MLB: Building the All 25 and Under Team
By Jason Reed
The game of baseball offers a unique blend between young stars and grizzled veterans. In the recent years, the young guns have been dominating the landscape of the MLB.
It is no question that baseball has undergone a youth movement at the big league level. We are seeing guys in their young twenties, or even late teens, make the push to be baseball’s best. Look at this year’s MVP’s, Kris Bryant and Mike Trout, have a combined age of 49. The youth movement in the MLB has been dominating the talent pool, which is promising for baseball fans as they will only get better.
It is arguable that this 25 and under team could even be the best team in baseball. While there are very many quality players over the age of 25, I would argue there is more talent in the youth demographic. We have guys like Bryce Harper who debuted at the age of 19, and guys like Trout who very easily could have won 4 MVP’s before his 26th birthday. As the years go on we are only seeing more and more credible youth be thrusted into the big leagues to dominate the opposition.
However, this list will only include guys that have played at the big league level. They have to be consistent big league players as well, prospects that came up in 2016 to play 15 games are excluded from this list. We are going to look at the cream of the crop, the best young players that are already contributing at the big league level. With so much young talent in the big leagues it won’t be hard to craft a credible 25 and under squad. So, let’s take a look at the best young players in baseball, and build the ultimate youth team.