It's not a set-in-stone rule or anything, but it sure seems like a Major League Baseball season can't qualify as modern unless at least one top-ranked hitting prospect takes the league by storm.
In Nomar Mazara, the Texas Rangers may have just the guy for 2016.
The 20-year-old became the youngest player in the majors when the Rangers called him up to fill in for injured right fielder Shin-Soo Choo, and he started raking immediately. Mazara torched the Los Angeles Angels for three hits in his debut on April 10, including an absolute clout of a home run:
Courtesy of MLB Advanced Media via MLB.