First, there was Houston's Carlos Correa last summer. Then came Cleveland's Francisco Lindor and then the Los Angeles Dodgers' Corey Seager. So when Atlanta manager Fredi Gonzalez the other day challenged Dansby Swanson, the Braves' prospect with the Great Gatsby name and the gold-plated future, you could almost hear a dream inflate.
In this boom time for young major league shortstops, might Swanson be ready to join them by spring's end?
"Don't come in here thinking you're just coming to big-league camp," Gonzalez told the kid. "Come in here and make the team.