player of the Year season of 2015, then hit. Andrew Benintendi | 22 | of | Red Sox Calling Card: Benintendi hit.

Now our ranking of the top 20 rookies for 2017 forecasts that two more future stars will touch down in Chicago and Los Angeles. The Cubs’ Kris Bryant claimed the Rookie of the Year award in 2015, and the Dodgers’ Corey Seager followed suit in 2016. The two ascendant franchises have many things in common, but one linking trait is impossible to miss: both their systems have produced a steady stream of impact rookies. The Cubs and Dodgers met in the National League Championship Series last year-perhaps not for the final time this decade.