There is no more valuable currency in Major League Baseball than young talent, and clubs tend to hoard it accordingly.
Which brings us to the question of the day: Which MLB team has the best collection of young talent?
We sought to answer this query last season, too, and our method for answering it remains largely unchanged. The emphasis is on quality over quantity, so we put a primary focus on established major leaguers who are 25 years old (seasonally speaking) or younger and a lesser focus on prospects.
The scoring system works like so:
- Superstars (10 Points): These are 25-or-younger players who already have at least one five-WAR season—which is roughly the baseline for superstar-level production—under their belts, according to either Baseball Reference or FanGraphs.